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Andrew Pleavin (born 13 April 1968) is an English actor known for his appearances in the TV film Attila , Unstoppable , Batman Begins , Attack of the Gryphon , Return to House on Haunted Hill and his roles in the British police dramas Messiah III: the Promise and The Bill . In February 2006, he was cast in 300 by Frank Miller, a film in which he played a character called Daxos. Andrew was born in England but spent his early years in Transvaal, South Africa. He returned to the UK and to the Wirral in Northern England, aged 12, and received a black belt status in martial arts at the age of 18 after six years of training in Liverpool and London.
From 1993 to 1996, he trained at the London Drama Centre.
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1998 | Cash in Hand | Barman | |
1999 | Distant Shadow | Collins | |
2002 | Re-inventing Eddie | Police Sergeant Carter | |
2004 | Unstoppable | Cherney | |
Playground Logic | Tony Dear | ||
2005 | Batman Begins | Uniformed Policeman No. 2 | |
Tuesday | Brian | Short | |
2006 | Lipidleggin' | Peter Gurney | |
300 | Daxos: Arcadian king | ||
2007 | Gryphon | David | |
Return to House on Haunted Hill | Samuel | ||
2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Frank Nielsen | |
Wake Up | Neil | Short | |
2010 | Inception | Businessman | |
2011 | The Gift | Andrew Lascu | |
2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | Daxos: Arcadian king | |
Love by Design | Oscar | ||
2016 | London Has Fallen | Secret Service Agent Bronson | |
High Strung | Slater | ||
2017 | American Assassin | Eisenhower Captain |
Television | |||
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Year | Film | Character | Other notes |
1999 | The Bill | DI Cronin & Roger Dawson | 4 episode 1999 to 2005 |
2000 | Heartbeat | Al | 1 episode |
2001 | Attila | Orestes | |
The Bombmaker | SAS Captain Crosbie | 1 episode | |
Doctors | Jason | 1 episode | |
2003 | Down to Earth | Sgt. Phill Gross | 1 episode |
Wire in the Blood | Fire Chief | 2 episodes 2003 & 2004 | |
2004 | Holby City | John Hughes | 1 episode |
Messiah: The Promise | PO Darrell Teague | ||
2005 | The Worst Week of My Life | Bowden | 1 episode |
2006 | A Good Murder | John Palmer | |
Gryphon | David | ||
2010 | Witchville | Erik | |
2011 | William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | Col Huntington |
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