Andrew Tiernan
Born	November 30, 1965 Birmingham, England
Notable roles	Szalas in "The Pianist"

Andrew James Tiernan (born on November 30, 1965 in Birmingham, UK) is an English actor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The Pianist may be: The Pianist (1991 film), a 1991 film The Pianist (1998 film) (El Pianista), a 1998 Catalan film The Pianist (memoir), a biographical memoir by Polish pianist WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szpilman The Pianist (film), a 2002 Roman Polanski film based on the memoir Die Klavierspielerin, a novel... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

He began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre and moved to London in 1984 to study a three-year Diploma in Acting at the Drama Centre London run by Christopher Fettes and Yat Malmgren. The Birmingham Youth Theatre was founded in 1972 in Birmingham, England by local teachers Derek Nicholls and Ray Speakman, and was based at the Midlands Arts Centre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. ... The Drama Centre is a British drama school in Clerkenwell, London. ... Christopher Fettes (born in 1937 in England) is an Irish teacher, Green politician and activist. ... Yat Malmgren (28 March 1916 - 6 June 2002) Swedish Dancer and Acting teacher. ...

Film

He gained the role of Piers Gaveston in Derek Jarman’s controversial film of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II in 1991, after appearing in Lynda La Plante's award-winning drama Prime Suspect. In the same year, Andrew went on to star as Orlando and Oliver in Christine Edzard's version of Shakespeare's As You Like It playing alongside actors; James Fox and Cyril Cusack. Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. ... Derek Jarman Derek Jarman (January 31, 1942 – February 19, 1994) was an English film director, stage designer, artist, and writer. ... Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593?) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... Edward II is a movie by Derek Jarman based on the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. ... // April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael Noonan OKeefe in New York Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is made. ... Lynda La Plante (March 15, 1943) British screenwriter and erstwhile actress (her performances were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for the Prime Suspect crime series. ... Prime Suspect is a highly-acclaimed Granada Television police procedural television drama series of the decades of the 1990s and 2000s, which has been followed up by several sequels. ... Christine Edzard (born in Paris, France on February 15, 1945) is a film director, writer, and costume designer. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Scene from As you like it, Francis Hayman, c. ... James Fox (born 19 May 1939) is an English actor. ... Cyril Cusack (November 26, 1910 — October 7, 1993) was an Irish actor. ...

He is memorable for his role as the creepy Szalas of the Underground Movement, in Roman Polanski's award winning film The Pianist. His character neglects to look after Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrian Brody) and instead of feeding him, drinks his vodka and steals his watch. Roman Raymond Polański (born August 18, 1933 in Paris) is an Academy Award-winning Polish film director, writer, and producer. ... The Pianist may be: The Pianist (1991 film), a 1991 film The Pianist (1998 film) (El Pianista), a 1998 Catalan film The Pianist (memoir), a biographical memoir by Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman The Pianist (film), a 2002 Roman Polanski film based on the memoir Die Klavierspielerin, a novel... Adrien Brody at Cannes, 2002 Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an Oscar winning American actor. ...

He has also worked with Antonia Bird on a number of improvisational film productions, including Safe (Bafta - Best single drama), Face, Rehab and Spooks. Antonia Bird is a British TV and film director. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Face (1997). ... Spooks is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. ...

TV

His acting career has now spanned over fifteen years, during which he has consistently worked and he has become a well-known figure amongst fans of high-quality British television drama. In 1993, he starred as the stuttering psychopath Sean Kerrigan in the episode "To Say I Love You" of Jimmy McGovern's Cracker. He's known as an actor's actor and a great character actor.^{[citation needed]} This is a list of television-related events in 1993. ... Jimmy McGovern (born 1949 in Liverpool, England, UK) is a British television scriptwriter, known for his powerful and thought-provoking dramas often based around hard-hitting social issues or controversial real-life events. ... Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. ...

In 1998, in one such outstanding series Hornblower he played the ill-fated but memorable role of Bunting in the second episode "The Examination For Lieutenant". Other credits in television include Victor Carroon in The Quatermass Experiment and Kim Trent in Life on Mars This is a list of television-related events in 1998. ... Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Foresters novels about the character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... The Quatermass Experiment is a British television science-fiction serial, transmitted by BBC Television in the summer of 1953. ... Life on Mars is a British television drama series, which was first shown on BBC One in January and February 2006. ...

Theatre

His theatre work has included Joe Penhall's The Bullet at the Donmar Warehouse, and a long-term collaboration with the Tony nominated Director; Wilson Milam (Director of Broadway hit; The Lieutenant of Inishmore) including Ché Walker's Flesh Wound at the Royal Court Theatre, London and two critically acclaimed productions of Sam Shepard plays; A Lie of the Mind at the Donmar Warehouse, London and True West at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. Joe Penhall is a writer. ... The Donmar Warehouse is a small theatre in the Covent Garden area of the West End of London. ... Wilson Milam. ... The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a black comedy by playwright Martin McDonagh, who wrote the Tony award winning play, The Pillowman, which played at the Booth Theatre from April to September of 2005. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ... Actor Sam Shepard mulls over a scene in the motion picture Stealth, while filming on June 15, 2004, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. ... A Lie of the Mind is Sam Shepards seventh full-length play and winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play of the Year in the 1985-1986 season. ... The Donmar Warehouse is a small theatre in the Covent Garden area of the West End of London. ... True West is one of Sam Shepards early plays. ... The Coopers Hall (right) became the theatre foyer in the 1970s. ...

Current work

Andrew recently completed filming Zack Snyder's 300, an adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel (also called 300) based on the heroism of 300 elite Spartan warriors at the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in Greece, in which he portrays the legendary traitor Ephialtes. Filming took place from October 2005 - January 2006 in Montreal. In the role of Ephialtes, in film depicted as a completely deformed hunchback, Andrew was dressed in full body prosthetics which took 10 hours each day to complete.^{[citation needed]} Zack Snyder (born March 1, 1966, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA) is an American film director. ... 300 is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller about the Battle of Thermopylae. ... Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. ... 300 is a historically-inspired comic book (later collected as a graphic novel) written and illustrated by Frank Miller with painted colors by Lynn Varley. ... Sparta (Doric: Spárta, Attic: SpártÄ“) is a city in southern Greece. ... Combatants Greek-city states Persian Empire Commanders Leonidas I † Xerxes I the Great of Persia Strength 300 Spartans 700 Thespians 6,000 other Greek allies2 60,000-2,000,000 (estimates vary)1 Casualties 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians; 1,400 Greek allies in total. ... Ephialtes (Greek: ; but Herodotus spells without the aspiration Epialtes, ) was the son of Eurydemus of Malis. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Nickname: City of Mary (Ville-Marie) Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2] [3]  - City 365. ... See the Aloadae article for information about the giant Ephialtes of Greek mythology For Ephialtes, the prominent Athenian politician see Ephialtes of Athens Ephialtes (Greek: ) was the son of Eurydemus of Malis. ...

Partial filmography

• 300 (2007)
• Snuff-Movie (2006)
• The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
• The Rotters' Club (2005)
• Whose Baby? (2004)
• Rehab (2003)
• The Red Siren (2002)
• The Pianist (2002)
• The Bunker (2001)
• Mr In-Between (2001)
• Small Time Obsession (2000)
• The Criminal (1999)
• Hornblower (1998)
• The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
• Playing God (1997)
• Face (1997)
• Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
• The Sculptress (1996)
• Two Deaths (1995)

300 is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller about the Battle of Thermopylae. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing wide-release films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2007. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... The Quatermass Experiment is a British television science-fiction serial, transmitted by BBC Television in the summer of 1953. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... The Rotters Club is a 2001 book written by Jonathan Coe, set in Birmingham during the 1970s. ... // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... // February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... The Pianist is a 2002 film directed by Roman Polański and starring Adrien Brody. ... For the book with the same name, see The Bunker. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey // August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... // April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Foresters novels about the character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1998. ... Playing God is a film. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... Face (1997). ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... // March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation November - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye. ...

External links

• Andrew Tiernan Connection - Unofficial Fan Site
• Andrew Tiernan at the Internet Movie Database