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Andrew Wincott is an English actor, best known for the role of Raphael and Haarlep in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) developed by Larian Studios. His career spans more than 30 years of radio,[1] theatre, television and audiobooks, often published on sites such as Audible or Storytel.
Early life
[edit]Andrew Wincott was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.[2] He is a graduate of Christ Church in Oxford and trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy. Before starting his career as an actor, he was an English teacher.
Career
[edit]For more than 30 years, Andrew Wincott has been recording radio dramas for the BBC, where he has twice been a member of the Radio Drama Company.[1]
In 2003, he joined the cast of The Archers, the longest running daily soap opera in the world, which began its national run on 1st of January 1951. Since then, he has been lending his voice to Adam Macy.
Since 1996, when Wincott made his video game debut, by joining the cast of one of the first fully-voiced video games called Broken Sword, he has provided the voice for numerous video game characters. Some of his roles include: Jacques de Aldersberg in The Witcher 1 (2007), Dr. Wattson in the Sherlock Holmes game series (2016, 2021, 2023), Raphael, Haarlep[3], Kuo-Toa tribe, Cashguard Basher Brammels in Baldur's Gate 3 (2023). For his performance as Raphael[4], he won a BAFTA Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role in April 2024.[5]
His audiobook credits include 1984 by George Orwell, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Memory, Sorrow & Thorn by Tad Williams, John Sinclair Demon Hunter.
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Broken Sword | Various Voices | |
| 2003 | Drakan: The Ancient's Gates | Various Voices | |
| Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad | UK Briefing Officer | Voice | |
| Yager | Pilot Trainer | Voice | |
| 2004 | Second Sight | Professor Gienko | |
| Nexus: The Jupiter Incident | Marcus Cromwell from the Angelwing | Voice | |
| 2005 | Kameo: Elements of Power | Additional Voices | |
| 2006 | Anno 1701 | Various Voices | |
| 2007 | Jericho | Additional Voices | |
| The Witcher | Jacques de Aldersberg, Haren Brogg, Ren Grouver, Bandits, Craftsmen | Voice (English version) | |
| Shadowgrounds Survivor | Napalm | Voice (English version) | |
| 2008 | Memento Mori | Colonel Ostankovic | Voice |
| 2009 | Grand Ages: Rome | Additional Voices | |
| Anno: Create a New World | Cornelius B. Devenport | Voice | |
| Venetica | Brother Johan | Voice (English version) | |
| 2010 | Dead Nation | Dr. Mordon | Voice |
| 2011 | Anno 2070 | Rufus Thorne | Voice |
| The Book of Unwritten Tales | Paladin | Voice | |
| 2013 | The Night of the Rabbit | Banking Lizard, Japanese Poet | Voice (English version) |
| The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief | Inspector Nicolas Legrand | Voice | |
| The Dark Eye: Demonicon | Falk | Voice | |
| 2014 | Blackguards | Additional Voices | |
| Divinity: Original Sin | Eht Efirt | Voice | |
| Sacred 3 | Vajra | Voice | |
| Risen 3: Titan Lords | Glen | Voice | |
| 2015 | Victor Vran | The Voice | (English Version) |
| Anno 2205 | Anthony Goodwin | Voice (English version) | |
| 2016 | Deponia Doomsday | Elysian Elder Quatre, Momed | Voice |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | Dr. John Watson | Voice | |
| 2017 | Vikings: Wolves of Midgard | Additional Voices | |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | Additional Voices | ||
| The Pillars of the Earth | Earl Bartholomew, Civilians | Voice | |
| Divinity: Original Sin II | Additional Voices | ||
| Seven: The Days Long Gone | Artanak[6] | Voice | |
| Dungeons 3 | Tanos | Voice | |
| SpellForce 3 | Additional Voices | ||
| 2018 | Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire | Guardian of Ukaizo, Ifren, Nirro, Canta Nicese, Tama Watua, Two-Eyed Pim | Voice |
| 2019 | Anno 1800 | Alonso Gravez | Voice |
| Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love | Sergeant Miedviediev, Organ Grinder | Voice | |
| Layers of Fear 2 | Father, Projectionist | Voice | |
| A Year of Rain | Lord Jaidee Rupah | Voice | |
| 2020 | The Shattering | Dr. W. Richards | Voice |
| 2021 | Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One | Lord Andrew Craven | Voice |
| 2022 | Dying Light 2: Stay Human | Additional Voices | |
| Whateverland | Eddie | Voice | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | Chaos Ogryn, Groaner | Voice | |
| 2023 | Sherlock Holmes the Awakened | John Watson | Voice |
| De-Exit: Eternal Matters | Donovan | Voice | |
| Layers of Fear | Father, Projectionist | Voice | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | Raphael, Haarlep, Kuo-Toa tribe, Cashguard Basher Brammels, Dead Flaming Fist | Voice and motion capture | |
| Dungeons 4 | Tanos | Voice | |
| 2024 | The Inquisitor | Doctor Ingvar | Voice |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II | Night Lord | Voice | |
| Enotria: The Last Song | Pantalone | Voice | |
| Metaphor: ReFantazio | Additional Voices | ||
| Chicken Pollice: Into the Hive! | King | Voice |
Awards and Nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | British Academy Games Award | Performer in a Supporting Role | Baldur's Gate 3 | Won | [5] |
Radio and Podcast series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989[7] | The Action of the Tiger | Lt Von Bartrap | BBC Radio 4 |
| A Very Meticulous Death | Martin | ||
| 1990[8] | That Hideous Strength | Mark Studdock | 4 episodes, BBC Radio 4 |
| Lenny Bruce in Bondi | Malcolm | BBC Radio 3 | |
| Turtle Neck | Unknown | ||
| Advice to Eastern Europe | Waiter | ||
| Excuse Fingers | Alan Preen | BBC Radio 4 | |
| A Christmas Carol | Young Scrooge | ||
| The Melancholy Hussar | Humphrey Gould | 1 episode, BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Turkey Has Landed | Unknown | BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Denham | ||
| 1991[9] | A Madman of Convenience | Dainbridge | |
| By Royal Appointment | Riding Master | ||
| The Other Side of the Hill | Lt O'Malley, Capt Costello | ||
| Asha | David | ||
| Lavender Song | David Hunter | ||
| Black Bartlemy's Treasure | Sir Rupert | ||
| A Fatal Inversion | Adam Verne-Smith | ||
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Footman, Constable | ||
| Running Dogs | Dave | ||
| Smart Alec | DJ | ||
| Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Halls | Agent | ||
| Evasion Tango | James | ||
| The Third Mask | Gino | ||
| The Shape of Things to Come | Ryan | ||
| Posters of Montmartre | Unknown | ||
| Plymouth In War | Fred Long | ||
| A Madman of Convenience | Dainbridge | ||
| Mathematical Triangle | Jailer, Philemon | ||
| The Fen Story | Additional Cast | ||
| Brave New World | Benito Hoover, Indians, Pupils and guests | ||
| Bringing Up Nero | Unknown | BBC Radio 3 | |
| Don Quixote | Cardenio | ||
| The Last Cut of All | Anderson | ||
| The Gates of the Underworld | Foreman of builders | ||
| One Way or Another | Unknown | ||
| Yabuhara: The Blind Master Minstrel | Unknown | ||
| The Monkey-Skin Quiver | Unknown | ||
| Exile or The Boat Will Not Return | Motomasa | ||
| The Personal history of David Copperfield | Steerforth | 5 episodes, BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1992[10] | The Angel of Rome | Dr Ferretto, Perosi | BBC Radio 4 |
| Roland's Afterlife | Cordoba | ||
| Ratking | Gilberto | ||
| Something Like a Miracle | Edward Shortt | ||
| The Second Mrs Tanqueray | Capt Hugh Ardalc | ||
| The Fen Story | Additional Voices | ||
| Singer | Pepper | ||
| Lost for Words by Ken Blakeson | Delegate | ||
| Grace and Favour | Robert | ||
| The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Denham | ||
| Fair Exchange | Peter | ||
| The Wooden | Andrew | ||
| A Different Woman | Dr Markham-Crombie | ||
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Barman | ||
| When the Barbarians Came | Cloten | BBC Radio 3 | |
| A View to a Haunt | Rupert | ||
| Cordoba | Gary | 2 episodes, BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Legs That Came In from the Cold | Oovis | BBC Radio 4 | |
| Eden Must Go | Alister Gray | ||
| Mermaid Sandwich | Henry | ||
| 1993[11] | Lavender Song | David Hunter | |
| Good Wives | Fred Vaughn | ||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Black Peter | Inspector Hopkins | ||
| Trumpets and Foie Gras | Dr Holland | ||
| Total Eclipse | Charles Cros | BBC Radio 3 | |
| Dido, Queen of Carthage | Cupid | ||
| The Massacre at Paris | Conde/Mugeroun /Son of Guise | ||
| Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence | Newland Archer | 6 episodes, BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Second Mrs Tanqueray | Capt Hugh Ardale | BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Other Side of the Hill: It's a Long Way from Talavera | Lt O'Malley, Capt Costello | ||
| The Christening Robe | George | ||
| The Other Side of the Hill: The Long Road to Waterloo | Capt Costello | ||
| The Virgin in the Ice | Boterel | ||
| The Right Result | John Rouse | ||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Pince-Nez | Inspector Hopkins | ||
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Abbey Grange | Inspector Hopkins | ||
| Becoming Carmen | Richard | ||
| 1994[12] | The Vacillations of Poppy Carew | Fergus Furnival | |
| The Spanish Tragedy | Balthazar | BBC Radio 3 | |
| The Adventures of Tintin | Chiquito | BBC Radio 4 | |
| Ancient Enemies | Sebastian | ||
| 1995[13] | Mateo Falcone | Gamba | |
| The Tree of Liberty | Ferrier/Michel | ||
| The Cinderella Service | Christopher Bayliss | ||
| We Are Mesquakie We Are One | Unknown | ||
| Parson Harding's Daughter | Unknown | 3 episodes, BBC Radio 4 | |
| Lady's Maid | Ferdinando | BBC Radio 4 | |
| Death and the Pleasant Voices | Hugo | ||
| Little Women | Fred Vaughn | ||
| Seaton's Aunt | Arthur Seaton | ||
| 1996[14] | Judith Shakespeare | Ben | |
| 1998 | The Black Spectacles (Dr Gideon Fell series) | Additional Cast | |
| 1999 | South Riding | Additional Cast | |
| The Strange Affair of the Brown Dog | Howard Lister | ||
| Stories For Olga | Uncredited | ||
| 2000 | The Swami and Winston | Charles | |
| Momentum | Father | BBC Radio 3 | |
| To Feed The Night (part 1 & 2) | Narrator | ||
| Episode in the Life of an Artist | Cherubini | BBC Radio 4 | |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke and Rachel | Mark | ||
| Stage Fright | Charles | ||
| 2001 | Penny Gaffs and Angel Places | Wilkie | |
| The Holiday | Casmilus | ||
| Konfidenz | Policeman 1 | ||
| Lives Out Of Step | Shackleton | BBC Radio 3 | |
| 2002 | Existence | Tom | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2003 | Exchanges in Bialystock | Rev Harris/Tommy | |
| The Archers | Adam Macy | 750+ episodes (2003[15] - current), BBC Radio 4 | |
| Women Beware Women | Hippolito | BBC Radio 3 | |
| Humble Beasts | William | BBC Radio 4 | |
| I Am David | Carsten | ||
| A Bird, a Heart, a Bicycle | Maxim/Lilienthal | ||
| 2004 | Put Money in Thy Purse | Bob | |
| Clare in the Community | Simon Burrows, Brendan, Hugo, Keith, Other voices | 11 series (56 episodes), (2004 - 2019), BBC Radio 4 | |
| I Am David | Pierre | Sequel, BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2005 | Garbo and Gilbert in Love | Stiller | BBC Radio 4 |
| The Sanctuary Seeker - a Crowner John Mystery | Sheriff | ||
| The Man on the Heath:Johnson and Boswell Investigate | Bartholomew | ||
| 2006 | Cymbeline | Iachimo | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2007 | A Warning to the Furious | Bookshop man | BBC Radio 4 |
| The Tinner's Corpse: A Crowner John Mystery | Sheriff | ||
| 2013 | Classic Serial: A Larkin Double | Porter | Episode 1: 'Jill', BBC Radio 4 |
| 2016 | The New Counter-Measures | Professor Abrams | 1 episode, Big Finish Productions |
| 2017 | Survivors | Mangham | |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures | Casper Knox | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures | Captain Hall | |
| 2021 | Barred | Dominic | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures | Sanderson Craske, The Voice | 1 episode, Big Finish Productions |
| Torchwood: The Story Continues | Williamson, The Old Man | Big Finish Productions | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures | Beyond, Jardan | 1 episode, Big Finish Productions |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Doctor Who: The Paradise of Death | Crestin | |
| 1992-1994 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Narrator, Octavius Caesar, Laertes | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Thief Takers | Granger | 1 episode |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Tim (Speed Dater) | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Rosamunde Pilcher | Paul Wilson | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Angels of Death | Sergeant Ancheus | 9 episodes |
Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Secret | Clifford | |
| 2019 | The Pilgrim's Progress | Apollyon | |
| 2022 | The Forfeit | Damian |
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