--- name: "Andrew Shim" canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-shim" fi1m_id: "andrew-shim" imdb_id: "nm0793532" tmdb_id: 70519 wikidata_id: "Q590830" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 August 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-07T17:20:05.063914+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 Shim ## Identity Andrew Shim - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-shim - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** andrew-shim - **IMDb ID:** nm0793532 - **TMDB ID:** 70519 - **Wikidata ID:** Q590830 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Shim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590830, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70519 Actor. Born 18 August 1983 in Miami, Florida, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 August 1983, Miami, Florida, USA - **Active:** 2004–2015 - **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), [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), [Rebekah Wray-Rogers](https://film.one/person/rebekah-wray-rogers.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (2), 2010s 82 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 72 across 3 titles - **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, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $8m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Shim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590830, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70519 ## 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 Shim > Andrew Shim is a quietly persuasive ensemble actor whose friendships on screen feel lived-in. Shane Meadows makes good use of that naturalism, though Shim’s smaller roles elsewhere leave us less sure what another director might draw out of him. Andrew Shim looks at home in a group, which matters when a film needs us to believe these people have spent years together. As Milky in *This Is England* (2007), his understated presence helps make the skinhead gang’s friendships convincing. He seems comfortable sharing a scene, without insisting that we notice him separately from the company. We warmed to the gang more than we expected, because its humour and affection make Shaun’s attachment painfully easy to understand. Shim’s ensemble work is part of why we recommend the film so strongly. The lead in *A Room for Romeo Brass* (1999) began his collaboration with director Shane Meadows. Meadows’s improvised, location-based approach suits an actor whose chief strength is seeming settled among the other performers. By *Dead Man’s Shoes* (2004), Shim was in a supporting role as Elvis, within a film carried by Paddy Considine’s watchful fury. We recommend that frightening, darkly funny revenge thriller with reservations about its thin writing and abrupt turns towards brutality. It is worth seeing, but it is not the place to start if Shim is the chief attraction. *This Is England* gives his ensemble acting more weight, though Meadows sometimes arranges the film’s lessons too neatly. The natural performances help us accept the gang as people, but they cannot make every piece of writing equally persuasive. Shim continued as Milky through three television sequels between 2010 and 2015. *This Is England '86* (2010) began that television run; *This Is England '90* (2015) ended it. The smaller parts in *Screwed* (2011) and *Anti-Social* (2015) leave less room to assess what another director might draw out of him. We would welcome a substantial role away from Meadows, but there is no reason he needs to become a more demonstrative actor. There is value in an actor who can make friendship credible without demanding that every scene become his. For Shim, start with *This Is England*, then go back to *A Room for Romeo Brass* to see him given the lead. ## Biography Andrew Shim is an actor. He was born on 18 August 1983 in Miami, Florida, and moved to England with his family at the age of six. He trained at Nottingham's Central Junior Television Workshop from the age of 14, alongside his sister, the actress Shauna Shim. Shim first worked with director Shane Meadows as the title character in *A Room for Romeo Brass* (1999). He went on to appear in Meadows' *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002) as Donut, *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004) as Elvis, and *This Is England* (2006) as Milky, reprising the latter role in the television series *This Is England '86* (2010), *This Is England '88* (2011) and *This Is England '90* (2015). Other credits include *Screwed* (2011) and *Anti-Social* (2015). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *This Is England '90* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Michael 'Milky' — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *This Is England '88* (2011), Fi1m 86, as Michael 'Milky' — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *This Is England '86* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Milky — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *This Is England* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Milky — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) - *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), Fi1m 77, as Elvis — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md) ## Complete filmography (15) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Marker* (2017), as Pogus - *This Is England '90* (2015), series, as Michael 'Milky' — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-90.md) - *Anti-Social* (2015), as Jason - *The Herd* (2014), as Male Captor 4 - *U.F.O.* (2012), as Sam - *This Is England '88* (2011), series, as Michael 'Milky' — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-88.md) - *Screwed* (2011), as Jamie - *This Is England '86* (2010), series, as Milky — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) - *This Is England* (2007), as Milky — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md) - *The Stairwell* (2006), as Man - *Fungus the Bogeyman* (2004), as Grot - *Fungus the Bogeyman* (2004), series, as Grot - *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), as Elvis — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md) - *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), as Donut - *A Room for Romeo Brass* (1999), as Romeo Brass --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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