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name: "Andrew Schofield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-schofield"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 October 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T09:32:02.307206+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."
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# Andrew Schofield

Actor. Born 12 October 1958 in Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 October 1958, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** Drew Schofield
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 1990s 83 (2), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Schofield_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90546

## Biography

Andrew Schofield, also credited as Drew Schofield, is an English actor and musician. Born in Kirkby, Liverpool, he began his career in the 1970s and is known for his stage work in Liverpool and London, including the Narrator in the original 1983 production of Willy Russell's *Blood Brothers*.

On screen, Schofield played Johnny Rotten in *Sid and Nancy* (1986) and appeared in *Distant Voices, Still Lives* (1988) and *Hamlet* (1996). His television roles include the title character in Alan Bleasdale's *Scully* (1984), Peter Grenville in *G.B.H.* (1991), and further Bleasdale collaborations in *Jake's Progress* (1995) and *Melissa* (1997). He received the 2008 Scouseology Award for Theatre.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Terry — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *Hamlet* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Young Lord — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)
- *G.B.H.* (1991), Fi1m 85, as Peter Grenville — [page](https://film.one/tv/g-b-h.md)
- *Distant Voices, Still Lives* (1988), Fi1m 90, as Les — [page](https://film.one/film/distant-voices-still-lives.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), series, as Terry — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *Help* (2021), as Bob
- *Loco* (2020), as Paul
- *Little Boy Blue* (2017), series, as Kenny Richmond
- *Reds & Blues: The Ballad of Dixie & Kenny* (2010), as Kenny
- *Fifteen Minutes That Shook the World* (2009), as Journalist
- *Act of Grace* (2008), as Dezzies Father
- *Liverpool Nativity* (2007), as Shepherd Darren
- *Under the Mud* (2006), as Joe Potts
- *Dead Man's Cards* (2006), as Irish
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Barry Lake
- *I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!* (2004), as TV Pundit
- *Revengers Tragedy* (2002), as Carlo
- *Nice Guy Eddie* (2002), series, Acting
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Thorpe
- *A Heap of Trouble* (2001), as Father
- *Liam* (2001), as Tom
- *There's Only One Jimmy Grimble* (2000), as Wreckingham Referee
- *Oliver Twist* (1999), series, as Toby Crackitt
- *Three Businessmen* (1998), as Hotel Receptionist
- *Sharpe: The Legend* (1997), as Pope
- *Melissa* (1997), series, as Charlton Ffoulkes
- *Hamlet* (1996), as Young Lord — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)
- *Sharpe's Mission* (1996), as Sergeant Pope
- *Blood on the Dole* (1994), as Post Office Supervisor
- *Requiem Apache* (1994), as Rocky
- *Self Catering* (1994), as Clint
- *The Long Roads* (1993), as Eddie
- *G.B.H.* (1991), series, as Peter Grenville — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/g-b-h.md)
- *Needle* (1990), as Chief Vigilante
- *Distant Voices, Still Lives* (1988), as Les — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/distant-voices-still-lives.md)
- *The Marksman* (1987), series, as Leadbetter
- *England's Glory* (1987), as Interviewee
- *Sid and Nancy* (1986), as Johnny Rotten
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Pete North
- *No Surrender* (1985), as Macker
- *Scully* (1984), series, as Franny Scully
- *Boys from the Blackstuff* (1982), series, as Nosebleed Policeman
- *The Garland* (1981), as Skinhead leader
- *Bobby Wants to Meet Me* (1981), as Baz (as Drew Schofield)
- *Scully's New Year's Eve* (1978), as Francis Scully
- *The Death of a Young Young Man* (1975), as Cazza
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Baz

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