Biography
Andrew Lancel was born on 3 August 1970 in Lancashire. He started his acting career in local theatre and as a cabaret singer. He gained fame as the lead role in the groundbreaking medical series Cardiac Arrest with Helen Baxendale. Since then he has become a well established theatre and television actor with a reputation for seeking controversial roles and projects. He has also appeared in the film Wide-Eyed and Legless with Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent. He was described as the most realistic doctor on TV and sporadically was TV's most hated man after roles in City Central, Bad Girls and Queer as Folk. Andrew has also starred in an episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2005, he entered Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes as A-ha singer Morten Harket, and won.
Lancel lives in Gateacre, Liverpool. On 30 November 2012 Merseyside Police stated Andrew Lancel had been charged with 5 counts of historical child sex offences. They went on to confirm the offences relate to sexual assault on a child under 16. He has been bailed to appear at South Sefton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, December 19 2012.
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