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22 Facts About Andrew Havill

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Andrew Havill was born on 1 June 1965 and is a British actor.

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Andrew Havill attended the University of Exeter, where he read English and drama.

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Andrew Havill spent four years with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain with roles in London theatre productions including For Those in Peril at the Shaw Theatre, As You Like It at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, and Reynard the Fox on the Drum Theatre Plymouth and south-west tour.

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At the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, Andrew Havill appeared in Henry V, Twelfth Night, and A Proper Place.

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Andrew Havill spent a further four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Andrew Havill is an alumnus of the Oxford University Dramatic Society with roles in Oxford theatre productions including Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse, The Recruiting Officer at New College Cloisters, and As You Like It at Lady Margaret Hall Gardens.

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Andrew Havill began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Andrew Havill appeared in the Fortune Theatre's productions of The Woman in Black in 1989 and 1996.

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Andrew Havill portrayed several characters at the Barbican Theatre in an RSC production of A Clockwork Orange and at The Pit London in A Woman of No Importance.

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In conjunction with the RSC, Andrew Havill's focus was Shakespeare; in 1990, he portrayed George Seacoal in Much Ado About Nothing, Peter Arnold in Two Shakespearean Actors and The Merchant in The Comedy of Errors; from 1991 to 1992, he portrayed Sir William Bagot in an RSC production of Richard II at the Barbican Theatre in London.

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In 2003, Andrew Havill played Group Captain Windbreak in Justin Butcher's production of The Madness of George Dubya at the Arts Theatre in London.

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Andrew Havill appeared as Frank Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor US tour of 2010.

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Andrew Havill made his television debut in Lucy Gannon's Soldier Soldier in 1993, followed by a portrayal of English critic John Davenport in The House of Elliot Series 3 the following year.

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Andrew Havill starred in two 1999 television mini series: Aristocrats and Wives and Daughters as Charles Bunbury and Sir Charles Morton respectively.

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Andrew Havill played the Chief Steward in the Christmas Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned" and was in the BBC drama Spooks Series 8.

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In 2011, Andrew Havill portrayed the Reverend Conrad Walker on ITV's Midsomer Murders.

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Andrew Havill played factory owner Douglas Broome in the 2021 series The Nevers, and Professor Lucius Stamfield in Endeavour of the same year.

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Andrew Havill made his film debut in 1995, portraying Galant on Michael Hoffman's Restoration.

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In 2010, Andrew Havill portrayed the royal sound engineer Robert Wood in The King's Speech.

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Andrew Havill played the cabinet secretary to Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Cameron in Hyde Park on Hudson, and Turing's professor in The Imitation Game.

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Andrew Havill portrayed Sir Philip Hendy in Roger Michell's 2020 film The Duke, along with actors Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.

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In 2023, Andrew Havill provided the voice for Sylvestre Lesage in the action role-playing game Final Fantasy XVI.