Theatre includes: rep at Leicester, Farnham, Leeds, Ipswich, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Scarborough, Birmingham and Bristol. Eight years with the RSC in Stratford, London (Aldwych, Donmar and Barbican) and on tour in the UK and Australia includes: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Henry V, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Winter's Tale, Antony and Cleopatra, The Accrington Pals, Peter Pan, Our Friends in the North, The Witch of Edmonton, Money, The Twin Rivals and Camille. Five years with the ESC on UK and world tours, with seasons at the Old Vic and the Aldwych includes: The Henrys, The Wars of the Roses, The Winter's Tale, Coriolanus and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actor 1988 for Richard III (title role). NT includes: The Alchemist and The Merry Wives of Windsor. London: Son of Man (Roundhouse), Beckett (Haymarket), St Joan (Strand), Hamlet (Old Vic) and Macbeth (Bridewell). He is the founder and artistic director of the Andrew Jarvis Theatre Company: Timon of Athens (London Brix).
Television includes: Emmerdale Farm, Flambards, The Bronte Connection and The Two of Us.
Radio includes: Radio 3 and Radio 4.
Recordings include: The Wars of the Roses and Hamlet.
Andrew has been involved in actor training as a freelance teacher and director for 12 years, the last three years as full-time head of postgraduate acting courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.