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Steve McAndrew

Denis Lawson joined the cast of New Tricks in Series 9 as Steve McAndrew, a retired detective from Glasgow CID.

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Job title
Ex Detective from Glasgow CID, Member of UCOS
Played by
Denis Lawson

Steve was quick to make his mark on the team and it soon became clear that once he had the bit between his teeth he would not let go.

With a propensity to bend the rules, Steve’s Glaswegian background meant that initially he wasn't up to speed on the landscape of London crime, past and present, but that has provided him with an objectivity as he helps to solve the cold cases.

Often hot-headed, Steve has no time for wise-crackers or timewasters and makes full use of his thick Glaswegian accent to intimidate his suspects. Though a cracking detective, this series will see him still struggling to maintain a relationship with his teenage son and spiral into serious financial trouble as he tries to keep up a lifestyle he can no longer afford.

Steve MacAndrew meets the team for the first time

Steve MacAndrew arrives in UCOS to help them with the new case.

Denis Lawson

Born in Perthshire, Denis has enjoyed a 40 year career in the industry across film, (Perfect Sense, The Man in the Iron Mask, Local Hero, Broken and The Machine), TV (Holby City, Criminal Justice, Bleak House) and stage, where he directed his nephew Ewan McGregor in a production of Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against The Eunuchs. Denis has been running film workshops for actors over the last twenty years and had a book published last year, titled The Actor and the Camera.