Andrew Scott

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-10-21 (49 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.

Known For

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

    Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Band of Brothers

    Band of Brothers

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • 1917

    1917

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • Saving Private Ryan

    Saving Private Ryan

  • Spectre

    Spectre

  • Fleabag

    Fleabag

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • Blue Moon

    Blue Moon

  • Oslo

    Oslo

  • RIPLEY

    RIPLEY

  • Handsome Devil

    Handsome Devil

  • The Love She Sought

    The Love She Sought

  • Pride

    Pride

  • Modern Love

    Modern Love

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • John Adams

    John Adams

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers

  • Too Much

    Too Much

  • Back in Action

    Back in Action

  • Unlocking Sherlock

    Unlocking Sherlock

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • A Dark Place

    A Dark Place

  • This Beautiful Fantastic

    This Beautiful Fantastic

  • National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

    National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

  • Lennon Naked

    Lennon Naked

  • The Late Late Show

    The Late Late Show

  • Korea

    Korea

  • Cognition

    Cognition

  • Nora

    Nora

  • Sweety Barrett

    Sweety Barrett

  • Victor Frankenstein

    Victor Frankenstein

  • Killing Hitler

    Killing Hitler

  • Drinking Crude

    Drinking Crude

  • The Delinquent Season

    The Delinquent Season

  • Chasing Cotards

    Chasing Cotards

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

  • Three Kings

    Three Kings

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Locke

    Locke

  • The Hope Rooms

    The Hope Rooms

  • Dates

    Dates

  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

  • Jimmy's Hall

    Jimmy's Hall

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Denial

    Denial

  • The Pursuit of Love

    The Pursuit of Love

  • School of Roars

    School of Roars

  • Little White Lie

    Little White Lie

  • The Town

    The Town

  • Secret Safari: Into the Wild

    Secret Safari: Into the Wild

  • Silent Things

    Silent Things

  • Catherine Called Birdy

    Catherine Called Birdy

  • Blackout

    Blackout

  • Earth's Seasonal Secrets

    Earth's Seasonal Secrets

  • The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

  • Pressure

    Pressure

  • My Life in Film

    My Life in Film

  • The Quatermass Experiment

    The Quatermass Experiment

  • Miracle at Midnight

    Miracle at Midnight

  • Swallows and Amazons

    Swallows and Amazons

  • The Stag

    The Stag

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • National Theatre Live: Vanya

    National Theatre Live: Vanya

  • Legacy

    Legacy

  • Simon Schama's Shakespeare

    Simon Schama's Shakespeare

  • A Place in Hell

    A Place in Hell

  • Elsinore

    Elsinore

  • People Watching

    People Watching

  • Dead Bodies

    Dead Bodies

  • On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

    On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

  • Quintessentially Irish

    Quintessentially Irish

  • Fonda

    Fonda

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • Anton Chekhov's The Duel

    Anton Chekhov's The Duel

  • An Audience with Kylie

    An Audience with Kylie

  • The American

    The American

  • Sea Wall

    Sea Wall