---
name: "Andy Friend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-friend"
fi1m_id: "andy-friend"
imdb_id: "nm0295512"
tmdb_id: 1552500
roles: ["Production illustrator"]
born: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:39:35.471778+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."
---

# Andy Friend

## Identity

Andy Friend

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-friend
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-friend
- **IMDb ID:** nm0295512
- **TMDB ID:** 1552500
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295512/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1552500

Production illustrator. Born 1 January 1966 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Production illustrator
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, Beijing, China
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** 安地
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 49 (1), 2020s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295512/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1552500

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Wandering Earth II*](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Andy Friend is an American actor, storyboard artist, concept artist and filmmaker. Born in Beijing in 1966, he trained in traditional Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts before entering the film industry as a bilingual interpreter and storyboard artist.

He worked in Hollywood on art department roles for films including *Alien Resurrection* (1997), *Freeway* (1996) and *American Pie 2* (2001). Friend returned to Beijing in 2003 and has since contributed to Chinese productions as a visual effects producer and actor, notably playing the US ambassador Mike in *The Wandering Earth II* (2023). He has also directed television content in China.

*Sources: imdb.com, globaltimes.cn.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Wandering Earth II* (2023), Fi1m 62, as Mike — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *American Pie 2* (2001), Fi1m 49, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Panda Plan* (2024), as Garden Manager
- *Decoded* (2024), as 麦克唐纳
- *The Wandering Earth II* (2023), as Mike — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wandering-earth-ii.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), as Major General Almond — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *The Whistleblower* (2019), as Chris
- *Hidden Man* (2018), as Wallace Hendler
- *American Pie 2* (2001), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/american-pie-2.md)
- *Sunset Strip* (2000), Storyboard Artist
- *Go* (1999), Storyboard Artist
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Freeway* (1996), Storyboard Artist

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