Andrew Scott
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-10-21 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Andrew Scott
Biography
Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his accolades include a British Academy Television Award, Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival, and two Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Scott first came to prominence portraying James Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock (2010–2017), for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. His role as the priest in the second series of Fleabag (2019) garnered him wider recognition. It earned him the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his roles in the films Pride (2014), Spectre (2015), and 1917 (2019). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the romantic drama film All of Us Strangers (2023). In 2024, he starred as Tom Ripley in the thriller series Ripley, for which he received Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations as well as a Peabody Award.
On stage, Scott played the lead role of Garry Essendine in a 2019 production of Present Laughter at The Old Vic, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. He also won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre in 2005 for his role in A Girl in a Car with a Man at the Royal Court Theatre.
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Known For
Acting
Pressure
as James Stagg
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
My Notes on Mars
as Sam
(2025)
Back in Action
as Baron
(2025)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Lee Ross
(2025)
Blue Moon
as Richard Rodgers
(2025)
(2024)
National Theatre Live: Vanya
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
(2024)
(2024)
Quintessentially Irish
as Self
(2023)
All of Us Strangers
as Adam
(2023)
An Audience with Kylie
as Self
(2022)
Catherine Called Birdy
as Lord Rollo
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Oslo
as Terje Rød-Larsen
(2020)
Three Kings
as Patrick
(2020)
Cognition
as Elias
(2019)
1917
as Lieutenant Leslie
(2019)
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine
(2018)
King Lear
as Edgar
(2018)
A Dark Place
as Donald Devlin
(2018)
The Delinquent Season
as Chris
(2018)
Hamlet
as Hamlet
(2017)
Handsome Devil
as Dan Sherry
(2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Addison Bennett
(2016)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Professor Moriarty
(2016)
Denial
as Anthony Julius
(2016)
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Vernon
(2016)
Swallows and Amazons
as Lazlov
(2016)
The Hope Rooms
as Sean
(2015)
Spectre
as C
(2015)
Victor Frankenstein
as Inspector Turpin
(2014)
Pride
as Gethin
(2014)
Locke
as Donal (voice)
(2014)
Jimmy's Hall
as Father Seamus
(2014)
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
(2013)
(2013)
The Stag
as Davin
(2013)
Legacy
as Viktor Koslov
(2012)
The Scapegoat
as Paul
(2012)
Sea Wall
as Alex
(2011)
Chasing Cotards
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
(2010)
Lennon Naked
as Paul McCartney
(2010)
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
as Laevsky
(2010)
Silent Things
as Jake
(2008)
Little White Lie
as Barry
(2005)
The Quatermass Experiment
as Vernon
(2003)
Dead Bodies
as Tommy McGann
(2003)
Killing Hitler
as Sniper
(2000)
Longitude
as John Campbell
(2000)
Nora
as Michael Bodkin
(1999)
Sweety Barrett
as Danny
(1998)
Saving Private Ryan
as Soldier on the Beach
(1998)
The American
as Valentin de Bellegarde
(1998)
Miracle at Midnight
as Michael Grunbaum
(1997)
Drinking Crude
as Paul
(1996)
Korea
as Eamon Doyle
(1990)
The Love She Sought
as Child in classroom
Crew
(2024)
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Creator