Andrew Gerard Simpson (born January 1, 1989 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an actor. He now lives in Donegal, Ireland. He was spotted while performing in a festival by talent scout Patrick Duncan, who was working for Aisling Walsh, the director of Song for a Raggy Boy.
Simpson's first film appearance was as Gerard Peters 458 in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), a story about an Irish reform school.
In 2006 he appeared opposite Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi Dench (both of whom were nomimated for Academy Awards for their roles) in the film Notes on a Scandal. He plays the pivotal role of Steven Connolly, a schoolboy whose affair with his art teacher, Sheba Hart (played by Blanchett), leads to disaster.
Simpson attended Foyle School of Speech and Drama and is currently studying at Foyle and Londonderry College.
