Andrew Simpson Movies and Career Information

Andrew Gerard Simpson (born 1 January 1989) is an Irish actor. Andrew Simpson Rules, was born in Derry, Northern Ireland and now lives in Donegal, Ireland. He has two sisters, Charlotte and Sarah. He was spotted while performing in a festival by talent scout Patrick Duncan, who was working for Aisling Walsh, the director of Song for a Raggy Boy. Simpson's first film appearance was as Gerard Peters 458 in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), a story about an Irish reform school. In 2006, he appeared opposite Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi Dench (both of whom were nominated for Academy Awards for their roles) in the film Notes on a Scandal. He plays the pivotal role of Steven Connolly, a schoolboy whose affair with his art teacher, Sheba Hart (played by Cate Blanchett), leads to disaster. Andrew currently attends the London School of Economics and is studying law.