- Andrew Pleavin
Andrew Pleavin (born
April 13 ,1968 inLondon ) is anactor best known for his appearances in theTV film "Attila", "Unstoppable", "Batman Begins ", "Attack of the Gryphon ", "Return to House on Haunted Hill " and his roles in the British police dramas "" and "the Bill". In February 2006, he was cast in "300" by Frank Miller, a film in which he plays a character called "Daxos."Andrew was born in England but spent his early years inTransvaal ,South Africa . He returned to the Wirral in northern England, aged 12, and received a black belt status inmartial arts at the age of 18 after six years of training inLiverpool andLondon .From 1993 to 1996, he trained at the
London Drama Centre .Pleavin trained with gymjones.com for just five weeks in the lead up to the filming of '300'. He increased his maximum number of pull-ups from 6 to 23, rowed 500m in 1:25.6 and 5000m in 18:12, and he finished “300” in 18:11 (the fastest of any to take the '300' test).
References
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687091/ Andrew Pleavin] at the
Internet Movie Database .
* [http://www.gymjones.com/knowledge.php?id=35 GymJones.com] "300" The So-Called Program.
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