Navin Andrews: biography, filmography, personal life

Navin Andrews is a British actor, known in our country primarily due to the cult series "Staying Alive". However, this is by no means the only interesting role with which he brilliantly coped. What other films with "Said Jarrah" is worth seeing, what is known about his biography, his personal life?

Navin Andrews: Star Biography

The actor's parents are emigrants who came to England from a small Indian state in the late 60's. Navin Andrews was born in London in 1969, later his mother and father had another son. The parents of the future star are not related to the cinema sphere. My mother worked as a psychologist, my father worked on the railway.

Navin Andrews, whose biography is full of ups and downs, early showed interest in acting, from childhood impressed with the surrounding actors. Parents who chose an authoritarian style of upbringing, yet did not interfere with the development of his abilities. The young man studied at the Moscow School of Music and Theater, which helped him to choose the right profession. From the house the actor left at the age of 16.

Hobbies, which Navin Andrews keeps fidelity throughout his life: playing the guitar, singing. His bad habits - addiction to alcohol and drugs, with which the actor successfully coped. In 2006, he was awarded the list of the most beautiful men, compiled by People.

First successes

The London School of Music and Theater was never able to graduate from Navin Andrews. The filmography of the actor acquired the first picture in 1991, when he was offered a role in the tape "London Kills Me." At that time, the future star turned 22 years old, the young man was forced to interrupt the process of getting education for the sake of filming in the film.

In the center of the plot of the comedy drama "London kills me" is the story of a twenty-year-old man. The young man revolves among the capital's drug addicts, but dreams of forgetting the past, finding a normal job. In order to get a waiter's place in a good restaurant, he does not have enough trifles - quality footwear.

The role in this picture did not become a star for Andrews, but, thanks to participating in the shooting, he began to offer work to other directors. Among the films with his participation - "Wild West", "Double Vision", "Kama Sutra: A Love Story". This continued until the first bright image created by him on the big screen.

The film is a breakthrough

Lieutenant Kip-Sinh - the first role that allowed Nun to be remembered by viewers and critics. The film "The English Patient" became his starry hour, despite the fact that the Andrews character was not the main one. Action develops in the conditions of the Second World War, in the year of its completion.

A man gets into a plane crash, which results in burns that are life-threatening. A young nurse from Canada is trying to treat him. Being on the threshold of death, the soldier gives himself up to memories of his connection with a married lady, who was tragically interrupted by the war.

Best TV show with Andrews

Thanks to the picture "English patient", viewers finally learn about the existence of such an actor as Navin Andrews. The films in which he is removed after playing the role of lieutenant, yet do not bring him as much popularity as the image of Said Jarrah. The series "To Survive", filming which began in 2004, turns an actor, deprived of an army of fans, into a superstar.

Said Jarrah - one of the participants in Flight 815, miraculously kept life after the plane crash. The hero of Navin is an Iraqi officer who has a dark past. On the island, where the characters are after the crash, he joins the leadership team, helps new friends in their attempts to return home, deal with the mysteries of an unfamiliar land.

What else to see

A popular film in which fans can see Andrews - "The Planet of Fear", filmed in 2007. The action takes place in a small American town whose population suffered from a deadly virus. The task of the local police is to fight crowds of people who have turned into living dead. To help the representatives of power comes the people's militia.

The picture "Brave" with the participation of Navin was also released in 2007. In the center of the plot is a young radio employee, successful in work and personal life. Suddenly, the girl loses all her achievements, becoming a victim of robbery, experiencing the death of her lover. The only goal to which she aspires, is revenge.

Of the new projects, which removes Andrews, you can pay attention to the series "Eighth Feeling", now has two seasons.

Personal life

At the moment, the actor is officially free of relations, only rumors of his short hobbies leak out. Barbara Hershey is the actress with whom Navin Andrews was the longest-serving. The personal life of the star is full of meetings and partings, with only Barbara he parted and converged several times, in many respects their quarrels were connected with the bad habits of the actor. Andrews has two sons, born of different women.

Will Navin forever be the executor of the second roles? Or is his high time still ahead? Time will tell.