birth_place article_title name birth_date
london , england andrew pleavin
 andrew pleavin 13 april 1968
andrew pleavin

andrew pleavin -lrb- born 13 april 1968 -rrb- is an english actor known for his appearances in the tv film `` attila '' , `` unstoppable '' , `` batman begins '' , `` attack of the gryphon '' , `` return to house on haunted hill '' and his roles in the british police dramas `` messiah iii : the promise '' and `` the bill '' .
in february 2006 , he was cast in `` 300 '' by frank miller , a film in which he played a character called daxos .
andrew was born in england but spent his early years in transvaal , south africa .
he returned to the uk and to the wirral in northern england , aged 12 , and received a black belt status in martial arts at the age of 18 after six years of training in liverpool and london .
from 1993 to 1996 , he trained at the london drama centre .
