Andrew Scott
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 21, 1976 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Credits
- 96
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.
Known for
Filmography
Margie Claus
2027Movie
Jack Frost (voice)
A Place in Hell
2027Movie
Elsinore
2026Movie
Ian Charleson
It Gets Worse
2026TV
Pressure
2026Movie
James Stagg
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025Movie
Lee Ross
Blue Moon
2025Movie
Richard Rodgers
Too Much
2025TV
Jim Wenlich Rice
People Watching
2025Movie
Back in Action
2025Movie
Baron
RIPLEY
2024TV
Tom Ripley
Quintessentially Irish
2024Movie
Self
National Theatre Live: Vanya
2024Movie
Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024Movie
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023TV
Self
All of Us Strangers
2023Movie
Adam
An Audience with Kylie
2023Movie
Self
Catherine Called Birdy
2022Movie
Lord Rollo
Oslo
2021Movie
Terje Rød-Larsen
The Pursuit of Love
2021TV
Lord Merlin
Secret Safari: Into the Wild
2021TV
Narrator
Cognition
2020Movie
Elias
Three Kings
2020Movie
Patrick
1917
2019Movie
Lieutenant Leslie
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019Movie
Garry Essendine
His Dark Materials
2019TV
Jopari, John Parry, Colonel John Parry
Modern Love
2019TV
Tobin
A Dark Place
2018Movie
Donald Devlin
King Lear
2018Movie
Edgar
The Delinquent Season
2018Movie
Chris
Hamlet
2018Movie
Hamlet
Handsome Devil
2017Movie
Dan Sherry
School of Roars
2017TV
Narrator
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016Movie
Vernon
Denial
2016Movie
Anthony Julius
Earth's Seasonal Secrets
2016TV
Narrator (voice)
Swallows and Amazons
2016Movie
Lazlov
The Hope Rooms
2016Movie
Sean
Fleabag
2016TV
The Priest
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016Movie
Addison Bennett
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016Movie
Professor Moriarty
Victor Frankenstein
2015Movie
Inspector Turpin
Spectre
2015Movie
C
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Pride
2014Movie
Gethin
Jimmy's Hall
2014Movie
Father Seamus
Locke
2014Movie
Donal (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Unlocking Sherlock
2014Movie
Himself / Jim Moriarty
Legacy
2013Movie
Viktor Koslov
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013Movie
The Stag
2013Movie
Davin
Dates
2013TV
Christian
The Town
2012TV
Mark Nicholas
The Scapegoat
2012Movie
Paul
Blackout
2012TV
Dalien Bevan
The Hollow Crown
2012TV
King Louis
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012TV
Sea Wall
2012Movie
Alex
Black Mirror
2011TV
Chris Gillhaney
Chasing Cotards
2011Movie
Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Lennon Naked
2010Movie
Paul McCartney
Silent Things
2010Movie
Jake
Sherlock
2010TV
Jim Moriarty
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
2010Movie
Laevsky
Garrow's Law
2009TV
Captain Robert Jones
Little White Lie
2008Movie
Barry
John Adams
2008TV
Colonel William Smith
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Comeback
2005TV
Brandon Wallick
The Quatermass Experiment
2005Movie
Vernon
My Life in Film
2004TV
Jones
Dead Bodies
2003Movie
Tommy McGann
Killing Hitler
2003Movie
Sniper
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Foyle's War
2002TV
James Devereaux
Band of Brothers
2001TV
John D. Hall
Nora
2000Movie
Michael Bodkin
Longitude
2000Movie
John Campbell
Longitude
2000TV
John Campbell
Sweety Barrett
1999Movie
Danny
The American
1998Movie
Valentin de Bellegarde
Saving Private Ryan
1998Movie
Soldier on the Beach
Miracle at Midnight
1998Movie
Michael Grunbaum
Drinking Crude
1997Movie
Paul
Korea
1996Movie
Eamon Doyle
The Love She Sought
1990Movie
Child in classroom
Jeopardy!
1984TV
Self - Clue Presenter
Horizon
1964TV
Narrator
The Late Late Show
1962TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Sea Wall
Movie
Alex
Fonda
Movie
Walk the Blue Fields
Movie
Heart of Darkness
Movie
(voice)