Andrew Scott

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

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

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

    Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Blue Moon

    Blue Moon

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • Band of Brothers

    Band of Brothers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Saving Private Ryan

    Saving Private Ryan

  • Fleabag

    Fleabag

  • 1917

    1917

  • Back in Action

    Back in Action

  • Spectre

    Spectre

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Modern Love

    Modern Love

  • RIPLEY

    RIPLEY

  • Handsome Devil

    Handsome Devil

  • All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers

  • Locke

    Locke

  • The Stag

    The Stag

  • Too Much

    Too Much

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • Quintessentially Irish

    Quintessentially Irish

  • A Place in Hell

    A Place in Hell

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • John Adams

    John Adams

  • Pride

    Pride

  • Victor Frankenstein

    Victor Frankenstein

  • Oslo

    Oslo

  • Legacy

    Legacy

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Nora

    Nora

  • Pressure

    Pressure

  • Unlocking Sherlock

    Unlocking Sherlock

  • The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

  • Dead Bodies

    Dead Bodies

  • Swallows and Amazons

    Swallows and Amazons

  • Sweety Barrett

    Sweety Barrett

  • Cognition

    Cognition

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

  • The American

    The American

  • Jimmy's Hall

    Jimmy's Hall

  • Catherine Called Birdy

    Catherine Called Birdy

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Chasing Cotards

    Chasing Cotards

  • The Late Late Show

    The Late Late Show

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Korea

    Korea

  • The Quatermass Experiment

    The Quatermass Experiment

  • A Dark Place

    A Dark Place

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • School of Roars

    School of Roars

  • Three Kings

    Three Kings

  • National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

    National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

  • The Love She Sought

    The Love She Sought

  • Dates

    Dates

  • Drinking Crude

    Drinking Crude

  • The Pursuit of Love

    The Pursuit of Love

  • An Audience with Kylie

    An Audience with Kylie

  • Lennon Naked

    Lennon Naked

  • Miracle at Midnight

    Miracle at Midnight

  • The Town

    The Town

  • The Delinquent Season

    The Delinquent Season

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • This Beautiful Fantastic

    This Beautiful Fantastic

  • On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

    On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

  • Killing Hitler

    Killing Hitler

  • Little White Lie

    Little White Lie

  • National Theatre Live: Vanya

    National Theatre Live: Vanya

  • Anton Chekhov's The Duel

    Anton Chekhov's The Duel

  • Denial

    Denial

  • Silent Things

    Silent Things

  • The Hope Rooms

    The Hope Rooms

  • Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

  • Blackout

    Blackout

  • My Life in Film

    My Life in Film

  • Simon Schama's Shakespeare

    Simon Schama's Shakespeare

  • Secret Safari: Into the Wild

    Secret Safari: Into the Wild

  • Earth's Seasonal Secrets

    Earth's Seasonal Secrets

  • People Watching

    People Watching

  • Sea Wall

    Sea Wall