Derrick Andrews(I)
- Actor
Derrick Andrews was born in Columbus, Mississippi on November 30, 1987.
During his journey through grade school, he adventured into playing
sports like football and baseball. He also enjoyed motocross and
bodybuilding.Beginning of his sophomore year, he decided to quit all
his school sports to primary focus on bodybuilding. At the age of 16,
he began competing in bodybuilding competitions for the National
Physique Committee(NPC).Traveling to 4 different states and competing
in 12 competitions, he never placed below third. During the next year,
he qualified for teen nationals winning his state tournament and a
national qualifier. Wanting to increase his body weight, he planned to
wait until the age of 18 to head to teen nationals, but suffered a torn
ACL one month away from competition. Later that year, he began college
at Mississippi State University. From a colleague, he was introduced
into acting and modeling. In 2011, he landed his first major speaking
role in the feature film The Pizza Boy(2013) as a local Pizza Manager
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. After graduating college with a bachelor degree
in geology, he moved to Dallas, Texas. Since his time in Texas, he has
been featured in several productions, including; Travel Channel's
Monumental Mysteries(2014) as Theobald Smith, a Trainer in Party Girl
Web Series(2014), CIA Agent for TNT's Dallas Season 3(2014), BBQ
Attendant for Marlboro Wed AD (2014), Alex Nielsen in Alex: The Return(2014)and currently in preproduction(2015) Rick Flag Jr. in Suicide Squad and Allen in the feature film Rookie.