Andrew Schofield (born 12 October 1958) is an English actor best known for starring as the Narrator in

Willy Russell William Russell (born 23 August 1946) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are '' Educating Rita'', '' Shirley Valentine'', '' Blood Brothers'' and '' Our Day Out''. Early life Russell was born in Whiston, Lanc ...

’s original production of the musical ''Blood Brothers'' in 1983, and playing

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's 1986 film ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

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Miles, Tina.
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. ''

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'', 26 April 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2023 to Joseph and Josephine Schofield, Andrew Schofield attended St Kevin's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School. At 15 he was cast in

's first

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, ''Death of a Young, Young Man''.

Stage

His stage credits include starring as the Narrator in

's original production of '' Blood Brothers'' in 1983 at the

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and in the subsequent transfer to the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. He also appeared as George in ''

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'' at the

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in 2004. Schofield's more recent credits include: all four runs of '' Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels'' as Dickie Lewis; Smigger in '' Lost Soul'' in 2007, 2008 and 2017; Brian in ''Good Golly Miss Molly''; Moey in the

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comedy ''On the Ledge''; Paul Sheldon in '' Misery''; the Traveller in ''Eight Miles High''; Danny in ''Council Depot Blues'';

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in Bob Eaton's ''Lennon'' (2010);The Guardian: ''Lennon'' review
/ref> Joe in ''Night Collar''; JJ in ''The Flags'' and Mr Briggs in '' Our Day Out - The Musical''. He performed all of these roles at the

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. He won the 2008 Scouseology Award for Theatre on 25 April 2008. He played guitar in the pit band for ''Merry Ding Dong'' at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre until 23 January 2010. He appeared in ''Scouse Pacific'', a new comedy musical written by Fred Lawless at the Royal Court Theatre from 2010 to 2011. Schofield appeared as McKenna in

's ''Down the Dock Road'' at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.

Film

Schofield's best known film role is that of

's 1986 film ''

''. He appeared as Les in

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'', made a small cameo as a hotel receptionist in '' Three Businessmen'', appears briefly in ''

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'' and played Carlo in ''

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''. He has also recently made an independent short film called ''Leave Taking'', and appeared in the Liverpool-based feature '' Under the Mud''. Schofield appeared in a short film called '' Fifteen Minutes That Shook The World'' released in autumn 2010, written by Dave Kirby about Liverpool F.C.'s comeback in the Champions League final in 2005.

TV

Schofield's biggest TV role was as Francis (Franny) Scully in

's 1984 Granada series '' Scully''. He has also appeared in several other Bleasdale series, as Peter Grenville in '' GBH'' in 1991, ''Jake's Progress'' in 1995 and as Charlton Ffoulkes in ''Melissa'' in 1997, as well as a minor role as a policeman in the ''

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'' episode "Yosser's Story". He played Toby Crackitt in the 1999 TV Series Oliver Twist. Other TV credits include

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in 1979 as one of Suzie Birchall's friends, '' Maisie Raine'' with

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, ''Sharpe'' with

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and ''

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'' with

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Recordings

Schofield can be heard on the original cast recording of ''Blood Brothers'' and also as a featured vocalist on the

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album ''The 7 Ages of Woman''.

References

External links

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Read an interview with Drew Schofield on the What's On Stage Liverpool Blog
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