Andrew Bridgmont | |
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Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Central Saint Martins & Waldorf education |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Father | Peter Bridgmont |
Website | IMDB Page |
Andrew Bridgmont is an English actor, playwright and stage director, son of thespian and author Peter Bridgmont (January 1929 - 24 June 2019). He is primarily known for his theatre work like at the Globe Theatre and appearing in such films as Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), James Marsh's The Theory of Everything (2014) or TV series like Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) or Grandchester. Bridgmont was the winner of the International Playwriting Festival award for Red on Black.
Education
Bridgmont did an arts foundation course, and later graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He took part in workshops at Ovalhouse in Lambeth. Bridgmont is also a classically trained violinist.
Theatre
Director
Title | Year | Role | Director or Venue | Notes | Ref. |
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Summer of Love | 2018 | Director | St James Theatre | actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods. | |
Summer of Love | 2012 | Director | King's Head Theatre | actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods. | |
Richard III | 2011 | Director | Central school of speech and drama | Damont Productions | |
The Golden Hour | 2014 | Director | St James Theatre | Damont Productions | |
Tales from the Coast | 2011 | Director | King's Head Theatre | Damont Productions | |
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me | 2008 | Director | Globe Theatre and Stara Prochownia in Warsaw | Damont Productions |
Actor
Title | Year | Role | Venue | Director - Notes | Ref. |
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The Wider Earth | 2018 | The Reverend Henslow; Sir John Herschel & the sailor. | The 'Darwin Centre' at The Natural History Museum | 2 hours10 min. | |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 2018 | Mother / Lawyer andothers | Royal Lyceum Theatre | Mark Thomson (director), Simon Wilkinson (lighting design), Claire McKenzie (composer) Karen Tennant (designer). | |
Comus | 2016 | Earl of Bridgewater | The Globe Theatre | Lucy Bailey | |
Solos and chorus without harmony | 2013 | Tony Blair | Royal Court Theatre | Richard Bradberry; also starring Sasha Behar, Aidan Casey, Ralf Togneri and Martin Turner. | |
Doctor Faustus | 2007 | Vega / Cornelius / Pope | Headlong Theatre | Steve Marmion | |
The Mozart Question | 2007 - 2009 | Paolo Levi | Bristol Old Vic Theatre & New End Theatre, London | Julia MacShane | |
The Maid's Tragedy | 1997 | Lysippus | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre | Lucy Bayley | |
Democracy | 2012 - 2013 | Reinhard Wilke | Old Vic Theatre and Sheffield Crucible | Paul Miller | |
War Horse | 2010 & 2011 | Greig; Schmidtt and Songman. | Royal National Theatre / New London Theatre | Marianne Elliott / Tom Morris / Alex Sims. | |
Dangerous Corner | 2015 | Stanton | Watermill Theatre | Guy Retallack | |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 2015 | Stage, Horseman / Jussap's Mother / Bandit. | Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh | Mark Thomson | |
Hard Times | 2000 | Harthouse | Watermill Theatre | Guy Retallack | |
An Inspector Calls | 1998 | Gerald | The Garrick Theatre - P.W. Productions | Stephen Daldry | |
Twelfth Night | 1996 | Malvolio | Imaginary Forces | Michael Thomas | |
Life of Galileo | 2005 & 2007 | The Bursar & Bellarmine | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Jonathan Church | |
The Winter's Tale | 1997 | Antigonus / 3rd Gentleman | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre | Mark Rylance | |
Much Ado About Nothing | 1993 | Balthazar / Friar / Sextan | Thelma Holt Productions | Matthew Warchus | |
Sherlock Holmes | 1996 | Dr. Watson | Sir Arthur Sullivans, Stage One Theatre Company | Tim Heath | |
Cue Deadly: A Film, Live On Stage | 2003 | Jay / Melville | Hungry Bob Prods at Riverside Studios | Dan Hine and Kirsty Housley | |
I Do | 2014 | David | Dante or Die | for Almeida Festival, Daphna Attias; also starring Anna Carteret. | |
Love and Other Fairy Tales | 2006 | Chaucer | Scarlet Theatre Company | Grainne Byrne | |
Love and Other Fairy Tales | 2001 | Chaucer | Scarlet Theatre Company | Katashina Dest | |
Others | 2000 | Vershinin | Scarlet Theatre Company | Katashina Dest | |
The Tempest | 1991 | Sebastian | The Globe Theatre, London and Phoebus Carte. | Mark Rylance | |
Hamlet | 1992 | Rosencrantz | RSC Stratford / Barbican | Ron Daniels | |
A Clockwork Orange | 1991 | Teacher Jack | RSC Stratford / Barbican | Ron Daniels | |
Casement | 1996 | Robert Monteith | Moving Theatre / Riverside Studios | Corin Redgrave | |
The Winter's Tale | 1998 | Antigonus | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre | David Freeman | |
Julius Caesar | 1997 | Brutus | Maison Bertaux | Metin Marlow | |
Measure for Measure | 1998 | Angelo | Maison Bertaux | Metin Marlow |
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Title | Year | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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The Theory of Everything | 2014 | Cockcroft Guest 5 | James Marsh | ||
Kingsman: The Secret Service | 2014 | Kingsman Tailor | Matthew Vaughn | ||
Diagnosis | 2017 | Gary | Eva Riley | ||
The King's Man | 2020 | Kingsman Tailor | Matthew Vaughn |
Television
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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The Windsors | 2020 | Francis Willis | Season 3, Episode 4 directed by Amanda Blue. | |
Grandchester | 2020 | Douglas Munroe | Season 5, Episode 4 directed by Christiana Ebohon. | |
Howards End | 2017 | Swanage Doctor | Season 1, Episode 4 directed by Hettie Macdonald. | |
The Halcyon | 2017 | Doctor | Season 1, Episode 4 directed by Rob Evans. | |
Penny Dreadful | 2016 | Ship Doctor | Season 3, Episode 1 titled: "The Day Tennyson Died" directed by Damon Thomas. | |
Houdini & Doyle | 2016 | Dr. Perlow | Season 1, Episode 3 titled: "In Manus Dei" directed by Daniel O'Hara. | |
The Frankenstein Chronicles | 2015 | Librarian | Season 1, Episode 2 directed by Benjamin Ross. | |
Party Animals | 2007 | Marcus Walter | Season 1, Episode 2 directed by Brian Grant. | |
Waking the Dead | 2007 | Optometrist | Season 6, Episode 9 directed by Andy Hay. | |
The Family Man | 2006 | Journalist | directed by John Strickland. | |
Holby City | 2005 | Mr. Blackburn | Season 7, Episode 42 directed by Alice Troughton. | |
Hustle | 2005 | Oliver Price | Season 2, Episode 3 directed by Alrick Riley. | |
Murphy's Law | 2004 | Dr. Phibes | Season 2, Episode 4 directed by Ed Fraiman. | |
EastEnders | 2004 | George Wakefield | directed by John Greening. | |
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team | 2003 | DCI Bill Parkes | Season 1, Episode 6 directed by Susan Tully. | |
Casualty | 2002 | Mr. Carter | Season 17, Episode 23 directed by Gwennan Sage. | |
The Bill | 2002 | Stan Cross | Season 18, Episode 48 directed by Jamie Payne. | |
Soldier Soldier | 1994 | SIB Officer | Season 4, Episode 11 directed by Michael Brayshaw. | |
Between the Lines | 1994 | Publican (as Andrew Bridgemont) | Season 3, Episode 3 directed by Richard Standeven. |
Documentary
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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The Chrysalis Theatre Acting School | 2009 | Himself | Director by Álvaro Ramos. | |
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets | 2010 | Abbas Ibn Firnas | Directed by Alan Deakins & produced by the British foundation 1001 Inventions aiming to promote the achievements of the Golden Age of Islam. |
Video games
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic | 2011 | Additional Voices |
Books
Bridgmont is directly cited or mentioned in the following works (non-exhautive list):
- Reading Shakespeare on Stage (1995) by Herbert R. Coursen. University of Delaware Press.
- Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors Are Come Hither: The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital (1992) by Murray Cox. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes (2015) by Susan Leckey. Routledge.
- Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe (Early Modern Literature in History; 1999) by P. Kiernan. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon: Volume 1 (1994) by Michael Mullin. Greenwood Press.
- American Theatre, Volume 18 (2001) by the Theatre Communications Group.
- Cahiers Élisabéthains (1989). Paul Valéry University Press.
- Plays and Players (1993). Hansom Books.
- London Theatre Record (1990) and the Theatre Record, Volume 21 (2001) by Ian Herbert. Theatre Record Limited.
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