Andrew Gower (1989)

Andrew Gower (born 8th November 1989) is an English actor best known for his recurring role on the ITV medical drama Monroe. In the summer of 2011, he was cast in the BBC Three supernatural drama series Being Human.

Life and career
Gower was born in Aintree, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, about 6.5 mi north of Liverpool city centre in North West England. He attended Davenhill Primary School in Aintree.

Gower began acting in Year Nine while attending Great Sankey High School in Warrington, Cheshire. He appeared in several high school plays and musicals. He enrolled in Barrow Hall College, Great Sankey High School's sixth form college, in 2007, and while studying for his A levels joined a local drama group.

Gower enrolled at the Oxford School of Drama, and graduated in 2010. On 20 July 2010, he won the prestigious Spotlight Prize.

On 10 March 2011, Gower made his British television debut on the ITV series Monroe, in the role of Dr Andrew Mullery (a general surgeon in training). To research the role, Gower watched two coronary artery bypass surgeries while standing next to actual surgeons. Monroe was filmed toward the end of 2010, and he appeared in all six parts of the series. Series 2 began transmission on October 1st 2012 and he will reprise his role in all six episodes, now promoted to General Registrar under Head of Clinical Services Alistair Gillespie (Neil Pearson).

During the initial run of Monroe, on 19 March 2011 Gower appeared in the live television broadcast of the new musical, Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds. Originally conceived as a filmed musical, the show was broadcast live on BBC Three from a set at Kirkstall Abbey.

On 20 July 2011, a Hertfordshire local newspaper revealed that Gower had been cast in the hit television series Being Human as a new vampire character named Cutler. The Warrington Guardian confirmed the report two days later. The show began filming series 4 in Barry, Wales, in late July 2011. It was broadcast during February-March 2012.

On 10th October Andrew Gower's website announced that he would appear in episode 4 of series 4 of Misfits on E4, as a character called Jake.

Music career
Gower is also a member of a rock band called Emerson. A singer and songwriter, he is a self-described "obsessed" Beatles fan. The band has played The Cavern Club (the Liverpool club where The Beatles were discovered) several times.