Andrew Scott
His performances are very changeable: moody, engaging, and alive. He is Andrew Scott.
Early life
Andrew Scott, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1976, is an Irish film and television actor. His mother was an art teacher and his father worked in an employment agency. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Hannah.
Scott spent his childhood in weekend classes at a children's drama school. and appeared in two commercials on Irish television. At the age of 17, he was chosen to star in the movie "Korea". With this, he won a scholarship to an art school. Six months later, he joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He once told the media that he had always had a "healthy obsession" with acting.
Acting career
"007: Spectre", "Sherlock", "Alice in Wonderland 2"
Scott is widely recognized for his role as Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock, a role that earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Scott is also known for his role as a priest in the second episode of London Life, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
In 2019, he won further acclaim for his role as Gary Essending in "Laughter Now", for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
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Films in which Scott has starred include: 007: Spectre (2015), Alice in Wonderland 2 (2016), King Lear (2018) and Oslo (2021).
Personal life
Scott is gay and publicly commented on his sexuality for the first time in a media interview in November 2013. "Fortunately, homosexuality is not considered a character flaw now," he said. But it's not a virtue either, like kindness. Or talent, like playing the guitar. This is just a fact. Of course, that's part of me and I don't want to change it. ”
Andrew Scott