#Spartacus: blood and sand film series#

This delayed production of season two of Spartacus: Vengeance. In March 2010, Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and began undergoing treatment immediately in New Zealand.

The couple moved to Sydney and married in 2001. Whitefield made a brief, unaccredited voice-only appearance in the prequel mini-series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, which premiered on 21 January 2011. In August 2010, Whitfield teamed up with Freddie Wong and created a 2-minute YouTube video named 'Time Crisis' based on the game Time Crisis. 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 was the original actor to portray Spartacus, the Gladiator turned rebel commander the started the Third Servile War.

#Spartacus: blood and sand film series#

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 studied construction at Sheffield Hallam University, England and worked in Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia as an engineer before settling in Sydney in 1999.

Whitfield was born in Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. Andy Whitfield was the actor who played Spartacus in Spartacus: Blood and Sand.