Andy trained as a Stage Manager at London's Central School of Speech & Drama.
He went on to work at some of the UK's top theatres, starting his career at the Royal Court Theatre.
While working at the Bush Theatre, he developed a long-standing knowledge and appreciation of actors and their work, becoming Assistant Director.
Andy then went on to work with Gail Stevens CDG for 5 years on some of the most successful & critically acclaimed Film & TV Drama of the 1990s, Trainspotting, Cracker and Our Friends in the North.
Since setting up Andy Pryor Casting in 1998, Andy has cast many acclaimed UK television dramas including Life on Mars, Shooting the Past, I'm Alan Partridge, The Long Firm, Upstairs Downstairs (for which he received an Emmy nomination), Whitechapel, the first three series of Call the Midwife, Cucumber, Banana, The A Word, Doctor Foster, Gentleman Jack, Years and Years,
It's a Sin, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA & Nolly.
Andy has cast shows for all of the UK's major broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky) and has worked with some of the UK's most celebrated screenwriters.
He has also cast several feature films, including Bent, Beautiful Thing, Glorious 39, Gemma Bovery, Stan & Ollie (nominated for a BIFA for Best Casting), Gwen & Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris .
Andy has been Casting Director on Doctor Who since its hugely successful return in 2005 and to date has cast over 180 episodes and six Doctors.
He was an ambassador for The Act for Change Project, which campaigns for inclusion across the live and recorded arts. He is a founder and former Chair of the Casting Directors' Guild of the UK & Ireland and is a member of the Casting Society of America (CSA).
In January 2020, Andy was honoured with the award for Excellence in Casting by the CSA's European Chapter.
Andy's current Casting Associate is Becky Rossmaur and his Casting Assistant is Kristian Wall.
Member of the Casting Directors' Guild of Great Britain and Ireland.
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| Title | For | Director / Producer |
|---|---|---|
| DOCTOR WHO (All episodes 2005-2023) | BBC1 / BBC Studios / Bad Wolf | D: Various P: Various |
| THE DEVIL'S HOUR Series I & II, 13 x 60 mins. | Amazon Studios UK / Hartswood Films | D: Johnny Allan / Isabelle Sieb / Shaun Grant P: Sue Vertue / Ken Horn / Lawrence Till |
| AFTER THE FLOOD | ITV / ITVX / Quay Street Productions | D: Azhur Saleem P: Juliet Charlesworth |
| MARYLAND 3 x 60 mins. | ITV / Monumental Pictures | D: Susan Tully P: Emma Burge |
| THE WINTER KING 10 x 60 mins. | ITVX / Charter / Bad Wolf | D: Otto Bathurst / Farren Blackburn P: Catrin Lewis Defis |
| NOLLY 3 x 60 mins. | ITV/Quay Street Productions | D: Peter Hoar P: Nicola Shindler / Karen Lewis |
| WOLF 6 x 60 mins. | BBC One / Hartswood Films | D: Kristoffer Nyholm / Lee Haven-Jones P: Nikki Wilson |
| RALPH & KATIE 6 x 30 mins. | BBC One / ITV Studios | D: Jordan Hogg P: Jules Hussey |
| NO RETURN 4 x 60 mins. | ITV / Red Production Company | D: John Alexander P: Farah Abushwesha |
| TRACES Series I & II, 12 x 60 mins. | Alibi / Red Production Company | D: Rebecca Gatward / Mary Nighy / Chris Foggin / Claire Winyard P: Nicola Shindler / Juliet Charlesworth / Jane Wallbank |
| GENTLEMAN JACK Series I & II, 16 x 60 mins | BBC1 / HBO / Lookout Point | D: Sally Wainwright / Sarah Harding / Jennifer Perrott / Ed Hall / Fergus O'Brien / Amanda Brotchie P: Phil Collinson |
| IT'S A SIN 5 x 60 mins. | Channel 4 / HBO Max / Red Production Company | D: Peter Hoar P: Nicola Shindler / Phil Collinson |
| THE A WORD Series I, II & III, 18 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Sundance / Fifty Fathoms | D: Peter Cattaneo / Susan Tully / Luke Snellin / Fergus O'Brien P: Marcus Wilson / Jenny Frayn / Clare Shepherd |
| YEARS & YEARS 6 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / HBO / Red Production Company | D: Simon Cellan-Jones / Lisa Mulcahy P: Nicola Shindler / Karen Lewis |
| SUMMER OF ROCKETS 6 x 60 mins | BBC2 / Little Island Productions | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Helen Flint |
| COLD FEET Series I, II & III of reboot, 23 x 60 mins | ITV/Big Talk | D: Terry McDonough / Rebecca Gatward P: Rebecca Ferguson / Lis Steele |
| HARD SUN 6 x 60 mins | BBC1 / Euston Films / Hulu | D: Brian Kirk / Nick Rowland P: Hugh Warren |
| DOCTOR FOSTER Series I & II, 10 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Drama Republic | D: Tom Vaughan / Bruce Goodison / Jeremy Lovering P: Grainne Marmion / Kate Crowther |
| CLASS 8 x 45 mins | BBC3 / BBC Wales | D: Ed Bazalgette P: Derek Ritchie |
| A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 1 x 90 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Wales | D: David Kerr P: Nikki Wilson |
| UNDERCOVER 6 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Drama Productions | D: James Hawes / Jim O'Hanlon P: Richard Stokes |
| CLOSE TO THE ENEMY 6 x 60 mins. | BBC2 / Little Island Pictures | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Helen Flint |
| COALITION 1 x 90 mins. | Channel 4 / Cuba Pictures | D: Alex Holmes P: Sarah Curtis / Dixie Linder |
| CUCUMBER 8 x 60 mins. | Red Production Company / C4 | D: Various P: Nicola Shindler / Matt Strevens |
| BANANA 8 x 30 mins. | Red Production Company / E4 | D: Various P: Nicola Shindler |
| THE INTERCEPTOR 8 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Drama Prods. | D: Various P: Patrick Schweitzer |
| JAMAICA INN 3 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Origin Pictures | D: Philippa Lowthorpe P: Dan Winch |
| CALL THE MIDWIFE Series I, II & III , 18 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Neal St. Prods./PBS | D: Philippa Lowthorpe / Various P: Hugh Warren |
| AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE & TIME 1 x 90 mins. | BBC2 / BBC Wales | D: Terry McDonough P: Matt Strevens |
| ATLANTIS 13 x 60 mins | BBC1 / Urban Myth Film | D: Various P: Johnny Capps / Julian Murphy |
| BLANDINGS 6 x 30 mins. | BBC1 / Mammoth Screen | D: Paul Seed P: Spencer Campbell |
| DANCING ON THE EDGE 2 x 90 mins; 3 x 60 mins | BBC2 / Ruby Films | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Nicky Kentish-Barnes |
| UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS Series I & II, 9 x 60 mins. | BBC1 /WGBH Boston | D: Various P: Nikki Wilson / Annie Tricklebank |
| TORCHWOOD USA (original & UK Casting) 10 x 60 mins. | USA STARZ / BBC1 / BBC Wales | D: Bharat Nalluri P: Kelly Manners |
| MARCHLANDS 5 x 60 mins. | ITV1 / ITV Prods. | D: James Kent P: Chrissy Skinns |
| WHITECHAPEL Series I & II , 6 x 60 mins. | ITV1 / Carnival | D: S.J. Clarkson / David Evans P: Marcus Wilson / Grainne Marmion |
| TORCHWOOD Series I, II & III , 31 x 45 mins. | BBC1 / BBC2 / BBC3 / BBC Wales | D: Euros Lyn/Various P: Richard Stokes / Peter Bennett |
| MOSES JONES 3 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Drama Prods. | D: Michael Offer P: Cameron Roach |
| THE SARAH-JANE ADVENTURES Series I, II & III, 32 x 30 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Wales | D: Various P: Matthew Bouchard |
| SURVIVORS 1 x 90 mins, 5 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / BBC Drama Prods. | D: Various P: Hugh Warren |
| JOE'S PALACE 1 x 120 mins. | BBC1 / Talkback Thames | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Deb Jones |
| CAPTURING MARY 1 x 60 mins | BBC1 / Talkback Thames | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Deb Jones |
| STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS 1 x 120 mins. | BBC2 / Neal Street Prods. | D: David Attwood P: Pippa Harris |
| CRACKER 1 x 120 mins. | ITV1 / Granada | D: Antonia Bird P: John Chapman |
| THE CHATTERLEY AFFAIR 1 x 90 mins. | BBC4 / BBC Wales | D: James Hawes P: Karen Lewis |
| LIFE ON MARS 8 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Kudos Film & Television | D: Various P: Jane Featherstone / Claire Parker |
| JANE HALL 6 x 60 mins. | ITV1 / Red Production Co. | D: Syd Macartney/ Euros Lyn P: Matthew Bird |
| CUTTING IT Series I, II, III & IV 25 x 60mins | BBC1 | D: Various P: Diederick Santer / Kate Crowe |
| DAD 1 x 90 mins. | BBC1 / Tightrope Pictures | D: Sarah Harding P: Hilary Bevan Jones / Karen Lewis |
| LIFE BEGINS Series I & II, 12 x 60 mins. | ITV1 / Granada | D: Various P: John Chapman |
| GIDEON'S DAUGHTER | BBC1 / TalkBack | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Nick Brown |
| FRIENDS & CROCODILES 1 x 120 mins. | BBC1 / TalkBack | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Nick Brown |
| THE LONG FIRM 4 x 60 mins. | BBC2 | D: Bille Eltringham P: Liza Marshall |
| PRIDE 1 x 90 mins | BBC1 | D: John Downer P: Christopher Hall |
| RED CAP Series I & II. 1 x 90 mins, 12 x 60 mins. | BBC1 / Stormy Pictures | D: David Richards / Justin Chadwick / Various P: Sarah Wilson |
| AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET 6 x 60 mins. | BBC1 | D: Maurice Phillips / David Innes-Edwards P: Chrissy Skinns |
| ALIBI 2 x 90 mins. | ITV1 / Romantic Films | D: David Richards P: Judith Hackett/td> |
| 40 3 x 60 mins. | Channel 4 / Company Television | D: David Moore P: Emma Burge / Stuart Barlow |
| THE LOST PRINCE 2 x 90 mins. | BBC1 / TalkBack | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: John Chapman |
| LINDA GREEN Series I & II, 10 x 30 mins. | BBC1 / Red Production Co. | D: Various P: Matthew Bird / Phil Collinson |
| SHERLOCK 1 x 120 mins. | USA Entertainment / Box Films | D: Graham Theakston P: Tim Bradley |
| ME & MRS. JONES 1 x 120 mins. | ITV1 / LWT | D: Catherine Morshead P: Julie Gardner |
| MURPHY'S LAW 1 x 90 mins. pilot | BBC1 / Tiger Aspect | D: John Strickland P: Tom Sherry |
| OTHELLO 1 x 120 mins. | ITV1 / LWT / WGBH Boston | D: Geoffrey Sax P: Julie Gardner / Anne Pivcevic |
| BEDTIME 6 x 30 mins. | BBC1 / Hat Trick Prods. | D: Andy Hamilton P: Sue Howells |
| NOW YOU SEE HER 1 x 120 mins. | Sky One / Red Production Co. | D: Lance Kneeshaw P: Matt Jones |
| DO OR DIE 2 x 90 mins | Sky One / Warner Sisters | D: Rowan Woods P: Lavinia Warner / John Edwards |
| PERFECT STRANGERS 1 x 90 mins, 2 x 60 mins. | BBC2 / TalkBack | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: John Chapman |
| IN A LAND OF PLENTY 10 x 60 mins | BBC2 / TalkBack | D: Hettie Macdonald / David Moore P: John Chapman / Michael Riley / Claire Hirsch |
| THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL Series I & II 6 x 90 mins. | BBC1 / ABC | D: Various P: Julian Murphy / Colin Ludlow |
| COR BLIMEY 1 x 90 mins. | ITV / Company Television | D: Terry Johnson P: Margaret Mitchell |
| SEX & DEATH 1 x 70 mins. | BBC2 / Hat Trick Prods. | D: Guy Jenkin P: Jane Featherstone |
| TRIAL BY FIRE 1 x 120 mins | ITV / Arrowhead Productions | D: Patrick Lau P: Alan Wright |
| BAD BLOOD 3 x 60 mins. | ITV / Carlton Productions | D: Tim Fywell P: Margaret Mitchell |
| BOYZ UNLIMITED 6 x 30 mins. | Channel 4 / Hat Trick Prods. | D: Liddy Oldroyd P: Richard Osman |
| SHOOTING THE PAST 1 x 70, 2 x 50 mins. | BBC / TalkBack | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: John Chapman |
| WHERE THE HEART IS Series II (London casting) 10 x 60 mins. | ITV / Anglia TV Entertainment | D: Nick Laughland / Tony Garner / Hettie Macdonald P: Kate Anthony |
| HEAVEN ON EARTH 2 x 90 mins. | BBC Wales / Red Rooster | D: Stuart Orme P: Julia Ouston |
| I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE 6 x 35 mins. | BBC2 / TalkBack Prods. | D: Dominic Brigstocke P: Armando Iannucci |
| SKALLAGRIGG 1 x 120 mins. | BBC 2 Screenplay | D: Richard Spence P: John Chapman |
| OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH (co-credit with Gail Stevens) 9 x 60 mins. | BBC 1 | D: Stuart Urban / Simon Cellan Jones / Pedr James P: Charles Pattinson |
| Title | For | Director / Producer |
|---|---|---|
| MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS | Moonriver Content / eOne | D: Anthony Fabian P: Anthony Fabian / Xavier Marchand / Guillaume Benski |
| GWEN | Endor | D: William McGregor P: Hilary Bevan-Jones / Tom Nash |
| STAN & OLLIE | BBC Films / Fable Pictures | D: Jon S Baird P: Faye Ward |
| GEMMA BOVERY (UK Casting) | Cine@ / Ruby Films | D: Anne Fontaine P: Philippe Carcassonne / Faye Ward |
| UNITED | World Productions / BBC Films | D: James Strong P: Julia Stannard |
| GLORIOUS '39 | 1939 Prods. | D: Stephen Poliakoff P: Martin Pope / Barney Reisz |
| LONG TIME DEAD | Midfield / Working Title II | D: Marcus Adams P: James Gay Rees |
| SIAM SUNSET (U.K. Casting) | Filmside Ltd / Channel 4 | D: John Polson P: Al Clark |
| IT'S GOOD TO TALK (Academy Award Nominated Best Live Action Short 1998) | Channel 4 / Feasible Films | D: Roger Goldby P: Barney Reisz |
| BENT | Channel 4 / Bent Productions | D: Sean Mathias P: Michael Solinger / Dixie Linder |
| BEAUTIFUL THING (co-credit with Gail Stevens) | Channel 4 / World Productions | D: Hettie Macdonald P: Tony Garnett |
| DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (co-credit with Gail Stevens) | X Films | D: Richard Spence P: John Chapman |
| TRAINSPOTTING (co-credit with Gail Stevens) | Channel 4 / Figment Films | D: Danny Boyle P: Andrew Macdonald |
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