BIOGRAPHY


First gig, 11 years old, Cavalleria Rusticana, Opera
First gig, 11 years old, Cavalleria Rusticana, Opera

Andreas has experience from comedy, drama, thriller, action. He currently plays Oscar Karlsson in feature LOCKED DOWN (HBO Max), written by Steven Knight and directed by Doug Liman, has a role as a police officer in Hamilton, in spring (TV4/C More), next autumn plays a shrink in Erika Wasserman's (The Border) new feature autumn 2022. He also stars as Gary, a single dad dealing with a dyslexic daughter in an SVT 1 (Swedish BBC 1) featurette, winter 2021. He can also be seen playing the lead, as 'Hitman' in short film HITOKIRI.

Previous roles include Sergeant Backman, Head of the National Swat Team, in acclaimed TV-series Gåsmamman autumn (2019), a leading role, opposite the main cast, as Chief of Secret Police, Terry Ling, in the first two 2 episodes of Swedish/German Crime success MARIA WERN, TV4, (2018) and an undertaker in TV-series 'Vår tid är nu'. He played an angry car owner, where he improvised a scene with outstanding Swedish comedienne Maria Lundqvist, one of the films two lead actresses, to great effect, in HEARTBREAK HOTEL, by Swedish blockbuster director Colin Nutley. In SVT comedy series PLAYA DEL SOL he plays 'Tobias'.

He has played the lead in commercials for such prestigious brands as Carlsberg, Heineken, HSBC, Microsoft, Renault, Volkswagen and Ray-Ban in the UK, Spain and Sweden .

Andreas has had Secret Service and weapons training for film, through Warner Bros.

Worked as a speaker and V.O. Has added the Swedish voice to a guide for a South African nature park, via BLOK Media in London. Speaker for channel 5, TV 3 and TV 4 in Sweden. Been presenter on UR (SVT), Sweden. V.O. for a series of advertising campaigns, including Elgiganten, Microsoft and Oddset. In his youth he appeared as a performance poet in London, which helped him to hone in on every rhythm, word, phrase.

He lived in New York for half a year and in London for 6 years.

He is also a scriptwriter and director working both commercially and as an independent.

Andreas has international experience of film acting, commercials, as a V.O, model, and stage performer.

Andreas Grant was discovered through street casting in the mid 90's. His first commercial was for Ray Ban sunglasses and a string of international brands, amongst them; Volkswagen, Carlsberg, Renault, IKEA, HSBC, Heineken (as part of the Bond SKYFALL Campaign) followed.

Andreas has no formal acting training and loves to improvise.

He was seen as a recurring panel member, in a Swedish literary show, hosted by Daniel Sjölin (former host of SVT literary show BABEL) at the start of the launch of COMHEM, Sweden's largest web provider's new cable TV station