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Andrew Tiernan

Cast & creator

Andrew Tiernan

1965-11-30 (age 60) Ladywood, Birmingham, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Death in Paradise

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).

Also known as: Andy Tiernan, Andrew James Tiernan

Movies

66

film credits

Series

54

television credits

Career

115

1983–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Steve Bright · 1997

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Purcell · 2005

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Paul Raynor · 2011

Casualty

Casualty

O'Neill · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Col Danvers · 1986

Across film & television

Filmography (120)

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Steve Bright

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Purcell

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Paul Raynor

Casualty

Casualty

O'Neill

Casualty

Casualty

Col Danvers

Father Brown

Father Brown

Archibald Drake

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Ray Nixon

Screen Two

Screen Two

Bethold the Student

Screen Two

Screen Two

Piers Gaveston

Spooks

Spooks

Forster (

Spooks

Spooks

Forster

FBI: International

FBI: International

Captain Luka Janic

Merlin

Merlin

Osgar

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Don Keech

New Tricks

New Tricks

Sgt Major Sharratt

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Geoffrey Helliwell

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

Jake McNally

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

James Self

Performance

Performance

Banquo

Luther

Luther

Richard Henley

The Pianist

The Pianist

Szalas

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

Lenny Spearfish

Taggart

Taggart

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

DC Rosper

Screen One

Screen One

Dog

300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire

Ephialtes

Hornblower

Hornblower

Bunting

The Chief

The Chief

PC Steve Felsher

Cracker

Cracker

Sean

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

David Panter

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

Paris Vampire

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

Malcolm Proctor

300

300

Ephialtes

Space Precinct

Space Precinct

Andy Sturgeon

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

Richard

No Offence

No Offence

Docherty

Life on Mars

Life on Mars

Kim Trent

Innocent

Innocent

John Taylor

The Afternoon Play

The Afternoon Play

Bennett

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Man in Pub

Safe House

Safe House

Roger Lane

Automata

Automata

Manager

Joan

Joan

Paul

Murder Investigation Team

Murder Investigation Team

Gary Shale

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

99-1

99-1

Billy Pink

My Policeman

My Policeman

Bert (uncredited)

Red Cap

Red Cap

Code of a Killer

Code of a Killer

DS Geoff Taylor

Survivors

Survivors

Gavin

The Driver

The Driver

Darren

Injustice

Injustice

Michael Bankes

The Great Fire

The Great Fire

Vincent

The Rotters' Club

The Rotters' Club

Roy Slater

Prisoners' Wives

Prisoners' Wives

DS David Hunter

Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Scar

Nice Work

Nice Work

Raymond Wilcox

Playing God

Playing God

Cyril

Ellington

Eddie Gilmour

Murderland

Murderland

Whitaker

In a Land of Plenty

In a Land of Plenty

Gary

Two Deaths

Two Deaths

Captain Jorgu

The Sculptress

The Sculptress

Gary O'Brien

Edward II

Edward II

Piers Gaveston

Safe

Safe

Duggie

Being Human

Being Human

Cyprion's Man

The Man with the Plan

The Man with the Plan

Aneurin Bevan

The Bunker

The Bunker

Cpl. Schenke

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

Ben Jonson

Lava

Lava

Squeegee merchant

The Trial

The Trial

Bethold the Student

Snuff-Movie

Snuff-Movie

Constable Fred

Face

Face

Chris

As You Like It

As You Like It

Orlando / Oliver

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Bunting

Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

Alan Marcuson

The Red Siren

The Red Siren

Koesler

War of the Dead

War of the Dead

Martin Stone

Code of Silence

Code of Silence

Peter Brodie

The Guilty

The Guilty

Leo

The Bunker

The Bunker

Mr In-Between

Mr In-Between

Andy

Thacker

Thacker

Davey Royce

The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment

Victor Carroon

Dead Cert

Dead Cert

Chekha

Queer Edward II

Queer Edward II

Self (archive footage)

Freight

Freight

Stanni

Some Kind of Life

Mark

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

Narrator/Himself

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

The Protagonists

The Protagonists

Mohammed

Sweet Nothing

Sweet Nothing

Dog

The Criminal

The Criminal

Harris

Whose Baby?

Whose Baby?

Dave

Harvest

Harvest

The Messenger

The Messenger

Father

The Man Who Sold The World

Reverend Carmichael

UK18

UK18

Moore

UK18

UK18

Director

UK18

UK18

Story

Us and Them

Us and Them

Tommy

Common

Common

Peter O'Shea

The Good Soldier Schwejk

The Good Soldier Schwejk

Le Fear II: Le Sequel

Le Fear II: Le Sequel

Dirk Heinz

The Scarlet Tunic

The Scarlet Tunic

Muller

Checkout Girl

Mark

Rehab

Rehab

Dean

2003

2003

Phil

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

DS Blake

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Director

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Writer

Map of the Scars

Map of the Scars

Break Clause

Break Clause

Director

Hawkins

Hawkins

Freddie

Flying

Gary

Brilliant!

Art Critic

Burning Men

Burning Men

Left Turn

John

Dead Cat

Dead Cat

Tramp's follower