Andrew Tiernan
November 30, 1965 (60 years old) in Ladywood, Birmingham, England, UK
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Queer Edward II as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 · The Man with the Plan as Aneurin Bevan
- 2024 · Joan as Paul
- 2022 · My Policeman as Bert (uncredited)
- 2021 · Code of Silence as Peter Brodie
- 2021 · Dalgliesh as Malcolm Proctor
- 2021 · 2003 as Phil
- 2021 · FBI: International as Captain Luka Janic
- 2019 · Burning Men as
- 2018 · The Good Soldier Schwejk as
- 2018 · Innocent as John Taylor
- 2017 · UK18 as Moore
- 2017 · Us and Them as Tommy
- 2016 · Le Fear II: Le Sequel as Dirk Heinz
- 2015 · Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain as Narrator/Himself
- 2015 · The Messenger as Father
- 2015 · No Offence as Docherty
- 2015 · Safe House as Roger Lane
- 2015 · Code of a Killer as DS Geoff Taylor
- 2014 · Dragonfly as DS Blake
- 2014 · The Great Fire as Vincent
- 2014 · Automata as Manager
- 2014 · The Driver as Darren
- 2014 · Common as Peter O'Shea
- 2014 · The Bunker as
- 2014 · 300: Rise of an Empire as Ephialtes
- 2013 · Father Brown as Archibald Drake
- 2012 · Ripper Street as James Self
- 2012 · Prisoners' Wives as DS David Hunter
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Paul Raynor
- 2011 · War of the Dead as Martin Stone
- 2011 · Injustice as Michael Bankes
- 2010 · Freight as Stanni
- 2010 · Mr. Nice as Alan Marcuson
- 2010 · Dead Cert as Chekha
- 2010 · Luther as Richard Henley
- 2009 · Murderland as Whitaker
- 2009 · Harvest as
- 2008 · Survivors as Gavin
- 2008 · Merlin as Osgar
- 2007 · Heroes and Villains as
- 2007 · 300 as Ephialtes
- 2006 · Life on Mars as Kim Trent
- 2006 · The Man Who Sold The World as Reverend Carmichael
- 2005 · A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets as Ben Jonson
- 2005 · Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' as
- 2005 · Snuff-Movie as Constable Fred
- 2005 · The Quatermass Experiment as Victor Carroon
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Purcell
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Roy Slater
- 2004 · Whose Baby? as Dave
- 2004 · New Tricks as Sgt Major Sharratt
- 2003 · Murder Investigation Team as Gary Shale
- 2003 · Rehab as Dean
- 2003 · The Afternoon Play as Bennett
- 2003 · Red Cap as
- 2002 · Foyle's War as Geoffrey Helliwell
- 2002 · The Pianist as Szalas
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Koesler
- 2002 · Spooks as Forster (
- 2002 · Spooks as Forster
- 2001 · Murphy's Law as Richard
- 2001 · The Bunker as Cpl. Schenke
- 2001 · Mr In-Between as Andy
- 2001 · Hawkins as Freddie
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Don Keech
- 2001 · Brilliant! as Art Critic
- 2001 · Lava as Squeegee merchant
- 2001 · In a Land of Plenty as Gary
- 2001 · Left Turn as John
- 2000 · Checkout Girl as Mark
- 1999 · The Criminal as Harris
- 1999 · The Protagonists as Mohammed
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Bunting
- 1998 · Hornblower as Bunting
- 1998 · Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as Man in Pub
- 1998 · The Scarlet Tunic as Muller
- 1998 · Map of the Scars as
- 1997 · Playing God as Cyril
- 1997 · Face as Chris
- 1997 · Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Scar
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Lenny Spearfish
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Steve Bright
- 1996 · Two Deaths as Captain Jorgu
- 1996 · Ellington as Eddie Gilmour
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Jake McNally
- 1996 · The Sculptress as Gary O'Brien
- 1995 · Some Kind of Life as Mark
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Paris Vampire
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Andy Sturgeon
- 1994 · Being Human as Cyprion's Man
- 1994 · Middlemarch as
- 1994 · 99-1 as Billy Pink
- 1993 · Safe as Duggie
- 1993 · Cracker as Sean
- 1993 · The Trial as Bethold the Student
- 1992 · As You Like It as Orlando / Oliver
- 1992 · Between the Lines as David Panter
- 1992 · The Guilty as Leo
- 1992 · Thacker as Davey Royce
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Ray Nixon
- 1991 · Performance as Banquo
- 1991 · Edward II as Piers Gaveston
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as DC Rosper
- 1990 · Sweet Nothing as Dog
- 1990 · The Chief as PC Steve Felsher
- 1989 · Nice Work as Raymond Wilcox
- 1989 · Screen One as Dog
- Future · Flying as Gary
- 1989 · Dead Cat as Tramp's follower
- 1986 · Casualty as O'Neill
- 1986 · Casualty as Col Danvers
- 1985 · Screen Two as Bethold the Student
- 1985 · Screen Two as Piers Gaveston
- 1983 · Taggart as