Kristos Andrews

Kristos Andrews is a British actor who is an 11-time Emmy winner. He has received a record 10 Emmy wins by the age of 30. Andrews received Emmy Awards in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 for his work as the lead actor on critically acclaimed crime-drama The Bay on Peacock. Andrews has won five more Emmys 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. ^[1]

Since 2016, he has starred as Tyler in the Pop TV teen sitcom This Just In, for which he received an Emmy nomination for his comedic work.

Early life

Christos Augustin Andrew-Drum^[2] was born in Los Angeles, California on August 25, 1990^[3] to Catherine Andrews and Gary Drum. During his childhood, he and his cousins spent summers at his family's recording studio farm, Ridge Farm Studios, where famous British rock bands frequently recorded, and Freddy Mercury & Queen first started rehearsing the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" in mid-1975.^[4] Later, he attended Harvard Business School. He also has two sisters, Celeste Drum and Angelica Drum.^[5]

Career

Andrews began portraying Pete Garrett on crime-drama The Bay when it debuted in September 2010.^[6] He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime as an executive producer of The Bay in 2012.^[7] In 2015, he won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series for the series.^[8] He won again in the renamed category Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016,^[9] 2017,^[10] and 2018.^[11] Andrews also won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for his role on The Bay in 2016,^[9] in the renamed category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2017,^[10] and again in 2018.^[12]

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.^[13]

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.^[14]

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.^[15] He received an Indie Series Award nomination for Best Lead Actor – Drama for the role.^[16]

Andrews' acting portfolio includes the reoccurring role of Ronnie Riley on Nickelodeon's Super Sportlets and as a lead band member of Miranda Cosgrove's TV Band (iCarly). Andrews also appeared in the Craigslist Joe documentary and the foreign film, Triangle. With appearances in several national commercials including Wendy's and Best Buy.

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

Year	Award	Program	Category	Result	Ref.
2011	2nd Indie Soap Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Ensemble	Nominated	[17]
2012	39th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime	Nominated	[7]
	3rd Indie Soap Awards	The Bay	Best Ensemble–Drama	Nominated	[18]
			Best Breakout Performance	Nominated
2014	5th Indie Series Awards	The Bay	Best Ensemble – Drama	Nominated	[19]
2015	42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series	Won	[8]
2016	43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won	[9]
			Outstanding Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won
	7th Indie Series Awards	The Bay	Best Web Series – Drama	Nominated	[20]
			Best Ensemble – Drama	Nominated
2017	44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won	[10]
			Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won
		This Just In	Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series	Nominated	[13]
	8th Indie Series Awards	The Bay	Best Web Series – Drama	Won	[21]
			Best Ensemble – Drama	Won
			Best Lead Actor – Drama	Nominated	[22]
2018	45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won	[11]
			Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won	[12]
	NVIFF Awards	A Place Called Hollywood	Best American Actor	Won	^[citation needed]
2020	47th Daytime Emmy Awards	The Bay	Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won	[23]
			Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Won

References

1. White, Katherine Schaffstall,Abbey; Schaffstall, Katherine; White, Abbey (9 May 2022). "Hollywood Stars One Award Away From an EGOT". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
2. Andrews, Kristos. "Kristos Andrews Instagram".
3. California, State of. "California Birth Index".
4. Salter, Jessica (26 February 2011). "Roger Taylor remembers rehearsing with Queen in 1975". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
5. Hedgepeth, Carol. "Kristos Andrews IMDb Bio Page".
6. Fairman, Michael (29 September 2010). "The Bay is back with a webisode doubleheader". On-Air On-Soaps. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
7. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
8. "CBS, PBS and The Bold and the Beautiful Lead Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Winners". Variety. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
9. Newcomb, Roger (30 April 2016). "43rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winner's List". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
10. "The 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
11. Ramos, Dino-Ray (29 April 2018). "Daytime Emmy Awards Complete Winners List: Days Of Our Lives, The Talk, GMA Among Honorees" (PDF). Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
12. Hipes, Patrick (28 April 2018). "Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Bold And The Beautiful, Sesame Street Top Winners". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
13. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations For the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
14. Rosenberg, J. R. (29 April 2017). "Actor & Producer Kristos Andrews Sets Emmy Record 5 Wins at 26!". HuffPost. Retrieved 6 May 2017.^{[dead link‍]}
15. "We Love Soaps: The Southside To Be Released Today as Four-Part Miniseries, True Story of Robert Areizaga Jr". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
16. Newcomb, Roger (3 February 2016). "Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". Indie Series Awards. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
17. Mulcahy, Kevin Jr. (10 January 2011). "NOMINATIONS: 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
18. Mulcahy, Kevin Jr. (19 December 2011). "NOMINATIONS: 3rd Annual Indie Soap Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
19. "5th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees". Indie Series Awards. February 2014. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
20. "Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". Indie Series Awards. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
21. "8th Annual Indie Series Awards Winners". Indie Series Awards. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
22. "Nominations Announced For 8th Annual Indie Series Awards". Indie Series Awards. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
23. "Digital Drama Winners Announced at Daytime Emmy® Awards Ceremony". The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

External links

• Kristos Andrews at IMDb