Andrew J McGuinness was born on April 16th, 1982 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He attended Chelmsford High School in Chelmsford MA, which is where he soon became known to his friends as Andy and for his comedic and charming antics. Much to his surprise, it would be these, sometimes inappropriate outbursts of comedic relief that would propel his curiosity to pursue an acting career.

At an early age and an only child to his father, Gary and mother Dianne McGuinness, Andrew began developing his own ideas and original styles for the stage. After receiving a taste of the theater by performing as a chorus member in the spring musical, “Man of La Mancha” his senior year of high school, he pursued the dramic arts at The University of Massachusetts Amherst. Soon after receiving his B.F.A. in theater arts from Umass, he was offered a position with the Wingspan Theater Company in New York City. In Manhattan, he performed in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” as Vladamir for the New York Goldmine Theater Company and in William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” as the ever curious but always loyal servant to Brutus, Lucuis, with the White Planes Performing Arts Center.

When an opportunity to play Romeo in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” with the Boston City Lights Theater presented itself, Andrew moved back to the Boston area. Since his move, he decided to further his education and reenrolled with the University of Massachusetts to pursue another bachelors degree in the french language. In 2007, two years later, Andrew was planning his future move to Hollywood. Before this could happen, he studied for the summer of 2007 in New York with the collaboration of acting professors, Maggie Mae, Kevin Kolack, and Boris Leskin.

Shortly after studying in New York, Andrew rapidly added numerous projects to his resume. Including, his own original stage play, “Within A Shapeless Mind”, which he wrote, produced, and starred in, an off Broadway showcase at the Orpheum Theater NYC, and his most famous contemporary role to date on the stage, the DC Comic Hero and man of steel, Superman, in a revamped theatrical version of the 1960’s Broadway show “It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s Superman. Having a strong theater background, he decided to pursue film. Thus, it wasn’t too long before he started performing in roles as the leading man, starring in many independent films, such as “Prodigy”(2007), “Until Tomorrow”(2008), “The Moon Under Glass”(2008) with Ellipsis Entertainment, and most recently “Show Stopper”(2010) with Steven Bauer and Jennifer Day produced by Media Artist Group Films, JFJ Productions and Andy Media.

The move to Los Angeles was fast and impulsive, however, since being in L.A., Andrew was quickly cast in the original play, “Unbroken Circles”, written and directed by Greg Phillips. Andrew plays the post traumatic stressed marine, Charlie Davenport, struggling to make sense of what is left of his civilian life, at the Odyssey Theater in West Los Angeles. More recently, after completion of filming “Show Stopper”, Andrew is now in collaboration with his manager, Jayson T. Stonne, in developing his original stage play into a feature film, “Shattered Mind”. They are currently in pre-production.