Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard
Howard in 2016
Born	(1969-06-12) 12 June 1969 (age 56) Cardiff, Wales
Nationality	Welsh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Children	1

Andrew Howard (born 12 June 1969) is a Welsh theatre, television and film actor.

Training

Howard trained at Cygnet Training Theatre in Exeter in the late 1980s, touring in productions of A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Beggar's Opera and Peer Gynt among others.

Career

Stage

On stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, ^[1] Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal National Theatre (London) and The Donmar Warehouse (London).

Film

Howard has made notable appearances in several major productions, including the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and the Guy Ritchie caper Revolver , as well as costarring alongside Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close in the 2003 TV film The Lion in Winter . ^[2] He played "Bad" Frank Phillips in History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys . ^[3]

In 2001, Howard was awarded best actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his portrayal of Jon in Mr In-Between . ^[4] He co-wrote the screenplay for Shooters , a 2002 British crime drama in which he also starred. ^[2] In 2009, he played Thomas Luster in the thriller film Luster under the direction from Adam Mason. ^[5]

In 2009, he was also in the film Blood River , ^[6] for which Howard won Best Actor Award at the Honolulu Film Festival and the Jack Nance Breakthrough Performance Award at the New York Film Festival Downtown. In 2011, he starred in Limitless , a film by Neil Burger originally titled The Dark Fields. ^[7]

In 2014, he played a supporting role as the lead Russian henchman, Maxim, in Taken 3 . ^[1] Since 2015, he has appeared in the television series Bates Motel as Will Decody, who was originally portrayed by actor Ian Hart in the first season. ^[8]

In 2020, he played Stephen in Tenet . In the same year, he starred as Officer Merk, a racist NYPD officer, in the Oscar-winning short film Two Distant Strangers .

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	The Cherry Orchard	Trofimov
	Shades	Dylan Cole
2000	Rancid Aluminium	Trevor
2001	Mr In-Between	Jon
2002	Shooters	J
	Moonlight	Gang Leader
	Below	Hoag
2003	The Lion in Winter	Richard the Lionheart
2004	One Perfect Day	Hector Lee
2005	Heights	Ian
	The Last Drop	Captain Edward Banks
	Revolver	Billy
2006	The Devil's Chair	Nick West
2007	Cassandra's Dream	Jerry
2008	Love Me Still	Mickey Ronson
2009	Luster	Thomas Luster
	Blood River	Joseph	[9]
2010	I Spit on Your Grave	Sheriff Storch	[7] [10]
2011	Limitless	Gennady
	The Hangover Part II	Nikolai
2014	Taken 3	Maxim
	Squatters	Ronald
2016	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	Anton Masovich
	Crow	Harley
2017	CHiPs	Arnaud
2018	Truth or Dare	Randall Himoff
2019	Anna	Oleg
2020	Tenet	Stephen
	Songbird	Q-Zone Escapee
	Two Distant Strangers	Officer Merk	Short film
2023	Mudbrick	Jakov
2024	Hard Home	Diablo Killer
2025	The Accountant 2	Batu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Band of Brothers	Captain Clarence Hester	2 episodes
2007	Suspect	Stella	TV movie
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Luke Ronson	Episode: "Smoked"
	CSI	Johannes Desmoot	Episode: "A Kiss Before Frying"
	Burn Notice	Tavian Khorza	3 episodes
2012	Hatfields & McCoys	Frank 'Bad Frank' Phillips	TV miniseries
2012–2013	NCIS: Los Angeles	Dmitri Greshnev	2 episodes
2013	Copper	Mr. O'Rourke	3 episodes
2013	Boardwalk Empire	August Tucker	Episode: "Acres of Diamonds"
	Ironside	Ricky Tybor	Episode: "Hell on Wheels"
2014	Elementary	Devin Gasper	Episode: "The Diabolical Kind"
	The After	McCormick	TV movie
	Banshee	Quentin	Episode: "Armies of One"
	The Blacklist	Milo	Episode: "Berlin (No. 8): Conclusion"
2014–2015	Hell on Wheels	Dandy Johnny Shea	7 episodes
2015	The Lizzie Borden Chronicles	Billy Borden	2 episodes
	Proof	Randall Mason	Episode: "Redemption"
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Luther Banks	Recurring role, 6 episodes
	Agent X	Nicolas Volker / Raymond Marks	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2015–2016	Bates Motel	Will Decody	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2017	24: Legacy	Gabriel	Episode: "4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m."
	The Brave	Ranier Boothe	Episode: "The Greater Good"
2018–2019	The Outpost	Marshal Withers	Main role
2019	The Oath	Kraley	5 episodes
	Watchmen	Red Scare	Miniseries
2020	Perry Mason	Detective Ennis	Miniseries
2021	Mayor of Kingstown	Duke	5 episodes
2024	Echo	Zane	3 episodes

Screenwriter

• 2002 Shooters film
• 2010 Pig film

References

1. Williams, Kathryn (14 January 2015). "Learn more about Taken 3 star, Cardiff's Andrew Howard". walesonline. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
2. "BBC NEWS | Wales | Actor reprises Hopkins' Lionheart role". BBC. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
3. "Welsh actor Andrew Howard on his role in American miniseries Hatfields & McCoys". walesonline. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
4. Barton, Steve (5 April 2010). "Andrew Howard Brings Evil to The Dark Fields". Dread Central . Retrieved 10 November 2011.
5. Miska, Brad (2 November 2009). "AFM '09: 'Puppet Master: Axis of Evil', 'Luster' and 'Dark House'". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 10 November 2011.
6. "Pete's Peek | Welcome to Blood River. Are you ready to repent? | Movie Talk | What's on TV". What' s on TV. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
7. Miska, Brad (5 April 2010). "'I Spit on Your Grave' Villain Takes Evil Role in 'The Dark Fields'". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 6 November 2011.
8. "Bates Motel: "The Last Supper" Review". Geek Binge. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
9. "BLOOD RIVER « Cast". Revolver Entertainment. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
10. Decker, Sean (30 November 2010). "Exclusive: Rodney Eastman Talks I Spit On Your Grave Plus Image!". Dread Central . Retrieved 7 November 2011.

External links

• Andrew Howard at IMDb