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Andrew Scarborough

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Andrew Scarborough
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Harrogate, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Notable workDownton Abbey
Hearts and Bones
The War Below
TelevisionSpooks
Rome
Suburban Shootout
Bad Girls
Emmerdale
AwardsScreen 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

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Scarborough was born in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire and attended Harrogate Grammar School.[6]

Away from acting, Scarborough enjoys cycling.[7]

Career

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Bayard, Louis (11 January 2016). "'Downton Abbey' Season 6, episode 2: Of Pearls and Swine". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Theatre: Entertaining bag of tricky questions". Independent.co.uk. 15 September 1998. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Review of The Master Builder - 2003". www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Actors Touring Company". www.atctheatre.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ Schäfer, Andreas. "Mark Ravenhills neues Stück "Handbag" war als Vor-Welturaufführung zu sehen: Das Prinzip Baby".
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Lorraine (31 July 2018). "Andrew Scarborough Talks About Emmerdale's Graham's Dark Past - Lorraine" – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Wolf, Matt (10 March 1995). "Hamlet".
  9. ^ Wolf, Matt (10 March 1995). "Hamlet".
  10. ^ "Andrew Scarborough". IMDb.
  11. ^ "Getty Images". www.itnsource.com.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Jason and the Argonauts (TV Mini-Series 2000– )" – via www.imdb.com.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
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