

In August 2010, Whitfield teamed up with Freddie Wong and created a 2-minute YouTube video named "Time Crisis", based on the video game series of the same name. Whitfield also appeared in the Australian thriller The Clinic starring opposite Tabrett Bethell (of Legend of the Seeker fame) which was shot in Deniliquin. He also starred in the 2010 television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which was filmed in New Zealand. Whitfield gained his first prominent role in the Australian supernatural film Gabriel. He appeared in several Australian television series, such as Opening Up, All Saints, The Strip, Packed to the Rafters, and McLeod's Daughters. He moved to Australia in 1999 to work as an engineer in Lidcombe, before later settling in Sydney. He studied civil engineering at Sheffield Hallam University in England. He attended Ysgol Gynradd Amlwch and then Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones until the age of 18.

Whitfield and his family came to live in Bull Bay, Anglesey, Wales in 1976. He was best known for his leading role in the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

Andrew Whitfield (17 October 1971 – 11 September 2011) was a Welsh actor.
