As an actor, Lawton is known for roles on the television series Neighbours,[3]State Coroner[4] and One Life to Live.[5] He is the owner and creative director of Kinetic Studios,[6] a production company in New York City, and most recently directed Neil Patrick Harris in A Roundabout Road to Broadway[7] for NBC.[8] As a filmmaker, Lawton's credits include writing and directing the films Rain,[9]Wake,[10]Couch Surfer[11] and Have You Seen Calvin?.[12]
Early life
Andrew Lawton is the youngest of four boys raised in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. As a child, he was a professional boy soprano and toured regularly as a member of The Victorian Boys Choir. On a 1989 tour of the United Kingdom, Lawton and the choir performed in famed Westminster Abbey. He was named deputy leader of the choir in 1991 and choir leader in 1992. This early choral career led Lawton to musical theatre, where he performed in over a dozen musicals as a teen. His acting breakthrough came with being cast in the role of Jake Black on soap operaNeighbours in 2000.