Andrew Dowbiggin

Birth Name: Andrew James Fathers

Height: 182 cm

Andrew Dowbiggin is a British actor best known for his roles in television programmes "Coronation Street" (2017), "Casualty" (2016), "Emmerdale" (2014), "Cilla (2014 ...Show More

Andrew Dowbiggin is a British actor best known for his roles in television programmes "Coronation Street" (2017), "Casualty" (2016), "Emmerdale" (2014), "Cilla (2014), "SIlent Witness" (2013), Hustle (2012) and the feature films Top Dog (2014) and Weekender (2011).Born in Leicester, England, Andrew moved to London to pursue a career in acting after working in the steel and construction industry. He trained for one year at the prestigious E15 Acting School. After graduating he worked primarily in theatre but he was soon to make his television debut opposite Sheridan Smith in the television series "Love Soup" (2008), playing her tennis coach love interest. He would work again with Sheridan a few years later in the three part ITV series "Cilla" (2014). Andrew has worked steadily and his work has taken him all across the UK, Europe and as far as South Africa. He continues to build a healthy body of work in both mainstream and independent productions, working with a variety of directors including Lewis Arnold (twice), Christine Gernon and Alrick Riley. He was directed by Jo Johnson in "Casualty" (2016) in which he was a guest lead playing opposite the wonderful series regular Jane Hazlegrove (in her final episode) and the TV veteran Eric Richard, playing the latter's son.He can be seen in Coronation Street as the character Toby Chapman, the husband of returning regular character Toyah Battersby played by Georgia Taylor. Hide