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My Take
Andrew Shue is one of those rare people who got to live two different lives, and that's what draws me to him. Most fans know him as Billy Campbell on Melrose Place through the nineties, but I find it more interesting that he actually played professional soccer before Hollywood. The Dartmouth education shows there was always more going on than the camera caught. What earns my respect, though, is the off-screen work, co-founding the nonprofit DoSomething and the parenting site CafeMom. To me that's the real measure of him, an actor who treated fame as a tool rather than a finish line. I'd happily read a whole book about that pivot.
Overview
Andrew Shue (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, known for his role as Billy Campbell on the television series Melrose Place (1992–1999). Shue played soccer professionally for several years. He co-founded and served on the board of directors of the global non-profit organization DoSomething, and co-founded the social networking website CafeMom.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andrew Shue
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドリュー・シュー
- Reading
- あんどりゅー・しゅー
- Born
- February 20, 1967 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / association football player / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Columbia High School
- University
- Dartmouth College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.