Gower was born in
Aintree,
Merseyside, near
Liverpool in
North West England. His early schooling included Davenhill Primary School in Aintree and
Great Sankey High School in
Warrington, Cheshire. It was during
Year Nine of his studies that Gower began acting, appearing in school plays and musical productions. He enrolled in Barrow Hall College, Great Sankey High School's
sixth form college, in 2007, while studying for his
A levels, he joined a local amateur drama group. Gower, an
Oxford School of Drama graduate, was awarded the prestigious
Spotlight Prize for Best Actor in July 2010. In March 2011, Gower made his debut in British television on the ITV's medical drama
Monroe, in the role of Dr Andrew Mullery, a heart surgeon in training. To research the role, Gower watched two
coronary artery bypass surgeries while standing next to actual surgeons. That same year, Gower appeared in the television broadcast of the musical ''
Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds,'' a modern adaptation of
Mary Shelley's gothic novel
Frankenstein. Instead of being pre-recorded as a traditional television musical, it was broadcast live, with an audience of 12,000 in attendance at
Kirkstall Abbey, on BBC Three. In 2012, Gower joined the cast of BBC Three's
Being Human, as vampire solicitor
Nick Cutler, in series 4 of the hit television series. Filming for the series began in
Barry, Wales in late July 2011 and was broadcast in 2012. Gower was the recipient of critical praise for his work on the series. This year also saw a guest role in series 4 of
E4's science-fiction comedy
Misfits and a run as Seiffert in
Manfred Karge's surreal play
The Conquest of the South Pole at the
Arcola Theatre. In his first radio performance, Gower played Lupin in the BBC
Radio 4's comedy
Diary of a Nobody, adapted by Andrew Lynch from
George and
Weedon Grossmith's Victorian novel. Gower returned to episodic television in 2013. He appeared as
Sherlock Holmes in series 6 of
CBC's Victorian drama
Murdoch Mysteries and would later reprise his role in series 7. After a cameo in Showtime's
The Borgias, Gower appeared as
Lord Strange in several episodes of the
BBC's mini-series
The White Queen. 's
Outlander convention in
Las Vegas (NV) on 14 July 2018. In 2014, Gower was featured in
Jon Stewart's film directorial debut,
Rosewater, as Jimmy the Avid Editor. That same year, he appeared in series 2 of the BBC's drama
The Village as Gilbert Hankin and in series 2 of
ITV's crime drama
Endeavour as Nicholas Myers. The next year (2015) Gower was cast in the role of
Caligula in
NBC's drama
A.D. The Bible Continues and he played Mark, an ambitious young banker, in the Emmy awarded three-part BBC series
Capital, based on John Lanchester's
novel of the same name later that year. In 2016, Gower made his West End debut as Winston Smith in a theatrical adaptation of
George Orwell's
1984, a dystopian look at life today, at the
Playhouse Theatre in London. He also appeared as
Prince Charles Stuart in series 2 and 3 of the
Starz historical dramatic series
Outlander, based upon
Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series. Returning to the dystopian roots he explored in
1984, Gower played Rob in series four of the award-winning
Netflix drama
Black Mirror. The episode, entitled "
Crocodile", was helmed by Australian director
John Hillcoat and centres on the idea of a device that can access personal memories. It was announced in December 2017 that Gower will portray Ezra Spurnrose, the young heir of a wealthy family, in
Amazon's eight-episode fantasy-noir drama
Carnival Row. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season by Amazon Prime in July 2019. Andrew Gower is set to reprise his role as Ezra Spurnrose. Another upcoming project for Andrew Gower is
Running Naked, a full-feature-length film written and directed by
Victor Buhler. In 2019, Gower also re-visited 19th century crime solving as he joined the cast of the upcoming period drama
Miss Scarlet and The Duke which follows Eliza Scarlet (played by British actress
Kate Phillips), the first female detective in the Victorian era. In 2020, Gower finished his first short film
Humpty Fu*king Dumpty as an executive producer, an in-depth look at
Merseybeat musician
Tommy Quickly (played by Gower), which was written and directed by
Stephen Walters. The project was funded through
Kickstarter, a widely used crowdfunding platform. The film was released on 8 May 2020 on the official website HumptyFilm.com. In 2024, Gower made his debut playing DS Chet Harper in the
Channel 5 and
Acorn TV drama series
Ellis alongside
Sharon D Clarke.
Music career In June 2005, Andrew Gower formed the Manchester-based rock band Emerson with his friends Michael Collins and James Webster. Gower acted as the band's lead vocalist, Collins as keyboard and Webster as guitar player. From the beginning they wrote their own songs inspired by their favourite artists. In 2006, Todd Ryan (drums) and Alasdair Ramsey (bass) joined the band. In 2015, Andrew Gower became involved in the music project The Gustaffsons who have recorded four of their songs (cover songs and original materials) and published them on
SoundCloud. He's also worked on original songs for the short film
Humpty Fu*king Dumpty together with
Stephen Walters. Gower is a self-described "obsessed"
Beatles fan. ==Filmography==