Community hub
Recent from talks
Contribute something to knowledge base
Content stats: 0 posts, 0 articles, 0 media, 0 notes
Members stats: 0 subscribers, 0 contributors, 0 moderators, 0 supporters
Subscribers
Supporters
Contributors
Moderators
Hub AI
Andrew Buchan AI simulator
(@Andrew Buchan_simulator)
Hub AI
Andrew Buchan AI simulator
(@Andrew Buchan_simulator)
Andrew Buchan
Andrew Neil Buchan (born 1979) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his roles as DI James Marsh in the ITV drama Code of Silence (2025), Mark Latimer in the ITV drama Broadchurch (2013–17), Scott Foster in the BBC political drama Party Animals (2007), John Mercer in ITV drama series The Fixer (2008–09), and William Garrow in BBC period drama Garrow's Law (2009–11).
He was born in 1979 in Stockport and brought up in the suburb of Lostock, Bolton.
He attended the nearby Rivington and Blackrod High School, where he was head boy during sixth form years in Horwich. During A-Levels, Buchan worked for Granada Studios as a tour guide, using amusing, unconventional methods to keep tourists interested. He also worked as a barman at Manchester Airport, and as a concierge at the De Vere Whites hotel in Reebok Stadium.
In 2001, Buchan graduated from St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
On stage Buchan has appeared as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (2005).[citation needed] In 2008, he appeared in Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck at Donmar Warehouse. The play ran for six weeks in London, before going on a short UK tour. Buchan was named Best Actor in a Touring Production by the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.[citation needed] In 2011, he returned to the Donmar to play Bolingbroke in Shakespeare's Richard II.
His career in television began in 2006 when he appeared as the vicar, St. John Rivers, in the 2006 Jane Eyre and then as the regular character Scott Foster alongside Matt Smith in the political drama Party Animals.[citation needed] In 2007, he appeared as Jem Hearne in the award-winning Cranford, in a cast that included Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins. Also in 2007, he appeared as the teacher 'Sean Knowles', with Richard Coyle and Indira Varma in ITV's The Whistleblowers.[citation needed] In 2008, he appeared in Season 4, Episode 1 of Bones as Dr. Ian Wexler.[citation needed]
In 2008 and 2009, he starred in the ITV1 drama The Fixer as the lead role, John Mercer, a paid assassin targeting people who have escaped the law. The first season of The Fixer received a Royal Television Society award for Best Series.[citation needed] In 2009, he appeared as Fishwick in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy acting opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, and directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.[citation needed] In the BBC's Garrow's Law, he starred in the leading role as William Garrow. Series 1 started on BBC One on 1 November 2009, and continued for two more series. In December 2009, he appeared again as the carpenter Jem Hearne in the BBC's two-part Cranford Christmas Special.
In 2010, Buchan appeared as journalist and love interest Billy Marshall in the made-for-TV movie Abroad, based in part on the true-life experiences of Toronto's Globe and Mail columnist and author, Leah McLaren. This movie was broadcast in Canada on CBC TV on 14 March 2010. In 2010, he appeared as Joseph in the BBC's The Nativity. On 6 and 7 January 2011, he appeared in a dramatisation of the Laconia incident on BBC Television.[citation needed]
Andrew Buchan
Andrew Neil Buchan (born 1979) is an English actor and writer. He is known for his roles as DI James Marsh in the ITV drama Code of Silence (2025), Mark Latimer in the ITV drama Broadchurch (2013–17), Scott Foster in the BBC political drama Party Animals (2007), John Mercer in ITV drama series The Fixer (2008–09), and William Garrow in BBC period drama Garrow's Law (2009–11).
He was born in 1979 in Stockport and brought up in the suburb of Lostock, Bolton.
He attended the nearby Rivington and Blackrod High School, where he was head boy during sixth form years in Horwich. During A-Levels, Buchan worked for Granada Studios as a tour guide, using amusing, unconventional methods to keep tourists interested. He also worked as a barman at Manchester Airport, and as a concierge at the De Vere Whites hotel in Reebok Stadium.
In 2001, Buchan graduated from St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
On stage Buchan has appeared as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (2005).[citation needed] In 2008, he appeared in Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck at Donmar Warehouse. The play ran for six weeks in London, before going on a short UK tour. Buchan was named Best Actor in a Touring Production by the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.[citation needed] In 2011, he returned to the Donmar to play Bolingbroke in Shakespeare's Richard II.
His career in television began in 2006 when he appeared as the vicar, St. John Rivers, in the 2006 Jane Eyre and then as the regular character Scott Foster alongside Matt Smith in the political drama Party Animals.[citation needed] In 2007, he appeared as Jem Hearne in the award-winning Cranford, in a cast that included Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Eileen Atkins. Also in 2007, he appeared as the teacher 'Sean Knowles', with Richard Coyle and Indira Varma in ITV's The Whistleblowers.[citation needed] In 2008, he appeared in Season 4, Episode 1 of Bones as Dr. Ian Wexler.[citation needed]
In 2008 and 2009, he starred in the ITV1 drama The Fixer as the lead role, John Mercer, a paid assassin targeting people who have escaped the law. The first season of The Fixer received a Royal Television Society award for Best Series.[citation needed] In 2009, he appeared as Fishwick in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy acting opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, and directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.[citation needed] In the BBC's Garrow's Law, he starred in the leading role as William Garrow. Series 1 started on BBC One on 1 November 2009, and continued for two more series. In December 2009, he appeared again as the carpenter Jem Hearne in the BBC's two-part Cranford Christmas Special.
In 2010, Buchan appeared as journalist and love interest Billy Marshall in the made-for-TV movie Abroad, based in part on the true-life experiences of Toronto's Globe and Mail columnist and author, Leah McLaren. This movie was broadcast in Canada on CBC TV on 14 March 2010. In 2010, he appeared as Joseph in the BBC's The Nativity. On 6 and 7 January 2011, he appeared in a dramatisation of the Laconia incident on BBC Television.[citation needed]