Andrew Simpson (actor)

Simpson was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the village of Fahan in neighbouring County Donegal, Republic of Ireland.{{cite web |title=Andrew Simpson {{!}} Donegal Diaspora |url=http://www.donegaldiaspora.ie/people/andrew-simpson |website=www.donegaldiaspora.ie |access-date=8 June 2021}} However, he was educated in Derry, and attended Foyle College. His mother sent her four children to Sandra Biddle's speech and drama school in the city. Simpson received four A grades at A-level and went on to attend the London School of Economics in 2010. After completing his law degree, he returned to Northern Ireland, and worked at a building site while continuing to audition.{{Cite news|title=Northern Ireland actor Andrew Simpson on playing the fame game his way|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/northern-ireland-actor-andrew-simpson-on-playing-the-fame-game-his-way-34402561.html|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0307-1235}}

Simpson's first film appearance was as Gerard Peters 458 in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), a story about an Irish reform school. In 2006, he appeared opposite Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench in the film Notes on a Scandal. He plays the role of Steven Connolly, a schoolboy whose affair with his art teacher, Sheba Hart (played by Blanchett), leads to disaster. For the role, he earned a five figure sum, which he used to buy a home and pay for university.{{Cite news|title=Northern Ireland actor Andrew Simpson on playing the fame game his way|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/northern-ireland-actor-andrew-simpson-on-playing-the-fame-game-his-way-34402561.html|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0307-1235}}

In 2012 he appeared in the docudrama Saving The Titanic as electrician Albert Ervine, the youngest member of the engineering crew, which reunited him with Song for a Raggy Boy co-star Chris Newman.{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saving-the-titanic-the-remarkable-untold-story-of-the-men-who-tried-to-save-the-ship-premieres-sunday-april-1-2012-at-1000-pm-check-local-listings-on-pbs-2012-03-19 |title=Saving the Titanic: The Remarkable Untold Story of the Men Who Tried to Save the Ship |date=19 March 2012 |publisher=PRNewswire |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401194240/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saving-the-titanic-the-remarkable-untold-story-of-the-men-who-tried-to-save-the-ship-premieres-sunday-april-1-2012-at-1000-pm-check-local-listings-on-pbs-2012-03-19 |url-status=dead }} In November 2012 he played the part of Nick Nickleby in the BBC drama of the same name, a modern take on the Charles Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby.

In 2015 Simpson had his first major leading role in Abner Pastoll's Road Games.{{cite news |title=Check the first Teaser and Posters... |url=http://twitchfilm.com/2015/05/road-games-check-the-first-teaser-and-posters-for-taut-euro-thriller-gallery.html |work=Twitch}} He re-teamed with director Abner Pastoll for the crime thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find starring Sarah Bolger, which was released in 2019.

{{As of|2016}}, Simpson worked as a hotel manager.{{Cite news|title=Northern Ireland actor Andrew Simpson on playing the fame game his way|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/northern-ireland-actor-andrew-simpson-on-playing-the-fame-game-his-way-34402561.html|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0307-1235}}

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Category:1989 births

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Category:Male film actors from Northern Ireland

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