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18 Facts About Andrew Buchan

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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 Neil Buchan was born in Stockport and brought up in the suburb of Lostock, Bolton.

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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, and as a concierge at the De Vere Whites hotel in Reebok Stadium.

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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 at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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On stage Andrew Buchan has appeared as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.

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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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Andrew Buchan played the lead character Jack, alongside Romola Garai as his girlfriend, and Anna Friel as a one-night stand from his past.

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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 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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Andrew Buchan played the wizard, The Great Zambini, the dramatisation of Jasper Fforde's fantasy novel The Last Dragonslayer, which premiered on Sky One on Christmas Day 2016,.

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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 online role-playing games, audio books, advert voice-overs, 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.

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In February 2023, it was reported Nuttall and Andrew Buchan had split up before Christmas, with Andrew Buchan starting a relationship with Leila Farzad.