# Andrew Howard
**Andrew Howard** (born 1969 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh theater, television and film actor whose screen career has run from British crime films to Hollywood blockbusters and prestige television. He is known for his roles as Gennady in *Limitless*, Sheriff Storch in *I Spit on Your Grave* (2010), 'Bad' Frank Phillips in the miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys*, and Luther Banks in *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*, and he won the Best Actor award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001 for playing Jon in *Mr In-Between*[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/). Born in Cardiff and living in Los Angeles, he has also worked behind the camera, co-writing the 2002 crime drama *Shooters*, in which he starred[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969, Cardiff, Wales, UK; based in Los Angeles[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/) |
| Training | Cygnet Training Theatre, Exeter, in the late 1980s; stage productions included *A Christmas Carol*, *Twelfth Night*, *Beggar's Opera*, and *Peer Gynt*[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard) |
| Signature stage roles | Alex DeLarge in *A Clockwork Orange*, Peer Gynt, and Orestes in *Electra* at the Royal National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard) |
| First awards | Best Actor, Tokyo International Film Festival 2001, for *Mr In-Between*; his performance as Darkie in *Cardiff East* at the Royal National Theatre earned him the Ian Charleson Award[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard) • [3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/) |
| Screenwriting | Co-wrote and starred in *Shooters* (2002), a British crime drama[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/) |
| Television range | Starring or recurring roles in *The Outpost*, *Watchmen*, *Bates Motel*, *Mayor of Kingstown*, *Perry Mason*, and *Echo*[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard) |
| Recent work | *The Accountant 2* (2025, as Batu), *Hard Home* and *Mudbrick* (2024), and Christopher Nolan's *The Odyssey* (2026, as Polites) and *Man of War* (2026, as Dany Sundakov)[5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/andrew-howard) |
## Training and stage career
Howard trained at the Cygnet Training Theatre drama school in Exeter, Devon, in the late 1980s, appearing in student productions of *A Christmas Carol*, *Twelfth Night*, *Beggar's Opera*, and *Peer Gynt*[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard). He then spent about ten years on stage, performing at the [Royal National Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-national-theatre) and the Donmar Warehouse in London. His notable stage roles included Alex DeLarge in *A Clockwork Orange*, the title role in *Peer Gynt*, and Orestes in *Electra*[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard). His agency credits him with four Best Acting awards over his career, including honors from the Tokyo International Film Festival and the [Deauville American Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/deauville-american-film-festival)[3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/).
## Early screen work
Howard's television career began in the mid-1990s with guest spots on British series; his first appearance was as Brooksie in the *Law and Disorder* episode "Safe as Houses" in 1994[6](https://healthyceleb.com/andrew-howard/). [Feature film](https://www.edgepedia.org/feature-film) roles followed at the end of the decade: his first theatrical film was *Shades* (1999), in which he played Dylan Cole, and the same year he appeared as Trofimov in the 1999 Chekhov adaptation *The Cherry Orchard*[6](https://healthyceleb.com/andrew-howard/) • [7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/). In 2001 he starred as the hired killer Jon in the dark crime thriller *Mr In-Between*, a performance that won him the Best Actor award at the Tokyo International Film Festival that year[1](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard). He appeared in two episodes of the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers* in the same period, playing Clarence Hester[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/).
**Writing and producing.** In 2002 Howard co-wrote the screenplay for *Shooters*, a British crime drama in which he also starred as J[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/). His producer credits include *Pig* (2010, producer) and the shorts *Junkie* (2012) and *Unbelief* (2015, executive producer)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/).
## Film work in the 2000s and 2010s
Through the 2000s Howard moved between British and American productions. He played Hoag in the submarine thriller *Below* (2002), Richard in the 2003 television film *The Lion in Winter* opposite [Patrick Stewart](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrick-stewart) and [Glenn Close](https://www.edgepedia.org/glenn-close), and Billy in [Guy Ritchie](https://www.edgepedia.org/guy-ritchie)'s *Revolver* (2005)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/). Genre work became a recurring thread: he played Nick West in the horror film *The Devil's Chair* (2007), Joseph in *Blood River* (2009), and Sheriff Storch in *I Spit on Your Grave*, the 2010 remake of the cult exploitation film[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/). *Blood River* brought him two festival honors, the Best Actor Award at the Honolulu Film Festival and the Jack Nance Breakthrough Performance award at the NYC Film Festival, Tribeca[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/).
He also took supporting parts in large studio films, including *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009, as Special Air Service Forces) under [Michael Bay](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-bay)[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/). In 2011 he played Gennady, a supporting antagonist, in the science-fiction film *Limitless* opposite [Bradley Cooper](https://www.edgepedia.org/bradley-cooper) and [Robert De Niro](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-de-niro), and shared the screen with Cooper again in *The Hangover Part II*[7](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/). His film list from the period also includes *Cassandra's Dream* (2007, as Jerry), *Taken 3* (2014, as Maxim), *Anna* (2019, as Oleg), and *Truth or Dare* (2018, as Randall Himoff)[5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/andrew-howard).
## Television roles
From the 2010s onward Howard built a steady television career across American series. His credits include Will Decody in *Bates Motel*, Quentin in *Banshee*, Devon Gaspar in *Elementary*, Luther Banks in *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (6 episodes), Milos Pavel Kinsky in *The Blacklist*, and William Borden in *The Lizzie Borden Chronicles*[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard). He played 'Bad' Frank Phillips, a starring role, in the [History Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/history-channel) miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012) alongside [Kevin Costner](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-costner)[3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard).
**Later series leads.** Howard had a starring role as Marshal Cedric Wythers across 13 episodes of [The CW](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-cw)'s *The Outpost* (2018) and played [Red Scare](https://www.edgepedia.org/red-scare), the humanoid tornado, in 7 episodes of [Damon Lindelof](https://www.edgepedia.org/damon-lindelof)'s *Watchmen* (2019), the cast of which was nominated for an IGN Award for Best TV Ensemble[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard) • [8](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/awards/). He followed with Detective Joe Ennis in HBO's *Perry Mason* (2020, 8 episodes), Duke in the Taylor Sheridan series *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021, 5 episodes opposite Jeremy Renner), and Zane in the Marvel series *Echo* (2024, 3 episodes)[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard). In 2020 he appeared as Officer Merk in *Two Distant Strangers*, the Oscar-winning Netflix short film directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe[3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/).
## Recent and upcoming work
Howard's recent film work includes Batu in *The Accountant 2* (2025) for director Gavin O'Connor with [Ben Affleck](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-affleck) and Jon Bernthal, plus *Hard Home* (2024, as Diablo), *Persona* (2024), and *Mudbrick* (2024, as Jakov)[3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/) • [5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/andrew-howard). In 2026 he appears as Polites in Christopher Nolan's *The Odyssey*, his second collaboration with Nolan after playing Driver in *Tenet* (2020), and as Dany Sundakov in the war film *Man of War*; he is also cast as Sniper / Morgan Trahern in the Prime Video series *Steal* with Sophie Turner and as Dylan in Muriel d'Ansembourg's *Truly Naked*[3](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/) • [5](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/andrew-howard).
## Personal life
Howard is 5 feet 11½ inches (1.82 m) tall, is married to Sarah Essex, and has one child, Scarlett; his father is Neil Howard[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/). IMDb credits him with 95 acting credits, 3 producer credits, and 2 writing credits[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/).
## References
1. [Andrew Howard Popularity: Top Movies & TV Shows, Television Stats](https://televisionstats.com/a/andrew-howard)
2. [Andrew Howard (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/)
3. [Andrew Howard, Accelerate Management](https://www.acceleratemgmt.com/people/howard-andrew/)
4. [Andrew Howard, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/23975/andrew-howard)
5. [Andrew Howard Movies and TV Shows, Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/andrew-howard)
6. [Andrew Howard Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Family, Facts, Biography, HealthyCeleb](https://healthyceleb.com/andrew-howard/)
7. [Andrew Howard, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/andrew-howard/)
8. [Andrew Howard Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397110/awards/)
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