| Intro | British actor |
| Is |
Actor Television actor |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 26 September 1973, Harrogate, United Kingdom |
| Age: | 46 years |
| Star sign | Libra |
Andrew Scarborough (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor, most widely known for his recent role on screen as Tim Drewe in the multi BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Downton Abbey and since 2017 as Graham Foster in the television drama series Emmerdale. He is also known for his other roles on screen in Hearts and Bones, The Bible, Jamaica Inn, Hidden and Bad Girls. He is also a theatre actor, performing in many of London’s major theatres, including the West End theatre, and many provincial theatres in the UK, including mainland Europe with the Actors Touring Company—at the Renaissance-Theater Berlin in Mark Ravenhill’s Handbag.
Personal life
Scarborough was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and attended Harrogate Grammar School.
Away from acting, Scarborough enjoys cycling.
Career
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 in the 1995 London Almeida theatre production of Hamlet starring Ralph Fiennes.
Andrew 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). He also made a guest appearance in one of Britain’s most highly regarded and favourite soaps Coronation Street as “love rat” Harvey Reuben.
His film debut was in a Hallmark production of Jason and the Argonauts.
He then went on to starring roles as Kevin Spiers in ITV’s Bad Girls, 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, 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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–2000 | Casualty BBC | PC / Daniel / Gavin Turner… | Different roles in different episodes and series | |
| 1994–1999 | The Bill ITV | Wilf Harris: Stanton’s Story / Roy Packham / Barry Shackford / … | Different roles in different episodes and series | |
| 1996–1997 | Y Palman Aur S4C | Marcus | A Welsh language title, which translates into English as “Streets of Gold” | |
| 1997 | Trial and Retribution ITV | Tom | ||
| 1998 | Silent Witness BBC | Marco Rossi | ||
| 1999 | Dangerfield BBC | PC Dewhurst | ||
| 1999 | Touching Evil ITV | DC Martin Simmons | Regular | |
| 2000 | Heartbeat ITV | Martin Weller | ||
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts HALLMARK | Aeson’s soldier | TV Movie | |
| 2001 | The Innocent ITV | Mark Latimer | Starring cast member | |
| 2000–2001 | Coronation Street ITV | Harvey Reuben | Regular Guest / 12 episodes | |
| 2000–2001 | Hearts and Bones BBC | Michael Owen | A regular starring cast member | |
| 2004 | Eyes Down BBC | Philip | Sit com | |
| 2005 | Rome HBO | Milo | ||
| 2005 | Bad Girls ITV | Kevin Spiers | Regular cast member | |
| 2006–2007 | Suburban Shootout CHANNEL 5 | Stewart Diamond | A regular starring cast member | |
| 2007 | Roman Mysteries BBC | Josephus | ||
| 2007–2016 | Holby City BBC | Tim Campbell / Danny Berg / Most recently Marcus Dunn | ||
| 2008–2010 | Doctors BBC | Martin Venning / DS Vince Blackwell | Different roles in different episodes | |
| 2008 | The Royal Today ITV | Dr Jonathan Ormerod | A regular starring cast member | |
| 2009 | Spooks BBC | Stephen Hillier | ||
| 2011 | Hidden BBC | Ben Lander | Guest star | |
| 2011 | EastEnders BBC | Carter | ||
| 2012 | Silk BBC | DS Adam Lambert | ||
| 2013 | Our Girl BBC | Sergeant Peters | TV Movie | |
| 2013 | The Bible History channel | Joshua | A main starring cast member / TV movie | |
| 2013–2015 | Downton Abbey ITV | Tim Drewe | A regular starring cast member | |
| 2014 | Jamaica Inn BBC | Magistrate Bassat | A main starring cast member | |
| 2017 | Wolfblood BBC | Hartington | Main antagonist in season 5 | |
| 2017– | Emmerdale ITV | Graham Foster | Regular cast member |
Theatre
| 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 |