Andrew Sellon

Andrew grew up in Belmont, a suburb of Boston, MA, where as a teenager he dabbled in acting, directing, music, stage magic, and ventriloquism. After earning his honors degree in English from Harvard, he moved to NYC to pursue acting and writing, taking three years off at one point to earn his MFA in Acting from UNC-Chapel Hill, where he also taught acting for two years. Notable New York and Regional Theatre performances include: Hercule Poirot in the sold out run of Murder on the Orient Express at the Old Globe (the best-selling play production in their 90-year history), the Fool in King Lear, Polonius in Hamlet, Charlie in the award-winning 30th Anniversary revival of The Foreigner, Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Jim Casy in The Grapes of Wrath, Clown (15 roles) in The 39 Steps, Vladimir in Waiting for Godot, all 35 roles in I Am My Own Wife, Bazzard in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and the mysterious Eric Finch in the national tour of the stage version of the classic TV series Cheers. He began performing small roles in TV and Film in 2011. His breakthrough came in 2017 when he made his first appearance as Mr. Penn, Penguin's right-hand man in the Season 4 premiere of Fox's hit Batman prequel drama Gotham. His performance proved so popular with fans that he became a recurring guest star, appearing in a total of 10 episodes across Seasons 4 and 5. In his last episode of Season 5, Mr. Penn transformed into classic DC Comics villains The Ventriloquist and his murderous dummy, Scarface. In doing so, Andrew made history as the first live-action actor ever to play these canon DC characters. He performed the actual ventriloquism live on set in real time, adding to the authenticity of the portrayal. Other recent film and TV appearances include Halston, Begin Again, Mamarosh, The Smurfs, The Blacklist, The Mysteries of Laura, The Good Fight, and HBO's Divorce. He is also an accomplished voiceover artist and audiobook narrator with a number of recordings available. Since 2016 Andrew has also been on the faculty of Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing as its Performance Coach. He is also an accomplished writer of plays and musicals, and is working on his first novel. He lives in Westchester with his husband; they recently celebrated 30 years together. Andrew loves gardening, photography, Celtic music, and chipmunks.