Andrew Bridgmont


Andrew Bridgmont is an English actor, playwright and stage director, son of thespian and author Peter Bridgmont. He is primarily known for his theatre work like at the Globe Theatre and appearing in such films as Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service, James Marsh's The Theory of Everything or TV series like Penny Dreadful or Grandchester. Bridgmont was the winner of the International Playwriting Festival award for Red on Black.

Education

Bridgmont did an arts foundation course, and later graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He took part in workshops at Ovalhouse in Lambeth. Bridgmont is also a classically trained violinist.

Theatre

Director

TitleYearRoleDirector or VenueNotes
Summer of Love2018DirectorSt James Theatreactor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods.
Summer of Love2012DirectorKing's Head Theatreactor Thomas Brodie-Sangster playing Kenneth and Claire Porter as Kenneth's mum Rebecca; Damont Prods.
Richard III2011DirectorCentral school of speech and dramaDamont Productions
The Golden Hour2014DirectorSt James TheatreDamont Productions
Tales from the Coast2011DirectorKing's Head TheatreDamont Productions
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me2008DirectorGlobe Theatre and Stara Prochownia in WarsawDamont Productions

Film

TitleYearRoleDirectorNotes
The Theory of Everything2014Cockcroft Guest 5James Marsh
Kingsman: The Secret Service2014Kingsman TailorMatthew Vaughn
Diagnosis2017GaryEva Riley
The King's Man2020Kingsman TailorMatthew Vaughn

Books

Bridgmont is directly cited or mentioned in the following works :Reading Shakespeare on Stage by Herbert R. Coursen. University of Delaware Press.Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors Are Come Hither: The Performance of Tragedy in a Secure Psychiatric Hospital by Murray Cox. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes by Susan Leckey. Routledge.Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe by P. Kiernan. Palgrave Macmillan.Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon: Volume 1 by Michael Mullin. Greenwood Press.American Theatre, Volume 18 by the Theatre Communications Group.Cahiers Élisabéthains. Paul Valéry University Press.Plays and Players. Hansom Books.London Theatre Record and the Theatre Record, Volume 21 by Ian Herbert. Theatre Record Limited.