Andrew Harwood Mills

Andrew Harwood Mills
Born (1980-01-05) 5 January 1980
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation Actor, writer, musician,
Years active 2005–present
Website http://www.andrewharwoodmills.com

Andrew Harwood Mills (born 5 January 1980 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English actor.

Biography

Early life and career

Andrew Harwood Mills was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He grew up in the village of Heptonstall, famous for Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and John Wesley among others. Heptonstall has been used many times as a location for various film and television productions including The Gemma Factor, and Happy Valley (TV series).[1]

Andrew began acting at the Angles Theatre, Wisbech where he starred as the Tin Man in The Wiz and Captain Hardy in Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff.[2]

Andrew studied acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) in Cardiff graduating in 2005. He was sponsored by actors Richard Wilson, Tony Maudsley, Lesley Staples and Michael Burrell. He was in the same class as James Sutton, Zahra Ahmadi and Craig Gazey.[3]

Andrew has appeared in numerous theatrical productions including Guys and Dolls, The Laramie Project and Merrily We Roll Along at the Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. He played the lead role of Leonard in Loon written by Katie Borland which premiered at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, the theatre made famous by Joan Littlewood. [4][5]

Andrew is a grade 8 pianist.[6][7]

Andrew Harwood Mills in 2013

Screen work

He played Iago in Being Othello, a film adaption of Shakespeare's Othello, written and directed by the BAFTA nominated and award winning director Suri Krishnamma. Being Othello was premiered at BAFTA on 17 April 2009.[8][9]

He has also appeared in the feature films 4.3.2.1, War Games: At the End of the Day, and Mercenaries.[10][11]

Andrew stars in the debut music video for the single 'My Fault' by Senadee.[12] Andrew also stars in the Mystery Jets music video for the single Someone Purer from the album Radlands. [13]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Being Othello Iago Directed by BAFTA nominee Suri Krishnamma.
2010 4.3.2.1 Phil Written and directed by BAFTA winner Noel Clarke
2011 Mercenaries Grigory Directed by Paris Leonti and starring Billy Zane
2011 War Games: At the End of the Day Chino Directed by Cosimo Alema. Produced by Luca Legnani
2014 Gridiron UK Sean Directed by Gary Delaney and starring Paul Nicholas and Mem Ferda
2015 Retribution Freddy Directed by Danny Albury and David Bispham and starring Hugh Quarshie
2015 Victrix Flaminius Directed by Vic Armstrong and starring Rutger Hauer and Lily Cole
2016 Brimstone Directed by Martin Koolhoven and starring Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce and Kit Harington
Music videos
Year Title Artist
2008 "My Fault" Senadee
2012 "Someone Purer" Mystery Jets
2012 "Ogni tanto" Gianna Nannini

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Mills at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Andrew Mills at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Andrew Mills at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ Andrew Mills at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ "Loon at Theatre Royal Stratford East".
  6. ↑ Andrew Mills at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ "Review of Merrily We Roll Along from the theatre dance and drama in Wales web site". Theatr-cymru.co.uk. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Being Othello". Festivalfocus.org. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  9. ↑ Being Othello at the Internet Movie Database
  10. ↑ War Games (2011) at the Internet Movie Database
  11. ↑ 4.3.2.1. (2010) at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ↑ "Senadee – 18th Feb. Be there. MySpace Music". Myspace.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQ-lAyTvYs Youtube.com

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