Andrew Havill (born 1 June 1965) is a British actor. Havill has appeared in more than 40 films and 50 plays beginning in the late 1980s. After training in Oxford and London,[1] he began his career in repertory theatre in 1989 and made his screen debut in 1993. As a character actor, Havill has appeared in many British costume dramas.[2]
Andrew Havill | |
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Born | Oxford, England | 1 June 1965
Alma mater | University of Exeter |
Years active | 1989–present |
Website | Official website |
Education
editHavill attended the University of Exeter, where he read English and drama.[3] He spent four years with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain with roles in London theatre productions including For Those in Peril at the Shaw Theatre, As You Like It at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, and Reynard the Fox on the Drum Theatre Plymouth and south-west tour. At the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, Havill appeared in Henry V, Twelfth Night, and A Proper Place. He spent a further four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4]
Havill is also an alumnus of the Oxford University Dramatic Society with roles in Oxford theatre productions including Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse,[5] The Recruiting Officer at New College Cloisters, and As You Like It at Lady Margaret Hall Gardens.[4]
Career
editTheatre
editHavill began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). In 1989, he portrayed Lysander at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream[5] and Reynaldo at the Barbican Theatre's production of Hamlet. He appeared in the Fortune Theatre's productions of The Woman in Black in 1989 and 1996.[6]
Throughout the 1990s, Havill performed in a number of plays at London's West End and elsewhere. He portrayed several characters at the Barbican Theatre in an RSC production of A Clockwork Orange and at The Pit London in A Woman of No Importance.[5] In conjunction with the RSC, Havill's focus was Shakespeare; in 1990, he portrayed George Seacoal in Much Ado About Nothing, Peter Arnold in Two Shakespearean Actors and The Merchant in The Comedy of Errors; from 1991 to 1992, he portrayed Sir William Bagot in an RSC production of Richard II at the Barbican Theatre in London.[4]
In 2003, Havill played Group Captain Windbreak in Justin Butcher's production of The Madness of George Dubya at the Arts Theatre in London. Michael Billington wrote in The Guardian that "Butcher's production... has a surprising jauntiness; ... Andrew Havill as an ineffectual group captain... stand[s] out."[7] The following year, Havill was cast as the Reverend James Morell in George Bernard Shaw's Candida, for which The Guardian's Lyn Gardner wrote "Much of the pleasure of Christopher Luscombe's well-observed period production is in watching Andrew Havill's interesting Morell move from confident self-belief to bewildered self-doubt as he starts to understand that even goodness is a form of selfishness."[8] Havill's other stage roles of the 2000s include working with Alan Ayckbourn on his play Virtual Reality, a West End production of Jean Anouilh's Ring Around the Moon, and roles in director Chris Luscombe's productions of The Comedy of Errors and The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare's Globe. Of the latter, Gardner wrote "Havill's comic timing is a joy."[9]
Havill also appeared as Frank Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor US tour of 2010. Ben Brantley commented in The New York Times, "As Ford... the excellent Mr. Havill is exactly as serious as he needs to be, reminding us that one of comedy’s main functions is to defuse bombs that in real life often explode and destroy."[10] In 2012 and 2013, he was part of the original cast of James Graham's play This House, at the National Theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin.[11] His work has included three roles at Hampstead Theatre in the plays Farewell to the Theatre, Drawing the Line, and Wonderland,[12] and a portrayal of the English physician Sir Gilbert Wedgecroft in a National Theatre production of Waste, with Anne Cox writing "Havill offers excellent support... as always."[13] In 2019, Havill portrayed Warren Lewis at the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Shadowlands opposite actors Liz White and Hugh Bonneville,[14] having appeared with Bonneville in the Downtown Abbey film of the same year.[15]
Television
editHavill made his television debut in Lucy Gannon's Soldier Soldier in 1993, followed by a portrayal of English critic John Davenport in The House of Elliot Series 3 the following year.[16] From 1997 to 1998, Havill worked with Lynda La Plante on her drama series Trial & Retribution, playing Clarence Oxley on Trial & Retribution I and Crispin Oxley on Trial & Retribution II. Havill starred in two 1999 television mini series: Aristocrats and Wives and Daughters as Charles Bunbury and Sir Charles Morton respectively.[17][18]
In the 2000s, his television roles included portraying Manet on The Impressionists, Elizabeth David (in which he featured as the husband of cookery writer Elizabeth David in the docudrama after whom it was named),[19] Daphne and The Tudors. He played the Chief Steward in the Christmas Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned"[20] and was in the BBC drama Spooks Series 8.[21][22]
In 2011, Havill portrayed the Reverend Conrad Walker on ITV's Midsomer Murders (in the episode The Night of the Stag). In 2012, he was cast as the Royal Equerry, Harry, in the episode A Scandal in Belgravia of the mystery crime drama Sherlock due to his reputation for playing "well-spoken upper-class types."[23] His work of the 2010s includes playing Victor McKinley on the BBC's Father Brown, Edward Sidwell on The Coroner Series 1, episode 8 (Napoleon's Violin), and Gareth Anderson on Vera (in the episode Natural Selection) in 2017.[21]
Havill played factory owner Douglas Broome in the 2021 series The Nevers,[24] and Professor Lucius Stamfield in Endeavour of the same year. In the fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown, he portrayed Robert Fellowes, the Queen's private secretary and brother-in-law of Princess Diana. He and twelve other cast members were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for their roles in The Crown.[25] In 2024, he portrayed the criminal defence lawyer Stuart Wentworth QC in the British television drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.[26]
Film
editHavill made his film debut in 1995, portraying Galant on Michael Hoffman's Restoration. Following this, he played Algernon in Brian Gilbert's 1997 film Wilde and Piers in Clare Kilner's 1999 film Janice Beard.[27]
In the 2000s, Havill's film work included roles in Thaddeus O'Sullivan's 2002 period drama The Heart of Me as Charles (the fiancé of Helena Bonham Carter's Dinah),[19] Douglas McGrath's 2002 period comedy-drama Nicholas Nickleby, Christine Jeffs' 2003 biographical drama Sylvia, and Sean Ellis' 2008 horror film The Broken as Doctor Myers.[28]
In 2010, Havill portrayed the royal sound engineer Robert Wood in The King's Speech.[29] He played the cabinet secretary to Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011), Cameron in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), and Turing's professor in The Imitation Game (2014). In 2019, he portrayed the Archbishop of Canterbury in David Michôd's historical drama film The King and Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood in the historical drama film Downtown Abbey.[30] In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), he played a First Order Officer with a small speaking role.[6] His work of the 2010s includes roles in The Awakening as George Vandermeer, Cloud Atlas as Mr. Hotchkiss, Dad's Army as Captain Meeks, My Cousin Rachel as Parson Pascoe, Gold as Sir James Benson, and Lyrebird as Maarten Wooning.[21]
Havill portrayed Sir Philip Hendy in Roger Michell's 2020 film The Duke, along with actors Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. In 2021, he played Enid Baines' father George in the psychological horror film Censor, delivering "sterling work" as a "button-down" parent,[31] and General Reginald Dyer in the Bollywood biographical historical drama film Sardar Udham. In 2024, he portrayed Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson in the Netflix documentary drama Einstein and the Bomb with Aidan McArdle as Einstein.[32]
Other work
editIn 2023, Havill provided the voice for Sylvestre Lesage in the action role-playing game Final Fantasy XVI.[33][34]
Filmography
editFilm | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
1995 | Restoration | Galant | Film debut | [35] |
1997 | Wilde | Algernon | [36] | |
1998 | Titanic Town | Officer | [37] | |
1999 | Janice Beard | Piers | [27] | |
2002 | The Heart of Me | Charles (Dinah's fiancé) | [38] | |
Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Nickleby | [39] | ||
2003 | Sylvia | David Wevill | [28] | |
2004 | The Rocket Post | [22] | ||
2008 | The Broken | Dr. Myers | [19] | |
Dummy | Doctor | [40] | ||
Pop Art | Mr. Milton | Short | [41] | |
2010 | Mr. Nice | Prosecution Barrister | [40] | |
The King's Speech | Robert Wood | [29] | ||
London Boulevard | Unlikely Vagrant | [42] | ||
2011 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Master Ford | [43] | |
The Awakening | George Vandermeer | [19] | ||
The Iron Lady | Cabinet Minister | [19] | ||
2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | Cameron | [22] | |
Cloud Atlas | Mr. Hotchkiss | [44] | ||
Les Misérables | Cochepaille | [45] | ||
2013 | Closed Circuit | News Reporter 1 | [46] | |
The List | Vickery | [47] | ||
2014 | The Imitation Game | Teacher | [6] | |
Remainder | Peter Younger | [16] | ||
2015 | The Carer | Dr. Satterthwaite | [46] | |
The Danish Girl | Danish Embassy Official | [48] | ||
Letters from Baghdad | Sir Percy Cox | [49] | ||
2016 | Dad's Army | Captain Meeks | [50] | |
Hot Property | Alan Day | [16] | ||
2017 | My Cousin Rachel | Parson Pascoe | [21] | |
The Children Act | George | [21] | ||
2018 | Gold | Sir James Benson | [51] | |
2019 | The King | Archbishop of Canterbury | [52] | |
Downton Abbey | Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood | [29] | ||
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | First Order Officer #7 | [6] | ||
The Last Vermeer | Maarten Wooning | [53] | ||
2020 | The Duke | Sir Philip Hendy | [52] | |
2021 | Censor | George | [54] | |
Sardar Udham | General Reginald Dyer | [55] | ||
2023 | Such A Lovely Day | John | Short | |
2024 | Einstein and the Bomb | Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson | [32] |
Television | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
1993 | Soldier Soldier | Liaison Officer | Television debut | [16] |
1994 | The House of Eliott | John Davenport | [56] | |
1997 | The Peter Principle | Craig Hunter | U.S. title: The Boss | [57] |
Harry Enfield & Chums | Jeremy | [58] | ||
A Dance to the Music of Time | Sunny Farebrother | [48] | ||
1998 | Heat of the Sun | Reverend Peter Michaeljohn | [59] | |
Kavanagh QC | Nicholas Gee | [16] | ||
Trial & Retribution | Crispin Oxley Clarence Oxley |
[16] | ||
1999 | Aristocrats | Charles Bunbury | [17] | |
Wives and Daughters | Sir Charles Morton | [18] | ||
2000 | The Ghost Hunter | Professor Darcy | [60] | |
2001 | Office Gossip | Lonely Heart | [58] | |
2002 | ER | Daniel Newman | ||
Casualty | Maurice Goodwin | |||
2002–11 | Doctors | Ian Rickman John Wilton Mr. Ballard |
[59] | |
2003 | Judge John Deed | Alexander Petros QC | ||
The Bill | Doctor Waring | |||
2004 | D-Day 6.6.1944 | Jake Masterman | Television film | [59] |
Island at War | Oberleutnant Flach | [61] | ||
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Inspector Ardery | |||
2005 | Casanova | English Chancellor | [59] | |
Hustle | Dr. Mansfield | |||
Waking the Dead | Noel Simmons | [59] | ||
Broken News | Nicholas Michaelmass | |||
The English Harem | Lawrence of Arabia | Television film | [5] | |
2006 | Surviving Disaster | Kenneth Rayment | [62] | |
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes | Tony David | Television film | [19] | |
Silent Witness | Alan Garnett | [5] | ||
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Bassianus | [5] | ||
2006–07 | The Impressionists | Manet | [19] | |
2007 | Nuclear Secrets | Harry Shergold | [5] | |
The Brussels | Affluent Suit | |||
Daphne | Tommy Browning | Television film | [19] | |
Doctor Who | Chief Steward | Episode: Voyage of the Damned | [59] | |
2008 | Holby City | Shaun Brennan | ||
The Tudors | ||||
A Touch of Frost | Howard Gellman | [59] | ||
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Deputy Ambassador | Television film | [5] | |
2009 | Jonathan Creek | Narrator | [59] | |
Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant | Chapuys | [63] | ||
Into the Storm | King's Private Secretary | Television film | [64] | |
Small Island | Mr. Ryder | [5] | ||
Criminal Justice | John Race | [5] | ||
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sven Hjerson | [59] | ||
Spooks | Roger Maynard | [21] | ||
2010 | Law & Order | Cathal Morris | [59] | |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Rev Conrad Walker | [5] | |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Colin de Glanville QC | [59] | ||
2012 | Sherlock | The Equerry | Episode: A Scandal in Belgravia | [21] |
2013 | Lightfields | Doctor | [5] | |
2014 | Father Brown | Victor McKinley | [5] | |
Trying Again | Seb | [58] | ||
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital | Charles Jennens | |||
2015 | Spotless | Andrew St. John-Payne | [5] | |
Partners in Crime | James Peel KC | [5] | ||
Life in Squares | Clive Bell | [5] | ||
The Coroner | Edward Sidwell | [22] | ||
Virtuoso | Baron Von Faust | [5] | ||
2016 | Call the Midwife | Denis Dawley | [21] | |
Witness for the Prosecution | Clifford Starling | [16] | ||
Taboo | Quaker | |||
2016–17 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Reverend Ambrose | [59] | |
2017 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | Archbishop Stigand | [65] | |
Vera | Gareth Anderson | [21] | ||
Man in an Orange Shirt | Major Fanshawe | [22] | ||
Victoria | Dr. Pritchard | [21] | ||
The Last Post | Dr. Russell | [16] | ||
2018 | Trust | Patrick de Laszlo | [21] | |
2019 | Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes | Brigadier | [58] | |
2021 | Endeavour | Professor Lucius Stamfield | [6] | |
2021–23 | The Nevers | Douglas Broome | [59] | |
2022 | U-Boat Wargamers | Gilbert Roberts | Episode: The Mastermind | [66] |
The Walk-In | Mr. Atkinson | [67] | ||
2022–23 | The Crown | Robert Fellowes | Season 5 and season 6 | [29] |
2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Stuart Wentworth QC | Television mini series | [26] |
References
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- ^ "Sardar Udham: Punjab's Son Stands Against Imperial Arrogance". 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Performing Puberty: Fertile Complexions in Shakespeare's Plays" (PDF). University of Exeter. Open Research Exeter. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
Andrew Havill's performance as Master Ford
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Andrew Havil on Theatricalia
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Andrew Havil at the Royal National Theatre
- ^ a b c d e f g Gibson, Nathan P. (31 October 2022). "Where You've Seen The Cast Of The Crown Before". Looper. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b Billington, Michael (16 January 2003). "The Madness of George Dubya". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ a b Gardner, Lyn (19 June 2004). "Candida". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (21 June 2008). "Theatre review: The Merry Wives of Windsor / The Globe, London". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (7 November 2010). "A World of Silliness, but No Winking This Time". The New York Times.
- ^ "This House 2012 Andrew Havill As Walsall North Johan Persson" – via www.theatrius.com/.
- ^ "Wonderland: Meet the cast" – via www.hampsteadtheatre.com/.
- ^ "Waste – Review". Stage Review. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
Andrew Havill offers excellent support, as always, as doctor to the wealthy, Sir Gilbert Wedgecroft
- ^ "Shadowlands". 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Lawson, Mark (3 May 2019). "Shadowlands review – Bonneville dazzles as CS Lewis in divine revival". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Andrew Havill on TV Guide
- ^ a b Klossner, Michael (2002). The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. Google Books: McFarland & Company. p. 24. ISBN 9780786412235.
- ^ a b Plays and Players: Issues 505–510. Google Books: Hansom Books. 1996. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Andrew Havill on Doctor Who News Page
- ^ Campbell, Mark (11 November 2011). "Doctor Who: The Episode Guide". Pocket Essentials. ISBN 9781842436608.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Carr, Flora (12 September 2021). "Meet the cast of Endeavour series 8". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Andrew Havill on Nettv4u
- ^ "20 Doctor Who Actors Who Appeared in Sherlock". WhatCulture. What Culture Ltd. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
Known for playing well-spoken upper-class types
- ^ "The Nevers Season 2 (2022): Release Date, Cast, Plot".
- ^ Anderson, Stephanie (27 February 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Wins Big At the 2023 SAG Awards". The Latch. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b Andrew Havill on kinorium.com
- ^ a b Sight and Sound: Volume 10, Issues 1–6. Google Books: British Film Institute. 2000. p. 55.
- ^ a b Palmer, R. Barton; Epstein, William H. (6 June 2016). Invented Lives, Imagined Communities: The Biopic and American National Identity. Google Books: State University of New York Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781438460819.
- ^ a b c d Mooney, Georgia (13 November 2022). "This is where you recognise the cast of Netflix's The Crown season five from". The Tab. United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "'Downton Abbey': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Movie Review: Censor (2021)". The Critical Critics. Critical Movie Critics. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
The supporting cast also deliver sterling work, from her button-down parents George (Andrew Havill, "My Cousin Rachel")
- ^ a b "BBC Studios Science Unit produces Einstein and The Bomb for Netflix". BBC. BBC. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Behind the Voice Actors - Final Fantasy XVI". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ 【FF16解説】主要キャラクター一覧。壮大なドラマを彩る個性豊かな面々を紹介。初公開キャラも. Famitsu (in Japanese). 12 June 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Screen World: Volume 47. Google Books: Crown Publishers. 1997. p. 1588. ISBN 9781557832535.
- ^ Sight and Sound: Volume 7, Issues 7–12. Google Books: British Film Institute. 1997. p. 9.
- ^ Screen World: Volume 52. Google Books: Crown Publishers. 2002. ISBN 9781557834799.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (2004). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005. Google Books: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 9780740747427.
- ^ Sight and Sound: Volume 13, Issues 7–12. Google Books: British Film Institute. 2003. p. 54.
- ^ a b Andrew Havill Movies List on Spicyonion
- ^ Pop Art BBC HD Film Shorts Series 1 Episode 3 of 8 at BBC
- ^ "London Boulevard 2010". Movie Player. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Cinemaparadiso "Andrew Havill"
- ^ Wachowski/ Wachowski/ Tykwer, Lana/ Andy/ Tom (9 November 2012). Cloud Atlas: Ein Film nach dem Roman "Der Wolkenatlas" von David Mitchell. Google Books: Rowohlt E-Book. ISBN 9783644024311.
- ^ Cineforum. Google Books: Federazione italiana cineforum. 2013. p. 61.
- ^ a b Andrew Havill on The Numbers
- ^ The List (2013), Andrew Havill: Vickery
- ^ a b BBC Two - Life in Squares - Clive Bell
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (3 June 2017). "Film Review: 'Letters From Baghdad'". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Brode, Douglas (18 February 2020). From Hell To Hollywood: An Encyclopedia of World War II Films Volume 1. Google Books: BearManor Media.
- ^ Andrew Havill Photos
- ^ a b Papadopoulos, Charles (27 October 2022). "The Crown Season 5: 10 Movies & TV Shows Where You've Seen The Cast Before". Screen Rant. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (31 August 2019). "'The Last Vermeer' Review: A Flamboyant Guy Pearce Takes the Stand in Post-War Forgery Drama". Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Adams, Jenn (8 November 2022). "The Best Movies And Shows Starring The Crown Season 5 Cast That You Need To See". Slashfilm. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Movie Review-Sardar Udham: History that haunts". Tribute India. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Trakt TV Review
- ^ The Peter Principle TV sitcom BBC One 1995 - 2000 13 episodes (2 series)
- ^ a b c d Andrew Havill - British Comedy
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andrew Havill on Aveleyman
- ^ McGown/ Docherty, Alistair D./ Mark J. (March 2003). The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama - An Encyclopedia. Google Books: British Film Institute. p. 266. ISBN 9780851708782.
- ^ Island at War Quotes "The cast includes: Louisa Clein as Zelda Kay, Conor Mullen as Leutnant Walker, and Andrew Havill as Oberleutnant Flach."
- ^ Surviving Disaster (2006– ) Andrew Havill: Kenneth Rayment
- ^ Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant (TV Mini Series) Lover (1526-1536) (2009) Andrew Havill: Eustace Chapuys
- ^ "Into the Storm - La guerra di Churchill". Into the Storm. 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Moyen Age et Renaissance au cinéma: L'Angleterre (partie I). Google Books: Books on Demand. 18 December 2017. p. 56. ISBN 9782322101405.
- ^ "'We should celebrate what they achieved': U-Boat Wargamers interview". History. AETN UK. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The Walk-In". Radio Times. 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Arsenic and Old Lace - Theatre Royal". Gazette and Herald. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Tripney, Natasha (9 March 2012). "Farewell to the Theatre". Exeunt Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Hugh Bonneville on Shadowlands: 'It's a story that will resonate with absolutely everyone'". The News. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2022.