Andrew Halliwell’s professional career as an actor began at the age of 10 in Toronto when he appeared in Nickelodeon's first feature film 'Harriet the Spy'. After relocating to Beautiful British Columbia in 2000 he continued his interest in the theatre by performing in musicals and stage plays. A year after high school, he arrived in Vancouver after graduating from the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Continuing to do stage plays, he broadened his scope by working extensively with the Vancouver TheatreSports League and writing and performing stand-up comedy at Mark Breslin’s Yuk Yuk’s.

Within eight short months after arriving in Vancouver, Andrew signed with Lisa King at King Talent and shortly thereafter booked his first role on the silver screen in the Leo nominated Kickstart film ‘Dark Room’, directed by Stacy Fish. Continuing to study with various acting gurus around town, he would put his lessons into practice by being a part of any film he could get his hands on, no matter how big or small. This proved vital in his growth as an actor as it provided a way to gain a lot of experience in a short amount of time.

Departing from the world of stand-up, he applied his passion for comedy into creating and writing a TV series called ‘These Charming Men’ with his long-time friends, Tom Tames and Adam Lolacher, a story inspired by their lives as young men trying to succeed as actors in a city where anybody can be a star.

Just before Christmas of 2007, Andrew was cast in the pilot for the new scripted MTV series ‘Kaya’. Prior to this success he had already decided to relocate to London, England for a change of pace. So it was, in the new year, he got on a plane with a guitar and made a home in amongst 15 million people. Far away from Vancouver but closer to his lifelong summer home of Lancashire he didn’t let the numbers intimidate him and found himself on the London stage within a short period,

The ambition to see ‘These Charming Men’ take flight was creating a thorn in his side. Many late night phone calls to Vancouver with Tom and Adam prompted Andrew to return to Vancouver to see their beloved golden ticket come to fruition. Back to the school of Hard Knocks for Andrew where he took a crash course in film and television production from his high school friend Brianna Chatwin, who was finishing her education in film studies at the time. They partnered to create a short introductory teaser that would help boost the show when being pitched to the Canadian networks. Pulling an industrious cast and crew together, and funding it on a shoestring budget derived from the generosity of supporters through a fundraiser and whatever Great British Pounds remained on his bank balance, the filming commenced.

It was through this project that Andrew began working with a former acquaintance, now trusted friend, production partner and fellow actor, Juan Riedinger, who had expressed an interest at trying his hand at directing. Andrew saw no better fit for the position and so began their careers together on the other side of the camera.

After the completion of the teaser pilot for ‘These Charming Men’, Juan approached Andrew with a script he had been mulling over for some time about two down-out-of-luck poker players who have to reconcile their paths of gambling addiction for a future of misfortune. The script was called ‘Shark Out of Water’, and little did they know at the time that this would become a film that exemplified the solidarity of a community that lived for filmmaking. Stars were aligning during the production of this film which, not long after, acquired a portion of its funding from an executive producer from Los Angeles, secured an actual casino to film in and not one, but two celebrity cameos from poker legends ‘Yukon’ Brad Booth and world champion Phil Hellmuth. On top of that, the film was shot on the state-of-the-art Red One camera.

They decided that since Andrew had been a musician from the age of 11 and recording his own music from the age of 16, he should take a stab at scoring the music for the film. This would result in being an opportunity that would open up a new door for Andrew as a film composer and since the middle of 2008 has already begun building his repertoire throughout a breadth of genres. Andrew continues to write and record his own music aside from the film vein.

Currently, Andrew is keeping very busy by being involved in all aspects of his interests. His company, Strangeways Productions has a number of productions due out in 2009. He is composing the music for a documentary concerning Vancouver’s rough downtown eastside. He continues to study with acclaimed actor, Ben Ratner.