Andrew Harwood Mills (born on 5 January 1980 in Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English actor.

Biography

Early life and career
Andrew Harwood Mills was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He grew up in the village of Heptonstall, famous for Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and John Wesley among others. Heptonstall has been used many times as a location for various film and television productions including The Gemma Factor, and Happy Valley (TV series).

Andrew began acting at the Angles Theatre, Wisbech where he starred as the Tin Man in The Wiz and Captain Hardy in Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff.

Andrew studied acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) in Cardiff graduating in 2005. He was sponsored by actors Richard Wilson, Tony Maudsley, Lesley Staples and Michael Burrell. He was in the same class as James Sutton, Zahra Ahmadi and Craig Gazey.

Andrew has appeared in numerous theatrical productions including Guys and Dolls, The Laramie Project and Merrily We Roll Along at the Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. He played the lead role of Leonard in Loon written by Katie Borland which premiered at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, the theatre made famous by Joan Littlewood.

Andrew is a grade 8 pianist.



Screen work
He played Iago in Being Othello, a film adaption of Shakespeare's Othello, written and directed by the BAFTA nominated and award winning director Suri Krishnamma. Being Othello was premiered at BAFTA on 17 April 2009.

He has also appeared in the feature films 4.3.2.1, War Games: At the End of the Day, and Mercenaries.

Andrew stars in the debut music video for the single 'My Fault' by Senadee. Andrew also stars in the Mystery Jets music video for the single Someone Purer from the album Radlands.