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ANDREW BUCHAN

Height: 6 Feet 1 Inch
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Blue

Nationality: British
Natural Accent: Bolton

Agent: Sally Long-Innes at ICM

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Jeeter Lester
King Henry V/Westmorland
Sir Percival
Heathcliffe
Philippo Caraffa
Ben Legend
Judge
Baker
Sir Anthony Absolute
Pierre Langevin
Hicks, Jackson
Landulphe, Father of Zoto, Beelzebub
Production
Tobacco Road
King Henry V
Le Morte D’Arthur
Wuthering Heights
Love’s Sacrifice
Love For Love
The Government Inspector
Into the Woods
The Rivals
The Days of the Commune
The Fool
Ten Days A-Maze

Director
Dee Cannon
Jennie Buckman
Heather Davies
William Gaskill
Gregory de Polnay
Gregory de Polnay
Indhu Rubasingham
Geoff Bullen
Bardy Thomas
Nicholas Barter
Paul Jepson
Andrew Visnevski


Special Skills
BA Honours in Modern Languages at Durham University, 2:1. Fluent in French, German and Spanish. Full driving licence; Duke of Edinburgh Bronze & Silver awards, Lifesaving; Stage Fighting 2:1 BASSC. Salsa & Merengue (certificate from the Ritmo Tropicale, Ecuador)

Other Experience
Roles at University include playing Hamlet in Hamlet, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Lee in True West and Biff in Death of a Salesman. Also appeared in productions of Disappeared and Immortal at the Edinburgh Festival.

Special Interests
Swimming, skiing, photography, piano, writing, South America.

Since leaving RADA
Marcus in an ITV Drama If I Had You, directed by John Deery. Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at The Royal Exchange in Manchester, directed by Jacob Murray. St. John Rivers in Jane Eyre for the BBC, directed by Susanna White. Ryan in a horror film called The Deaths of Ian, directed by Dario Piana.