Biography

Andy Kimbel is known as a very talented folk and country-blues performer whose star as a solo performer and with a talented band, continues to rise on the national blues and folk scene. When he plays, you hear some very impressive guitar work with the influences of traditional blues, folk, R&B some very fancy finger style and a touch of New Orleans style roots music.

Kimbel began playing the guitar and piano when he was about 9 and by 11, was playing in a band. In his early teens, he got an electric guitar and started gigging at various functions in the Philadelphia area. Andy later went to school to pursue a career in aviation and become a commercial pilot and flight instructor. It wasn't until a pilot furlough at the early 90's that Andy picked up the guitar, went out and played thinking that it would give him something to do until he got back into the cockpit. He would also frequent various clubs and coffee houses watching and learning from performers like Garmet Rogers, Chris Smither, Tom Rush and Bill Morrissey. It was then that the call of the Philadelphia and New York blues and singer songwriter scene grabbed Andy and brought him in as a performer at these same venues and now plays both smaller intimate venues and larger crowds in concert halls and festivals. .

Andy launched an actor career almost by accident when he moved to LA in 2012. He has since appeared in over 20 television shows, indie films, reality films and commercials. He is known for his Robin Williams type looks , versatility and sense of humor.

in 2015, Andy launched "Casting" a television Pilot and Webisode that he is starring in as well as directing. It is a television pilot and webisode about the emerging actor business produced in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

"Casting"follows the trials and tribulations of a core group of central characters as they decide to embark upon an Acting Career. It us a comedic overview of the emerging actor biz..3 Stooges take on Hollywood. The show revolves around a real world casting agency created for the show that will enable followers of the program to connect with it. At least one season or 13 episodes are planned. The show also follow the paths of agents, directors, producers and their life off and on the camera, in and out of the biz.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mike Brenner