Andrew Schofield (actor)

Andrew Schofield (born 12 October 1958) is an English actor best known for starring as the Narrator in Willy Russell’s original production of the musical Blood Brothers in 1983,[1] and playing Johnny Rotten in Alex Cox's 1986 film Sid and Nancy.

His stage credits include starring as the Narrator in Willy Russell's original production of Blood Brothers in 1983 at the Liverpool Playhouse[1] and in the subsequent transfer to the Lyric Theatre in London's West End.

[3] Schofield's more recent credits include: all four runs of Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels as Dickie Lewis;[4] Smigger in Lost Soul in 2007, 2008 and 2017; Brian in Good Golly Miss Molly; Moey in the Alan Bleasdale comedy On the Ledge; Paul Sheldon in Misery; the Traveller in Eight Miles High; Danny in Council Depot Blues; John Lennon in Bob Eaton's Lennon (2010);[5] Joe in Night Collar; JJ in The Flags and Mr Briggs in Our Day Out - The Musical.

He has also appeared in several other Bleasdale series, as Peter Grenville in GBH in 1991, Jake's Progress in 1995 and as Charlton Ffoulkes in Melissa in 1997, as well as a minor role as a policeman in the Boys from the Blackstuff episode "Yosser's Story".

Other TV credits include Coronation Street in 1979 as one of Suzie Birchall's friends, Maisie Raine with Pauline Quirke, Sharpe with Sean Bean and Murphy's Law with James Nesbitt.