Gabriel Andrews Explained

Birthname:Gabriel John Andrews
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1992–present

Gabriel Andrews is an Australian television, film and stage actor. He is best known for the hundreds of roles he played on the popular sketch comedy TV show Comedy Inc.

Career

Born in Sydney, he is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He appeared on G.P., Water Rats, Home and Away, and All Saints, before doing three years on Nine Network's Comedy Inc.[1] He has appeared in several films, including Children and The Time Game.[2] He has performed in many Sydney theatre productions and has done a host of readings, short stories, poems and journals for ABC Radio National, most notably a reading of Kenneth Cook's Australian classic novel Wake in Fright.[3]

He is also an accomplished singer and violinist. Originally classically trained, he now sings and plays blues/jazz.

Due to his early beginnings as a professional musician and actor, he performed on all four stages of the Sydney Opera House (Concert Hall, Opera Theatre, Drama Theatre, Playhouse) by the age of seventeen.

Theatre

Title RoleTheatre Co.
Broadway Bound Eugene JeromeMarian Street Theatre
Gabriel Gabriel New Theatre
Crimes of the HeartBarnett Lloyd Marian Street Theatre
Arcadia Gus/Lord Augustus Sydney Theatre Company (Australian tour)
Daylight SavingJason Strutt Marian Street Theatre
The Winslow Boy Ronnie Winslow Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
Great ExpectationsYoung Pip Seymour Centre

Filmography

Film

YearTitle RoleType
1991Breathing Under WaterThe Singing BoyFeature film
1991The Time Game Tony JohnsonTV movie
Children Claude Phillips
2004Things Wong Kar-Wai Taught Me About Love GabrielShort film
2018The Catcher Was a Spy British ColonelFeature film
2019The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden CastleNobleman 2Film
2019Jojo Rabbit Herr Klum Feature film
2021Zátopek Ron's trainerFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1999Home and Away TV series, 4 episodes
2003-05Comedy Inc. Various charactersTV series
1999-2001Water Rats Luke / Rowan TV series, 2 episodes
1993G.P. JimmyTV series, 1 episode
2001All Saints LachlanTV series, 1 episode
2013Rosamunde PilcherDanTV series, 1 episode
2015LegendsGuardTV series, 1 episode
2018Knightfall King's Guard TV series, 1 episode
2020Spy City Man #1TV miniseries
2022Dangerous Liaisons Opera GoerTV series, 1 episode
2023Carnival Row Hensloan TV series, 1 episode

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1336334/ IMDb: G.P., Water Rats, Home and Away, All Saints, Comedy Inc.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310233/ IMDb: The Time Game
  3. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookreading/stories/2009/2706892.htm ABC Radio National: Wake in Fright