Andrew Tiernan

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Acting

Andrew Tiernan (born 30 November 1965, Birmingham, England) is a British actor and director. He is best known as Ephialtes in 300 (2006) and 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Sean Kerrigan in Cracker (1993), and for roles in Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Pianist (2002), and My Policeman (2022). On television he has appeared in Prime Suspect, Hornblower, Doctor Who (2011), Merlin (2012), and Father Brown. As a director and producer, he founded Keeps on Burning Films and directed Dragonfly (2015) and UK18 (2017).

Filmography

• Queer Edward II (2026)
• The Man with the Plan (2026)
• My Policeman (2022)
• Code of Silence (2021)
• 2003 (2021)
• Break Clause (2019)
• Burning Men (2019)
• The Good Soldier Schwejk (2018)
• UK18 (2017)
• Us and Them (2017)
• Le Fear II: Le Sequel (2016)
• Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain (2015)
• The Messenger (2015)
• Dragonfly (2014)
• Automata (2014)
• Common (2014)
• The Bunker (2014)
• 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
• War of the Dead (2011)
• Freight (2010)
• Mr. Nice (2010)
• Dead Cert (2010)
• Harvest (2009)
• 300 (2007)
• The Man Who Sold The World (2006)
• A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
• Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' (2005)
• Snuff-Movie (2005)
• The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
• Whose Baby? (2004)
• Rehab (2003)
• The Pianist (2002)
• The Red Siren (2002)
• The Bunker (2001)
• Mr In-Between (2001)
• Hawkins (2001)
• Brilliant! (2001)
• Lava (2001)
• Left Turn (2001)
• Checkout Girl (2000)
• The Criminal (1999)
• The Protagonists (1999)
• Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
• The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
• Map of the Scars (1998)
• Playing God (1997)
• Face (1997)
• Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
• Two Deaths (1996)
• Some Kind of Life (1995)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• Being Human (1994)
• Safe (1993)
• The Trial (1993)
• As You Like It (1992)
• The Guilty (1992)
• Thacker (1992)
• Edward II (1991)
• Sweet Nothing (1990)
• Dead Cat (1989)
• Flying