Acting
Andrew Scott
EN, FR cinema · 64 credits
Born
21 October 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
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
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
Fonda
Actor
Sea Wall
Sea Wall
as Alex
Margie Claus
as Jack Frost (voice)
Pressure
as James Stagg
Elsinore
as Ian Charleson, Producer
We Were Here
Executive Producer
Back in Action
as Baron
Blue Moon
as Richard Rodgers
National Theatre Live: Vanya
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth, Creator
Catherine Called Birdy
as Lord Rollo
Oslo
as Terje Rød-Larsen
Cognition
as Elias
Three Kings
as Patrick
1917
as Lieutenant Leslie
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine
A Dark Place
as Donald Devlin
King Lear
as Edgar
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Handsome Devil
as Dan Sherry
Swallows and Amazons
as Lazlov
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Addison Bennett
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Vernon
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Professor Moriarty
Denial
as Anthony Julius
Victor Frankenstein
as Inspector Turpin
Locke
as Donal (voice)
Pride
as Gethin
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
Jimmy's Hall
as Father Seamus
The Stag
as Davin
Legacy
as Viktor Koslov
Sea Wall
as Alex
The Scapegoat
as Paul
Chasing Cotards
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
as Laevsky
Silent Things
as Jake
Lennon Naked
as Paul McCartney
Little White Lie
as Barry
Dead Bodies
as Tommy McGann
Killing Hitler
as Sniper
Nora
as Michael Bodkin
Longitude
as John Campbell
Sweety Barrett
as Danny
Miracle at Midnight
as Michael Grunbaum
Saving Private Ryan
as Soldier on the Beach
The American
as Valentin de Bellegarde
Drinking Crude
as Paul
Korea
as Eamon Doyle
The Love She Sought
as Child in classroom