Career
He is most famous for his role as Doctor of Science Ray Carling in the British Broadcasting Corporation Television drama Life on Mars. He continued the role in the show"s 2008 sequel series, Ashes to Ashes, until 2010. Born in 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Andrews went to Sitwell Junior School on Grange Road and Oakwood Comprehensive School on Moorgate Road.
He belonged to the local Phoenix Amateur Operatic Society and appeared in several productions with Phoenix Players.
He began work at Kirkby Central, a Vauxhall car dealership, in Wellgate, then began singing at holiday resorts such as Skegness, Lincolnshire, and on cruise ships over twenty years. His entry into acting came when successfully auditioning for the 2001 film, The Navigators, which was set in Sheffield.
In 2005, Andrews played the character of Steven Maynard in the Independent Television drama Wire in the Blood. In 2007, he appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation dramas True Dare Kiss and The Street.
In 2006, he appeared in yet another British Broadcasting Corporation drama, Life On Mars, as the character Doctor of Science Ray Carling.
In 2008, he returned to play the character in the spin-off series Ashes to Ashes. Andrews also had a small role in the Channel 4 series Number Angels playing Neil. He also starred in episode 11, series 5 of Waterloo Road.
Andrews played one of the lead roles in Independent Television"s supernatural drama series Marchlands.
In 2011, he appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation Two television film United, which tells the story of the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster. In September 2011 he appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama The Body Farm as Peter Collins.
In November 2012 he appeared in the six part British Broadcasting Corporation drama Last Tango in Halifax as Robbie. He plays the lead role in the five part British Broadcasting Corporation One series The Case, about a man accused of murdering his terminally ill girlfriend.
He has also recorded voice-overs for Currys television advertisements.
Andrews will take over the role of Pete Lewis from Stephen Graham in the British Broadcasting Corporation show Being Eileen, airing from February 2013. In 2015 Andrews appeared as Tom Asher in Independent Television"s Midsomer Murders episode 17.3 "The Ballad of Midsomer County"
In 2015, Andrews provided the voiceover for ClearScore in the United Kingdom.