Andrew Tiernan
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).
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All Credits (107)
Queer Edward II
as Self (archive footage)
The Man with the Plan
as Aneurin Bevan
Joan
as Paul
My Policeman
as Bert (uncredited)
Code of Silence
as Peter Brodie
Dalgliesh
as Malcolm Proctor
2003
as Phil
FBI: International
as Captain Luka Janic
Burning Men
as Unknown
The Good Soldier Schwejk
as Unknown
Innocent
as John Taylor
UK18
as Moore
Us and Them
as Tommy
Le Fear II: Le Sequel
as Dirk Heinz
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
as Narrator/Himself
The Messenger
as Father
No Offence
as Docherty
Safe House
as Roger Lane
Code of a Killer
as DS Geoff Taylor
Dragonfly
as DS Blake
The Great Fire
as Vincent
Automata
as Manager
The Driver
as Darren
Common
as Peter O'Shea
The Bunker
as Unknown
Father Brown
as Archibald Drake
Ripper Street
as James Self
Prisoners' Wives
as DS David Hunter
Death in Paradise
as Paul Raynor
War of the Dead
as Martin Stone
Injustice
as Michael Bankes
Freight
as Stanni
Mr. Nice
as Alan Marcuson
Dead Cert
as Chekha
Luther
as Richard Henley
Murderland
as Whitaker
Harvest
as Unknown
Survivors
as Gavin
Merlin
as Osgar
Heroes and Villains
as Unknown
300
as Ephialtes
Life on Mars
as Kim Trent
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as Ben Jonson
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
as Unknown
Snuff-Movie
as Constable Fred
The Quatermass Experiment
as Victor Carroon
Doctor Who
as Purcell
The Rotters' Club
as Roy Slater
Whose Baby?
as Dave
New Tricks
as Sgt Major Sharratt
Murder Investigation Team
as Gary Shale
Rehab
as Dean
The Afternoon Play
as Bennett
Red Cap
as Unknown
Foyle's War
as Geoffrey Helliwell
The Pianist
as Szalas
The Red Siren
as Koesler
Spooks
as Forster (
Spooks
as Forster
Murphy's Law
as Richard
The Bunker
as Cpl. Schenke
Mr In-Between
as Andy
Hawkins
as Freddie
Waking the Dead
as Don Keech
Lava
as Squeegee merchant
In a Land of Plenty
as Gary
The Criminal
as Harris
The Protagonists
as Mohammed
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Bunting
Hornblower
as Bunting
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
as Man in Pub
The Scarlet Tunic
as Muller
Map of the Scars
as Unknown
Playing God
as Cyril
Face
as Chris
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Scar
Jonathan Creek
as Lenny Spearfish
Midsomer Murders
as Steve Bright
Two Deaths
as Captain Jorgu
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Jake McNally
The Sculptress
as Gary O'Brien
Interview with the Vampire
as Paris Vampire
Space Precinct
as Andy Sturgeon
Being Human
as Cyprion's Man
Middlemarch
as Unknown
99-1
as Billy Pink
Safe
as Duggie
Cracker
as Sean
The Trial
as Bethold the Student
As You Like It
as Orlando / Oliver
Between the Lines
as David Panter
The Guilty
as Leo
Thacker
as Davey Royce
Heartbeat
as Ray Nixon
Performance
as Banquo
Edward II
as Piers Gaveston
Prime Suspect
as DC Rosper
Sweet Nothing
as Dog
The Chief
as PC Steve Felsher
Nice Work
as Raymond Wilcox
Screen One
as Dog
Dead Cat
as Tramp's follower
Casualty
as O'Neill
Casualty
as Col Danvers
Screen Two
as Bethold the Student
Screen Two
as Piers Gaveston
Taggart
as Unknown