--- name: "Andrew Ellis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-ellis" fi1m_id: "andrew-ellis" imdb_id: "nm2769760" tmdb_id: 225611 wikidata_id: "Q17417465" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 July 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-07T17:20:05.076459+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Andrew Ellis ## Identity Andrew Ellis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-ellis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** andrew-ellis - **IMDb ID:** nm2769760 - **TMDB ID:** 225611 - **Wikidata ID:** Q17417465 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417465, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2769760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225611 Actor. Born 24 July 1990 in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 July 1990, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - **Active:** 2007–2015 - **Frequently works with:** [Mark Herbert](https://film.one/person/mark-herbert.md), [Shane Meadows](https://film.one/person/shane-meadows.md), [Thomas Turgoose](https://film.one/person/thomas-turgoose.md), [Vicky McClure](https://film.one/person/vicky-mcclure.md), [Andrew Shim](https://film.one/person/andrew-shim.md), [Jack Thorne](https://film.one/person/jack-thorne.md), [Joe Gilgun](https://film.one/person/joseph-gilgun.md), [Stephen Graham](https://film.one/person/stephen-graham.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 79 (4) - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2 - **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $8m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417465, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2769760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225611 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*This Is England '86*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Andrew Ellis > Andrew Ellis makes thoughtless behaviour funny without asking us to excuse it. His Gadget belongs comfortably among the friends in Shane Meadows’s *This Is England* stories, though the broader comedy sometimes makes that fondness harder to sustain. Gadget steals flowers from a mourner in *This Is England '86* (2010), and Andrew Ellis helps make it funny before the cruelty quite registers. We laughed at the theft, then felt mean when we considered the mourner. Ellis keeps Gadget likeable enough for that discomfort to matter; dismissing him as simply awful would let us off rather easily. The series asks us to stay fond of him with his lack of consideration plainly on display. In *This Is England* (2007), Gadget is part of the skinhead gang around Thomas Turgoose’s Shaun. The film makes the warmth of that company convincing, and Ellis contributes by fitting among the others rather than demanding attention. Shane Meadows’s improvisational approach allows him to supply details of taste and style, helping these friends seem familiar with one another. Returning in *This Is England '86*, *This Is England '88* (2011) and *This Is England '90* (2015) gives him time to do more than repeat the joke, as the later programmes ask for more emotionally demanding work. That does not mean the comedy always serves him well. *This Is England '86* sometimes pushes the friends towards such foolishness that their company becomes harder to enjoy, despite Turgoose’s unaffected presence keeping the group familiar. Ellis is effective when Gadget’s behaviour has a recognisable selfishness; the broader silliness gives us less to care about. By *This Is England '90*, there is room for a more caring Gadget, a development worth pursuing rather than treating him as a dependable source of jokes. His supporting work beyond Meadows includes Terry in *The Owners* (2020) and Robbie Mullen in *The Walk-In* (2022), the latter alongside Stephen Graham. Gadget remains the performance we would send a newcomer to first. Begin with *This Is England* and continue into *This Is England '86*; the friendship earns the time, but do not expect an undemanding evening. ## Biography Andrew Ellis is an English actor, born on 24 July 1990 in Wythenshawe, Manchester. He trained at the Carlton television workshop under Ian Smith and studied for a National Diploma in Media at Stockport College after attending Newall Green High School. Ellis is best known for playing Gadget in Shane Meadows' film *This Is England* (2006) and reprising the role in the television series *This Is England '86* (2010), *This Is England '88* (2011) and *This Is England '90* (2015). His other screen credits include *The Owners* (2020) as Terry, *Teen Spirit* (2019) as Roger and *The Walk-In* (2022) as Robbie Mullen. He has also worked as a producer and director, and founded the production company Odd Drawer Digital. *Sources: imdb.com, thisisenglandpedia.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *This Is England '90* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Gadget — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *Common* (2014), Fi1m 70, as Kieran Gillespie — [page](https://film.one/film/common.md) - *This Is England '88* (2011), Fi1m 86, as Gadget — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *This Is England '86* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Gadget — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *This Is England* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Gadget — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) ## Complete filmography (26) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Into the Betaverse* (2026), as Gary Robson - *Supertato* (2022), series, as Chilli (voice) - *The Walk-In* (2022), series, as Robbie - *The Railway Children Return* (2022), as Second Policeman - *Murder, They Hope* (2021), series, as Terence - *The Owners* (2020), as Terry - *Teen Spirit* (2019), as Roger - *Boiling Point* (2019), as Dicky - *Unexpected Item* (2018), as Sid Sloth - *Habit* (2017), as Dig - *Cardboard Boy* (2016), Director, Writer - *This Is England '90* (2015), series, as Gadget — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs* (2015), series, as Captain Flinn - *Dough* (2015), as Lucas - *The Knife That Killed Me* (2014), as Bates - *Common* (2014), as Kieran Gillespie — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/common.md) - *Invasion of the Not Quite Dead* (2013), as Nicolas - *Borrowed Time* (2013), as Dan - *Hummingbird* (2013), as Football Supporter 1 - *In T'Vic* (2013), as Pecka - *This Is England '88* (2011), series, as Gadget — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *Schizo Samurai Shitzu* (2010), series, Actor - *This Is England '86* (2010), series, as Gadget — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *This Is England* (2007), as Gadget — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) - *The Royal* (2003), series, as Jonno - *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Tommy Unsworth --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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