Andrew Simpson
Biography
Andrew Simpson is a Northern Irish actor who was born in Derry and grew up in Fahan in County Donegal. He was discovered while performing at a festival by a talent scout, Patrick Duncan, who worked for director Aisling Walsh. That led to his first screen role in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), as Gerard Peters 458. He is best known for Notes on a Scandal (2006), in which he played Steven Connolly alongside Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Other credits include Saving the Titanic (2012), as electrician Albert Ervine, and the 2012 BBC drama Nick Nickleby, where he took the part of Nick Nickleby. His first major leading part came in 2015 with Abner Pastoll's Road Games. He reunited with Pastoll for A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019), a crime thriller that starred Sarah Bolger.
37years old
Turns 38 on January 1in 52 days
- Born Derry
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Andrew Gerard Simpson
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 19 years2003 to 2022
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Big break
Talent scout Patrick Duncan noticed Simpson while he was performing at a festival. Duncan was working for Aisling Walsh, who directed Song for a Raggy Boy.
First role
Simpson made his film debut as Gerard Peters 458 in Song for a Raggy Boy, a 2003 movie set in an Irish reform school.
Andrew Simpson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stephen Fingleton directed two of these films, Abner Pastoll two. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ciaran Flynn's page
All films by Stephen Fingleton
Abner PastollDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2019
All films by Abner Pastoll
Also two films together2 more actors
- Chris NewmanSaving the Titanic (2012) and Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
- John TraversNightride (2022) and Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.