Andrew Scarborough
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Andrew Scarborough | |
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| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Harrogate, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Notable work | Downton Abbey Hearts and Bones The War Below |
| Television | Spooks Rome Suburban Shootout Bad Girls Emmerdale |
| Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2014) |
Andrew Scarborough (born 1973) is an English actor, most widely known for his starring role on screen as Tim Drewe in the multi BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Downton Abbey. He also co-starred as Colonel Fielding in the film ‘’The War Below’’ and as Graham Foster in the television drama series Emmerdale.[1] He is also known for his roles on screen in Hearts and Bones, The Bible, Hidden and Bad Girls. He is also a theatre actor, performing in many of London's major theatres,[2] including the West End theatre,[3] and in many provincial theatres in the UK; he has toured on the European continent with the Actors Touring Company and performed at the Renaissance-Theatre Berlin in Mark Ravenhill's Handbag.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Scarborough was born in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire and attended Harrogate Grammar School.[6]
Away from acting, Scarborough enjoys cycling.[7]
Career
[edit]Scarborough trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional debut on stage at the Harrogate Theatre in three plays, beginning with The Government Inspector as Dobchinsky, then A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon, and lastly as the Genie of the Lamp in the British 'panto' version of Aladdin. He then went on to play Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and from there played Renaldo[8] in the 1995 London Almeida theatre production of Hamlet starring Ralph Fiennes.[9]
Scarborough made his television debut on the BBC's popular medical drama Casualty. He then went on to play roles in many TV dramas, including The Bill (ITV), Streets of Gold (S4C), Heartbeat (ITV), Touching Evil (ITV) and Silent Witness (BBC1).[10] He also made a guest appearance in one of Britain's most highly regarded and favourite soaps Coronation Street as "love rat" Harvey Reuben.[11][12]
His film debut was in a Hallmark production of Jason and the Argonauts.[13]
He then went on to starring roles as Kevin Spiers in ITV's Bad Girls,[14] Stewart Diamond in Channel 5's Suburban Shootout, Mark in The Innocent (a film for ITV), Michael Owen in the BBC comedy drama Hearts and Bones, which earned him rave reviews,[15] Joshua in The Bible (History Channel), Magistrate Bassat in Jamaica Inn (BBC1) and Tim Drewe in Downton Abbey (ITV), which earned him more rave reviews.[1] and he recently starred as Colonel Fielding in ‘’The War Below’’
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–2000 | Casualty | PC / Daniel / Gavin Turner... | Various roles in multiple episodes |
| 1994–1999 | The Bill | Wilf Harris: Stanton's Story / Roy Packham / Barry Shackford / ... | Various roles in multiple episodes |
| 1996–1997 | Y Palmant Aur | Marcus | Welsh language title, translates as "Streets of Gold" |
| 1997 | Trial and Retribution | Tom | |
| 1998 | Silent Witness | Marco Rossi | |
| 1999 | Dangerfield | PC Dewhurst | |
| 1999 | Touching Evil | DC Martin Simmons | Main cast member |
| 2000 | Heartbeat | Martin Weller | |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts | Aeson's soldier | TV film |
| 2001 | The Innocent | Mark Latimer | Co-starring Cast member |
| 2000–2001 | Coronation Street | Harvey Reuben | Recurring guest; 13 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Hearts and Bones | Michael Owen | Starring Main cast member; 13 episodes |
| 2004 | Eyes Down | Philip | Sitcom |
| 2005 | Rome | Milo | |
| 2005 | Bad Girls | Kevin Spiers | Cast member; 7 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | Suburban Shootout | Stewart Diamond | Cast member |
| 2007 | Roman Mysteries | Josephus | |
| 2007–2016 | Holby City | Tim Campbell / Danny Berg / Marcus Dunn | |
| 2008–2010 | Doctors | Martin Venning / DS Vince Blackwell | Various roles in multiple episodes |
| 2008 | The Royal Today | Dr Jonathan Ormerod | Regular cast member; 50 episodes |
| 2009 | Spooks | Stephen Hillier | |
| 2011 | Hidden | Ben Lander | Guest |
| 2011 | EastEnders | Carter | Guest |
| 2012 | Silk | DS Adam Lambert | |
| 2013 | Our Girl | Sergeant Peters | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013 | The Bible | Joshua | Cast member |
| 2013–2015 | Downton Abbey | Tim Drewe | Cast member; 11 episodes |
| 2014 | Jamaica Inn | Magistrate Bassat | Cast member |
| 2017 | Wolfblood | Hartington | Main antagonist in season 5 |
| 2017–2020 | Emmerdale | Graham Foster | Regular cast member; 291 episodes |
| 2021 | ‘’The War Below’’ | Colonel Fielding | Co-Starring cast member Feature Film |
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Henry V | Henry V | Tabard Theatre |
| 1993 | The Government inspector | Dobchinsky | Harrogate Theatre |
| 1993 | Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Harrogate Theatre |
| 1993 | Aladdin | Genie of the Lamp | Harrogate Theatre |
| 1994 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | Northampton Theatre and York Royal Theatre |
| 1995 | Hamlet | Renaldo | Hackney Empire |
| 1996 | Loot | Dennis | Theatre Clwyd and Tour |
| 1998 | Wuthering Heights | Hindley | Good Theatre Company UK Tour |
| 1998 | Handbag | David / Moncreiff | A new play for the ATC Theatre at Lyric Hammersmith studio and UK and European tour |
| 2002 | Wild Orchids | The Prince | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2003 | The Master Builder | Ragnor | Albery Theatre / West End |
| 2004 | Electricity | Michael | A new Play for the West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| 2005 | Relative Values | Nigel | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 2015 | Uppercut | Barry | A new play for the Southwark Playhouse |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bayard, Louis (11 January 2016). "'Downton Abbey' Season 6, episode 2: Of Pearls and Swine". The New York Times.
- ^ "Theatre: Entertaining bag of tricky questions". Independent.co.uk. 15 September 1998. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Review of The Master Builder - 2003". www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk.
- ^ "Actors Touring Company". www.atctheatre.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Schäfer, Andreas. "Mark Ravenhills neues Stück "Handbag" war als Vor-Welturaufführung zu sehen: Das Prinzip Baby".
- ^ "Andy Gets a Kick out of Life; Acting Is Simply Child's Play for Andrew Scarborough after Renewing an Old Pals Act in Top BBC Drama Hearts and Bones". The Daily Record. 21 July 2001. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
- ^ Lorraine (31 July 2018). "Andrew Scarborough Talks About Emmerdale's Graham's Dark Past - Lorraine" – via YouTube.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (10 March 1995). "Hamlet".
- ^ Wolf, Matt (10 March 1995). "Hamlet".
- ^ "Andrew Scarborough". IMDb.
- ^ "Getty Images". www.itnsource.com.
- ^ "See Jessie Wallace? That girl's as Scots as jellied eels; CORONATION ST EastEnders. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Jason and the Argonauts (TV Mini-Series 2000– )" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Kevin Spiers | Bad Girls: The Ultimate Fansite for the Women's Prison Drama". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.