Andrew Scott
Acting

Andrew Scott

Born 1976-10-21 · Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Scott is an Irish actor. Andrew Scott is an Irish actor who started his career at a very young age. He made his first appearance on television in an advertisement for a brand of porridge at the age of 6. He was born into an Irish family where his father, Jim, worked in a recruitment agency and his mother, Nora, taught art. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Hannah. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in an Affiliated Theater for the play A Girl in a Car with a Man at Jerwood Theater Upstairs and the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor for the film Dead Bodies. He is known for his portrayal of Paul McCartney in the 2010 BBC drama Lennon Naked and for his portrayal of villain Jim Moriarty in the modern adaptation Sherlock, also produced in 2010 by the BBC and for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2012. In November 2013, he revealed his homosexuality during an interview for the British daily The Independent, while indicating that he did not play it in the interpretation of his roles: "Fortunately, nowadays, people don't perceive not homosexuality as a defect. But it’s also not a quality, like kindness. Or a talent, like knowing how to play the banjo. It's simply a fact. Of course, that's part of what I'm sending back, but I don't want to play with it. I'm not advertising it; I think it’s important when you’re an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person. All I really want to do is continue doing my job, which is pretending to be a bunch of different people. It's as simple as that. » In 2014, he took on the role of a priest in Ken Loach's film: Jimmy's Hall. In 2015, he appeared in the new James Bond: 007 Spectre, as Max Denbigh aka "C", a member of the British government whose goal is to shut down the Double-0 spy branch. In 2017, he returned to the role of Hamlet in the theater, under the direction of Robert Icke, for nearly 150 performances. The piece lasts almost 4 hours. His performance was unanimously praised by critics. In 2019, he played "the priest" in the second season of the multi-award winning British series: Fleabag. The same year, he reunited with Sam Mendes, with whom he had already collaborated several times in the past, in the film 1917. Then he participated in an episode of the successful British series: Black Mirror for episode 2 of season 5 entitled Smithereens. In 2020, Andrew Scott landed the lead role in the series Tom Ripley, adapted from the novels by Patricia Highsmith. The same year, the actor read the poem Everything is Going to be All Right by Irish poet Derek Mahon, in a video posted on Instagram by actress Emilia Clarke. This reading is dedicated to Irish men with cancer. Andrew Scott will be part of the jury for the 2021 GQ Grooming Awards, a ceremony created by GQ magazine and which celebrates men's cosmetic products. Andrew Scott is filming in November 2020 alongside Ruth Wilson in the television adaptation for HBO of the play Oslo by J.T. Rogers. With Steven Spielberg as executive producer. In March 2021, Andrew Scott will begin filming Lena Dunham's new film: Catherine, Called Birdy, the adaptation of the book of the same name, alongside Billie Piper. Imdb Mini Bio By; yusufpiskin

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Known for

His Dark Materials★ 7.9Viewing moment
His Dark Materials
2019 · Series
Sherlock★ 8.5Viewing moment
Sherlock
2010 · Series
Spectre★ 6.5Viewing moment
Spectre
2015
Saving Private Ryan★ 8.2Viewing moment
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Horizon★ 7.4Viewing moment
Horizon
1964 · Series
1917★ 8Viewing moment
1917
2019
Alice Through the Looking Glass★ 6.6Viewing moment
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Pressure★ 7.5Viewing moment
Pressure
2026
Victor Frankenstein★ 5.9Viewing moment
Victor Frankenstein
2015
Handsome Devil★ 7.1Viewing moment
Handsome Devil
2017
Locke★ 6.9Viewing moment
Locke
2014
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride★ 7.9Viewing moment
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Jimmy's Hall★ 6.7Viewing moment
Jimmy's Hall
2014
King Lear★ 5.9Viewing moment
King Lear
2018
Denial★ 6.8Viewing moment
Denial
2016
Pride★ 7.7Viewing moment
Pride
2014
Being James Bond★ 7.8Viewing moment
Being James Bond
2021
Swallows and Amazons★ 6.3Viewing moment
Swallows and Amazons
2016
Fleabag★ 8.3Viewing moment
Fleabag
2016 · Series
Catherine Called Birdy★ 6.1Viewing moment
Catherine Called Birdy
2022
The Delinquent Season★ 6.5Viewing moment
The Delinquent Season
2018
A Dark Place★ 6Viewing moment
A Dark Place
2018
School of Roars★ 6Viewing moment
School of Roars
2017 · Series
Oslo★ 6.5Viewing moment
Oslo
2021
Sherlock: The Final Problem★ 8.3Viewing moment
Sherlock: The Final Problem
2017
This Beautiful Fantastic★ 7.1Viewing moment
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
Modern Love★ 7.3Viewing moment
Modern Love
2019 · Series
The Stag★ 5.9Viewing moment
The Stag
2013
John Adams★ 7.7Viewing moment
John Adams
2008 · Series
Blue Moon★ 6.6Viewing moment
Blue Moon
2025
RIPLEY★ 7.9Viewing moment
RIPLEY
2024 · Series
The Scapegoat★ 6.4Viewing moment
The Scapegoat
2012
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage★ 7.5Viewing moment
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Nora★ 5.2Viewing moment
Nora
2000
Sea Wall★ 7.8Viewing moment
Sea Wall
2012
Hamlet★ 6Viewing moment
Hamlet
2018
Sherlock: His Last VowViewing moment
Sherlock: His Last Vow
2014
Longitude★ 7.3Viewing moment
Longitude
2000
Miracle at Midnight★ 7.1Viewing moment
Miracle at Midnight
1998
The Pursuit of Love★ 6.6Viewing moment
The Pursuit of Love
2021 · Series

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