Andrew Brooke

Last updated

Andrew Brooke is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ashley in the Channel 4 series PhoneShop for three series. He has appeared in the movies such as Sherlock Holmes in 2009, The Bank Job and Children of Men . His many television appearances include: After Life , Da Vinci's Demons , The IT Crowd , The Inbetweeners , The Mark Steel Lectures , Doctor Who , Pulling , How Not to Live Your Life , The Bible , Law & Order: UK , My Family , Collision , EastEnders , Silent Witness and No Signal .[ citation needed ] He also produced Escape of the Artful Dodger and One Way Ticket .

Contents

Brooke portrayed Ashley in PhoneShop on Channel 4. In an interview, he revealed that, previously in his life he had sold "bread, ad space and furniture". He also said that the show had a "wide demographic". [1]

In 2020, he played Alistair Cunningham in the BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings . [2]

Filmography

Key
Denotes titles that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004D-Day 6.6.1944Pvt. Sid CaponTV Movie
2006 Stormbreaker Clumsy Guard
Children of Men Soldier
2008 Phoo Action Sgt. CTV Movie
The Bank Job Quinn
He Kills CoppersDetectiveTV Movie
2009Scouting for RudeboysScout Leader's AssistantShort
Sherlock Holmes Guard Captain
2010 Cemetery Junction Husband in Bar
2012Nice GuyPaul
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Fye
2013 Walking with the Enemy Captain Varga
2014 Son of God Antonius
TagLeeShort
2016 David Brent: Life on the Road Jerry 'Jezza' Collins
2017 The Mummy Mr. Brooke (Emergency Worker)
The Hunter's Prayer Detective Robinson
Bad DrawingsLandlordShort
2019 Angel Has Fallen US Marshal Reyes
2020NativesPaulShort
2025 Cold Storage GregPost production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Eastenders Matt1 episode
Absolute Power Johnny Todd1 episode
2004 15 Storeys High Mark1 episode
Murder City Labourer1 episode
2005 According to Bex Vox Pops3 episodes
Dream Team Darren Dyson1 episode
Silent Witness Terry Bannard2 episodes
Love Soup Rufus Parry1 episode
2006The Best ManPoliceman1 episode
The Mark Steel Lectures Abraham Lincoln / Charles I 2 episodes
The Bill Wayne Patterson1 episode
2007 Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul Various characters6 episodes
2008 The Inbetweeners Barman 11 episode
Lab Rats Protestor1 episode
The Bill Craig Parks1 episode
The ChildrenPC Warrior3 episodes
The Wrong Door -1 episode
Beautiful People Policeman1 episode
Coming of Age Andy1 episode
2009 No Signal! Various6 episodes
2006 - 2009 Pulling Oleg6 episodes
2009CollisionP.C. Alan Clacy4 episodes
How Not to Live Your Life Grant Bibib1 episode
Holby City Stuart 'Spiv' Holloway1 episode
Comedy Showcase Ashley1 episode
Big Top Milo1 episode
2010 Doctors Darren Ward1 episode
The Persuasionists Photographer1 episode
Mongrels Farmhand1 episode
Hotel Trubble Mr. Barker1 episode
2011 My Family Detective Finch1 episode
Law & Order: UK Abraham Roach1 episode
2012 Doctor Who The Gunslinger1 episode
2009-2013 PhoneShop Ashley19 episodes
2013 The Bible Antonius3 episodes
2013-2014 Da Vinci's Demons Grunwald9 episodes
2014 Babylon Neil 'Banjo' Bancroft7 episodes
2015 W1A Dave Green1 episode
Cuffs Michael Whylie1 episode
2016 Ripper Street Roy Teague1 episode
2017 Emerald City Dorian2 episodes
Prime Suspect: TennisonSgt Jim Harris6 episodes
2018 C.B. Strike Niall Brockbank2 episodes
Agatha Raisin DCI Percy Hand1 episode
2019 Absentia Rex Wolfe3 episodes
Harlots Mr. Wade1 episode
A ConfessionColeman2 episodes
Britannia Maximus1 episode
Midsomer Murders Lex Bedford1 episode
2020HitmenNikhil1 episode
The Salisbury Poisonings Alistair Cunningham3 episodes
2020-2022 After Life Ratty3 episodes
2024 Criminal Record Clive Silcox2 episodes
Here We Go Greg1 episode
Sexy Beast Torchy1 episode
Dinner with the ParentsOscar1 episode
2025 The Agency TBAIn production

Related Research Articles

<i>The Bold and the Beautiful</i> American television soap opera

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera The Young and the Restless; several characters from each of the two shows have crossed over to the other since the early 1990s. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family and their haute couture business.

<i>The Nanny</i> American television sitcom (1993–1999)

The Nanny is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens who becomes the nanny of three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York. The show was created and produced by Drescher and her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, taking much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.

<i>Fifteen</i> (TV series) Canadian-American teen drama television series

Fifteen is a teen drama television series that aired on YTV in Canada and on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1993. Created and produced by John T. Binkley, the series was Nickelodeon's only teenage soap opera. The show was shot on videotape, similar to most daytime dramas.

<i>Hollyoaks</i> British TV soap opera (since 1995)

Hollyoaks is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera Brookside. From 2005 to 2023, episodes have aired on sister channel E4 a day prior to their broadcast on Channel 4. In 2023, Hollyoaks was removed from Channel 4's early evening schedule, but remains on E4 and Channel 4's on demand service with episodes now uploaded to YouTube. At its inception, the soap was targeted towards an adolescent and young adult audience but it has since broadened its appeal to all age groups. Hollyoaks has covered various taboo subjects rarely seen on British television, for which it has received numerous awards. It has won the award for Best British Soap twice, in 2014 and 2019; its first win broke the 15-year tie between rival soap operas EastEnders and Coronation Street. Beginning with a cast of 15 characters, it now has upwards of 50 regular cast members. The longest-serving actor is Nick Pickard, who has portrayed Tony Hutchinson since the first episode.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Addy</span> English actor (born 1964)

Mark Ian Addy is an English actor. He is known to television audiences for his roles as Detective Constable Gary Boyle on the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–96), Bill Miller on the American sitcom Still Standing (2002–06), Andy Richmond on Trollied (2011–13), Hercules on Atlantis (2013–15), and King Robert Baratheon on the first season of Game of Thrones (2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rafe Spall</span> British actor (born 1983)

Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashley Tisdale</span> American actress and singer (born 1985)

Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles on-screen and in theatre. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel teen sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008). This success was heightened when she starred as Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). The success of the films led to Tisdale's signing with Warner Bros. Records and subsequently releasing her debut studio album, Headstrong (2007), which was a commercial success, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Tisdale also provides the voice of Candace Flynn in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb.

Darren John Boyd is a British actor who starred in the Sky One series Spy, for which he won BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance. His work in television and film spans comedy and drama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher Timothy</span> Welsh actor and narrator (born 1940)

Christopher Timothy is a Welsh actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors, and Ted Murray in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashley Jensen</span> Scottish actress and narrator (born 1969)

Ashley Jensen is a Scottish actress and narrator. She is best known for her roles as Maggie Jacobs in Extras, Christina McKinney in Ugly Betty (2006–2010), Agatha Raisin in Agatha Raisin (2014–present), and DI Ruth Calder in Shetland (2023–present).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corbin Bleu</span> American actor (born 1989)

Corbin Bleu Reivers is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the late 1990s before rising to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Chad Danforth in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song "I Don't Dance" peaking inside the Top 70 of the Billboard Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In! (2007) and the film To Write Love on Her Arms (2015). He competed in the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne-Marie Duff</span> British actress

Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress and narrator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Borle</span> American actor (born 1973)

Christian Dominique Borle is an American actor and singer. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for his roles as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher and as William Shakespeare in Something Rotten! Borle also originated the roles of Prince Herbert, et al. in Spamalot, Emmett in Legally Blonde, and Joe in Some Like It Hot on Broadway, each of which earned him a Tony nomination. He starred as Marvin in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos. He also starred as Tom Levitt on the NBC musical-drama television series Smash and Vox in the adult animated black comedy musical series Hazbin Hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MyAnna Buring</span> Swedish-born British actress (born 1979)

My Anna Margaretha Buring Rantapää, known professionally as MyAnna Buring, is a Swedish-born British actress. Her films include The Descent (2005), Kill List (2011), and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and Part 2 (2012). On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series Ripper Street (2012–2016) and the Netflix series The Witcher (2019–2023).

Sergei Viktorovich Skripal is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the United Kingdom's intelligence services during the 1990s and early 2000s. In December 2004, he was arrested by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and later tried, convicted of high treason, and sentenced to 13 years in prison. He settled in the United Kingdom in 2010 following the Illegals Programme spy swap. He holds both Russian and British citizenship.

<i>PhoneShop</i> British television comedy series

PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned on E4 and broadcasting began on 7 October 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984)</span> American actor & singer

Jeremy Michael Jordan is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway, in television and film, in concert, as well as in other theatrical productions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal</span> 2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England

The poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, also known as the Salisbury Poisonings, was a botched assassination attempt to poison Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the British intelligence agencies in the city of Salisbury, England on 4 March 2018. Sergei and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned by means of a Novichok nerve agent. Both spent several weeks in hospital in a critical condition, before being discharged. A police officer, Nick Bailey, was also taken into intensive care after attending the incident, and was later discharged.

The Salisbury Poisonings is a fact-based drama television series, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall and Annabel Scholey which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisonings and decontamination crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury poisonings. The series was broadcast in three parts on BBC One in June 2020, and has been shown in four parts elsewhere. It was created by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn for Dancing Ledge Productions.

References

  1. "Q&As with the cast of PhoneShop". Channel4. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings, 6 June 2020". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 June 2020.