Andrew Buchanan
ANDREW BUCHANAN
Andrew has worked as an actor for 30 years, but originally trained as a Drama Teacher at QUT (BCAE).
In 2017, Andrew performed in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Present in New York, as part of the first Australian cast on Broadway, with Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh.
His film and television credits include: Monster Problems, Don’t Tell, Australia Day, Fatal Honeymoon, Iron Sky, The Condemned, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, Scooby Doo, Hildegard, Paperback Hero, Rosehaven Season 3, Grace Beside Me, Safe Harbour, The End, The Family Law, Harrow, Hoges, Wanted, Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, The Gods of Wheat Street, Reef Doctors, Sisters of War, SLIDE, Sea Patrol (Series 2 and 3), Monarch Cove, RAN (Remote Area Nurse), Mortified, Farmkids, Answered By Fire, Through My Eyes, Chameleon II, Beastmaster, Murder Call, Flipper, Big Sky, Medivac, Roar, Pacific Drive.
His many diverse roles in theatre include: Queensland Theatre: L’Appartement, Macbeth, Water Falling Down, The Crucible, God of Carnage (co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company), The Female of the Species, Christmas at Turkey Beach, Antigone, The Marriage of Figaro, Composing Venus, Peter Pan, Romeo & Juliet, The Beaux Stratagem, Essington Lewis: I Am Work, The Cherry Orchard. Sydney Theatre Company: The Present, No Man’s Land (co-production with Qld Theatre Company). La Boite Theatre Company: The Wishing Well (co-production with Matrix Theatre), Secret Bridesmaids Business, Clark in Sarajevo, Sex Diary Of An Infidel, Cosi, Bouncers, Hamlet, The Taming Of The Shrew. Metaluna Theatre Company: Summer of the Aliens. QPAC: Armistice, Over the Top with Jim. Harvest Rain Theatre Company: Love’s Labour Lost, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing. Grin and Tonic Theatre Troupe: Hamlet, Macbeth, Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear.
Andrew received Matilda Awards for Best Actor - The Female of the Species, Christmas at Turkey Beach, Hamlet, Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew, Summer of the Aliens; Best Director - Love’s Labour Lost, Caucasian Chalk Circle.