Kristos Andrews is a British actor who is an 11-time

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winner. He has received a record 10

wins by the age of 30. Andrews received

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s in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 for his work as the lead actor on critically acclaimed crime-drama '' The Bay'' on

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. Andrews has won five more

s as an executive producer of the series in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020, in addition to winning an Emmy for his work as a director. Since 2016, he has starred as Tyler in the

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teen sitcom '' This Just In'', for which he received an Emmy nomination for his comedic work.

Early life

Christos Augustin Andrew-Drum was born in

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, California on August 25, 1990 to Catherine Andrews and Gary Drum. During his childhood, he and his cousins spent summers at his family's recording studio farm,

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, where famous British rock bands frequently recorded, and Freddy Mercury & Queen first started rehearsing the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" in mid-1975. Later, he attended Harvard Business School. He also has two sisters, Celeste Drum and Angelica Drum.

Career

Andrews began portraying Pete Garrett on crime-drama '' The Bay'' when it debuted in September 2010. He was nominated for a

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for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime as an executive producer of ''The Bay'' in 2012. In 2015, he won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series for the series. He won again in the renamed category Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Andrews also won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for his role on ''The Bay'' in 2016, in the renamed category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2017, and again in 2018. Since 2016, Andrews has starred as Tyler in the teen sitcom '' This Just In'', for which he was also nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series as a producer. In 2012, Andrews was the youngest producer ever nominated for an Emmy, and in 2017, he became the first person to ever win five Emmys by the age of 26. Andrews played the lead role in the indie feature films ''The Southside'', a biographical film based on the true story and tragic death of Robert Areizaga Jr. He received an

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nomination for Best Lead Actor – Drama for the role. Andrews' acting portfolio includes the reoccurring role of Ronnie Riley on

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's Super Sportlets and as a lead band member of

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''). Andrews also appeared in the Craigslist Joe documentary and the foreign film, Triangle. With appearances in several national commercials including

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Filmography

Actor

* ''Sportlets'' (2007) as Ronnie Riley * ''iCarly'' (2008) as Band Member * ''The Industry'' (2009) as Chris * ''Super Sportlets'' (2010) as Ronnie Riley * ''ACME Hollywood Dream Role'' (2011) as Buddy * ''Triangle'' (2012) as Switch * ''A Place Called Hollywood'' (2015) as Charlie Law * ''The Southside'' (2015) as Robert Ariezaga Jr. * ''This Just In'' (2016-2017) as Tyler * ''A Second Chance'' (2017) as Brian * ''Class Act'' (2019) as Mike Mason * ''The Last Whistle'' (2018) as Tom * ''FraXtur'' (2018) as Raleigh Vega * ''The Bay'' (2010–2017) as Pete Garrett

Producer

* ''Jack Rio'' (2008) * ''Lights Out'' (2010) * ''A Place Called Hollywood'' (2015) * ''The Intruders'' (2017) * ''This Just In'' (18 episodes, 2016–2017) * ''The Bay'' (94 episodes, 2010–2017)

Director

* ''The Bay'' (11 episodes, 2014)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Kristos Living people British skateboarders English male film actors English male soap opera actors English male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)