18 Facts About Andrew Buchan

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Andrew Neil Buchan was born on 19 February 1979 and is an English actor and writer.

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Andrew Buchan is known for his roles as Mark Latimer in the ITV drama Broadchurch, Scott Foster in the BBC political drama Party Animals, John Mercer in ITV drama series The Fixer, and William Garrow in BBC period drama Garrow's Law.

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Andrew Buchan attended the nearby Rivington and Blackrod High School where he was head boy during sixth form years in Horwich.

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Andrew Buchan worked as a barman at Manchester Airport, as a concierge at the De Vere Whites hotel in Reebok Stadium, and as a labourer for several months in Italy.

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In 2001, Andrew Buchan graduated from St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages.

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Andrew Buchan then trained the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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Andrew Buchan was named Best Actor in a Touring Production by the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.

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In 2010, Andrew Buchan appeared as journalist and love interest Billy Marshall in the made-for-TV movie Abroad, based in part on the true-life experiences of Toronto's Globe and Mail columnist and author, Leah McLaren.

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Later the same year, Andrew Buchan produced and starred in film short, 1946, based on the life of Hollywood actor, Jimmy Stewart.

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In July 2014, Andrew Buchan starred alongside Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's eagerly anticipated political thriller The Honourable Woman.

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In 2015, it was announced that Andrew Buchan was cast as the lead role in TNT drama pilot Home alongside Bethany Joy Lenz.

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Some of Andrew Buchan's scenes had been re-shot when Christopher Plummer replaced the disgraced Kevin Spacey as JPG just one month earlier.

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Andrew Buchan played Franklin Clarke, alongside John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot and Rupert Grint as Inspector Crome.

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In 2019, Andrew Buchan featured in the third series of The Crown, as Andrew Buchan Parker-Bowles, a friend and a rival of royal family members.

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Andrew Buchan continued playing the role in the fourth series that finished filming in March 2020.

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Andrew Buchan has appeared in BBC Radio drama, Dickens Confidential, and radio dramatisations of Therese Raquin and The Great Gatsby.

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Andrew Buchan has read prose and poetry on BBC Radio for Words and Music: Law and Order and Ave Maria, as well as featuring in on-line role-playing games, audio books, advert voiceovers and narrating TV documentaries and reality-competition shows, such as Britain's Best Home Cook.

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Andrew Buchan married his long-term girlfriend, actress Amy Nuttall, on 8 September 2012, not far from their respective childhood homes in Lancashire, England.