Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish actor. He played
Jim Moriarty
James Moriarty (born 20 June 1953) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap ...
in the BBC series ''
Sherlock'', for which he won the
BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. Scott's role as the priest on the second series of ''
Fleabag
''Fleabag'' is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for d ...
'', received a nomination for the
and won the
. He won further acclaim playing the lead role of
Garry Essendine in a 2019 stage production of ''
Present Laughter
''Present Laughter'' is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's ''T ...
'' at
The Old Vic
The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit organization, not-for-profit producing house, producing theatre in Waterloo, London, Waterloo, London, England. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Th ...
, for which he won the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.
Scott has received various other awards, including the
for his role in ''A Girl in a Car with a Man'' at the
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, Englan ...
.
Early life and education
Scott was born in
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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, on 21 October 1976, the son of Nora and Jim Scott. His mother was an art teacher, while his father worked at an employment agency.
[ He is the second of three children. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Hannah.] He was raised as a Catholic
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, but has since left the faith. He attended Gonzaga College
Gonzaga College SJ is a voluntary Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), one of five Jesuit secondary schools in Irela ...
while taking weekend classes at Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre in Rathfarnham
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, and appeared in two ads on Irish television. At 17, he was chosen for a starring role in his first film, ''Korea
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''. He won a bursary
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to art school, but elected to study drama at Trinity College Dublin
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, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, leaving after six months to join Dublin's Abbey Theatre
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before moving to London
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when he was 22. He once stated to the ''London Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
'' magazine that he always had a "healthy obsession" with acting.
Career
After filming a small part in Steven Spielberg
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's '' Band of Brothers'', Scott worked with film and theatre director Karel Reisz
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in the Gate Theatre
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History Beginnings
The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Ge ...
, Dublin, production of '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' taking the role of Edmund Tyrone, the younger son, in Eugene O'Neill
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's play about a wealthy but tortured Lace Curtain Irish family living in Connecticut
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during the Gilded Age
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. He won Actor of the Year at the Sunday Independent Spirit of Life Arts Awards 1998 and received an Irish Times Theatre Award
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards recognise outstanding achievements in Irish theatre.
History
The awards were founded in 1997 by ''The Irish Times''. Awards were established in numerous categories, ranging from design, to acting, to overall ...
1998 nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Scott had the small part of Michael Bodkin in the film ''Nora
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'', and in a television adaptation of Henry James
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's '' The American'', before making his London theatre debut in Conor McPherson
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's ''Dublin Carol
''Dublin Carol'' is a play by Conor McPherson, which premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre in 2000.
Plot
John, a middle-aged employee of a funeral home in Dublin, returns from a funeral on Christmas Eve with Mark, a 20-year-old who has h ...
'' at the Royal Court Theatre
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. He was cast in the BAFTA-winning drama ''Longitude
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'', and the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers''. Scott has described the working atmosphere on ''Band of Brothers'' as "awful".
In 2004, he was named one of European Film Promotions' Shooting Stars. After starring in ''My Life in Film
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It uses iconography, situations and dialogue from films. Some of the show's humour is derived f ...
'' for the BBC, he received his first Laurence Olivier Award
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for his role in ''A Girl in a Car with a Man'' at The Royal Court, and the Theatregoers' Choice Award
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for his performance in the Royal National Theatre
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's ''Aristocrats''. He created the roles of the twin brothers in the original Royal Court production of Christopher Shinn
Christopher Shinn (born 1975) is an American playwright. His play ''Dying City'' (2006) was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and
''Where Do We Live'' (2004) won the 2005 Obie Award, Playwriting.
Early life
Shinn was born in Ha ...
's ''Dying City'', which was later nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
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. In 2006, he made his Broadway debut in the Music Box Theater
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production of ''The Vertical Hour
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'' written by David Hare and directed by Sam Mendes
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, for which he was nominated for a Drama League Award
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.
Scott appears as Col. William Smith in the 2008 HBO miniseries ''John Adams
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''. In 2009, he appeared in ''Sea Wall'', a one-man show written especially for him by playwright Simon Stephens
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.
He starred in a sell-out run of '' Cock'' at the Royal Court in late 2009, a production which won an Olivier Award in 2010.
His turn in an episode of ''Foyle's War
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'', in which he plays a prisoner determined to allow himself to hang for a crime he may not have committed, was described in ''Slant'' magazine as a "standout performance".
His film appearances include a role in ''Chasing Cotards'' (a short film made for IMAX
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating.
Graeme F ...
) and a role in the short film, ''Silent Things''; he plays the role of Paul McCartney
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in the BBC film ''Lennon Naked
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The film was first broadcast on 23 June 2010 ...
''. He also stars in the critically acclaimed 2010 film '' The Duel''.
He is best known for his role as Sherlock Holmes
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' nemesis Jim Moriarty
James Moriarty (born 20 June 1953) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap ...
in the BBC drama series '' Sherlock''.[
He had a guest role in the second series of '']Garrow's Law
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'' playing a gay man on trial for sodomy
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.
In 2010, he appeared in the Old Vic
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production of Noël Coward
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's ''Design for Living
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''.
In 2011, he played the lead role of Julian in Ben Power
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He studied English at Cambridge University. He often collaborates with Rupert Goold and his Headlong company. He was drama ...
's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen
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's epic ''Emperor and Galilean
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'' at the Royal National Theatre in London.
He had a part in BBC Two
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’s original drama '' The Hour'' as Adam Le Ray, a failed, closeted
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actor.
In addition to his stage and TV work, Scott is also known for his voice acting in radio plays
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and audiobook
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Spoken audio has been available in sc ...
s, such as the roles of Jay Gatsby
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in F. Scott Fitzgerald
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's ''The Great Gatsby
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'' and Stephen Dedalus
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in James Joyce
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's ''Ulysses''.
In November 2013, Scott took part in the Royal National Theatre's 50 Years on Stage, a theatrical event which consisted of excerpts from many plays over the National's fifty-year run and was broadcast live on television. Scott performed a scene from ''Angels in America
''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'' is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for O ...
'' by Tony Kushner
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.
In 2014 Scott took to the stage in ''Birdland'', written by Simon Stephens and directed by Carrie Cracknell
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at the Royal Court Theatre, playing the central character of Paul, a rock star on the verge of a breakdown. Scott received positive reviews for the performance, with comments such as "beautifully played" and e"pulls off the brilliant trick of being totally dead behind the eyes and fascinating at the same time, an appalling creature who's both totem and symptom".
In 2015, he appeared in the James Bond film ''Spectre
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'', as Max Denbigh, a member of the British government intent on shutting down the Double-0 section.[
In 2016, Scott appeared in the romantic drama film '']This Beautiful Fantastic
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P ...
'', directed and written by Simon Aboud.
In 2017, Scott's performance in the title role
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of ''Hamlet
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'' won critical acclaim and earned him the nomination for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. The play was directed by Robert Icke
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He is best known for his play ''The Doctor'', and his modern adaptations of classic texts, includ ...
and first produced at the Almeida Theatre
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. The production was filmed and broadcast on BBC Two
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at Easter 2018. Scott provided the voice of Obake in '' Big Hero 6: The Series''.
Scott worked with the charity IdeasTap mentoring young actors and helping to start their careers,[ until the charity closed in June 2015 due to lack of funds.
In 2019, Scott played The Priest in series two of the award-winning ]BBC Three
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comedy-drama ''Fleabag
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''. Also in 2019, he appeared in the Netflix
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anthology series ''Black Mirror
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'', as the lead character Chris in the Season 5 episode " Smithereens". In June to August 2019, Scott starred as the matinee idol Garry Essendine in Matthew Warchus
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Personal life
Warchus is married to American actress Lau ...
's revival of Noël Coward's ''Present Laughter
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'' at the Old Vic
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in London. He has been cast as Colonel John Parry/ Jopari/Stanislaus Grumman in the HBO
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's ''Ripley'' novels.
. He first commented publicly on his sexuality in an interview with ''
'' in November 2013. He stated, "Mercifully, these days people don't see being gay as a character flaw. But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It's just a fact. Of course, it's part of my make-up, but I don't want to trade on it."
Scott was ranked at No. 22 on ''The Independent''s Rainbow List 2014.