Andrew Tiernan
Acting

Andrew Tiernan

Born 30 November 1965 · Ladywood, Birmingham, England, UK
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Andrew Tiernan (born 30 November 1965, Birmingham, England) is a British actor and director. He is best known as Ephialtes in 300 (2006) and 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Sean Kerrigan in Cracker (1993), and for roles in Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Pianist (2002), and My Policeman (2022). On television he has appeared in Prime Suspect, Hornblower, Doctor Who (2011), Merlin (2012), and Father Brown. As a director and producer, he founded Keeps on Burning Films and directed Dragonfly (2015) and UK18 (2017).

Known for

300
The Pianist
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
300: Rise of an Empire
Interview with the Vampire
Doctor Who
Automata
Luther
Merlin
Midsomer Murders
Death in Paradise
Life on Mars
The Man with the Plan
Code of Silence
2003
Burning Men
Break Clause
The Good Soldier Schwejk
Us and Them
UK18
Le Fear II: Le Sequel
The Messenger
300: Rise of an Empire
The Bunker
Common
Automata
Dragonfly
War of the Dead
Mr. Nice
Freight
Dead Cert
Harvest
300
The Quatermass Experiment
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Snuff-Movie
Whose Baby?
Rehab
The Red Siren
The Pianist
The Bunker
Hawkins
Mr In-Between
Lava
The Criminal
The Protagonists
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Map of the Scars
The Scarlet Tunic
Face
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Playing God
Two Deaths
Interview with the Vampire
Being Human
The Trial
Safe
The Guilty
As You Like It
Thacker
Edward II
Sweet Nothing
Dead Cat
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