Andrew Scarborough (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor, most widely known for his starring role on screen as Tim Drewe in the multi BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Downton Abbey. He also co-starred as Colonel Fielding in the film ‘’The War Below’’ and as Graham Foster in the television drama series Emmerdale. He is also known for his roles on screen in Hearts and Bones, The Bible, Hidden and Bad Girls. He played Joseph Holhurst in the ITV miniseries 2025 Code of Silence. Scarborough is also a theatre actor, performing in many of London's major theatres, including the West End theatre, and in numerous provincial theatres in the UK. He has also toured on the European continent with the Actors Touring Company and performed at the Renaissance-Theatre Berlin in Mark Ravenhill's Handbag.
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Early life
Scarborough was born in Harrogate, North Riding of Yorkshire and attended Harrogate Grammar School.
Career
Scarborough trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional debut on stage at the Harrogate Theatre in three plays, beginning with The Government Inspector as Dobchinsky, then A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon, and lastly as the Genie of the Lamp in the British 'panto' version of Aladdin. He then went on to play Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and from there played Renaldo in the 1995 London Almeida theatre production of Hamlet starring Ralph Fiennes.
Scarborough made his television debut on the BBC's popular medical drama Casualty. He then went on to play roles in various TV dramas, including The Bill (ITV), Streets of Gold (S4C), Heartbeat (ITV), Touching Evil (ITV) and Silent Witness (BBC One). He also made a guest appearance in one of Britain's most highly regarded and favourite soaps Coronation Street as "love rat" Harvey Reuben.
His film debut was in a Hallmark production of Jason and the Argonauts.
He then went on to starring roles as Kevin Spiers in ITV's Bad Girls, Stewart Diamond in Channel 5's Suburban Shootout, Mark in The Innocent (a film for ITV), Michael Owen in the BBC comedy drama Hearts and Bones, which earned him rave reviews, Joshua in The Bible (History Channel), Magistrate Bassat in Jamaica Inn (BBC One), and Tim Drewe in Downton Abbey (ITV), which earned him more rave reviews. More recently, he starred as Colonel Fielding in The War Below.
Personal life
Away from acting, Scarborough enjoys cycling.