Andrew Scott

Acting

Andrew Scott

Born October 21, 1976Dublin, Ireland93 credits

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

Pressure
2026Pressure
as James StaggMovie
We Were Here
2026We Were Here
Executive ProducerMovie
Blue Moon
2025Blue Moon
as Richard RodgersMovie
Too Much
2025Too Much
as Jim Wenlich RiceTV
Back in Action
2025Back in Action
as BaronMovie
RIPLEY
2024RIPLEY
as Tom RipleyTV
National Theatre Live: Vanya
2024National Theatre Live: Vanya
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / ElizabethMovie
Catherine Called Birdy
2022Catherine Called Birdy
as Lord RolloMovie
Oslo
2021Oslo
as Terje Rød-LarsenMovie
The Pursuit of Love
2021The Pursuit of Love
as Lord MerlinTV
Cognition
2020Cognition
as EliasMovie
Three Kings
2020Three Kings
as PatrickMovie
1917
20191917
as Lieutenant LeslieMovie
Modern Love
2019Modern Love
as TobinTV
A Dark Place
2018A Dark Place
as Donald DevlinMovie
King Lear
2018King Lear
as EdgarMovie
Hamlet
2018Hamlet
as HamletMovie
Earth's Seasonal Secrets
2017Earth's Seasonal Secrets
as Narrator (voice)TV
Handsome Devil
2017Handsome Devil
as Dan SherryMovie
School of Roars
2017School of Roars
as NarratorTV
Denial
2016Denial
as Anthony JuliusMovie
The Hope Rooms
2016The Hope Rooms
as SeanMovie
Fleabag
2016Fleabag
as The PriestTV
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Professor MoriartyMovie
Victor Frankenstein
2015Victor Frankenstein
as Inspector TurpinMovie
Spectre
2015Spectre
as CMovie
Pride
2014Pride
as GethinMovie
Jimmy's Hall
2014Jimmy's Hall
as Father SeamusMovie
Locke
2014Locke
as Donal (voice)Movie
Unlocking Sherlock
2014Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Jim MoriartyMovie
Legacy
2013Legacy
as Viktor KoslovMovie
The Stag
2013The Stag
as DavinMovie
Dates
2013Dates
as ChristianTV
The Town
2012The Town
as Mark NicholasTV
The Scapegoat
2012The Scapegoat
as PaulMovie
Blackout
2012Blackout
as Dalien BevanTV
The Hollow Crown
2012The Hollow Crown
as King LouisTV
Sea Wall
2012Sea Wall
as AlexMovie
Black Mirror
2011Black Mirror
as Chris GillhaneyTV
Chasing Cotards
2011Chasing Cotards
as Hart Elliot-HinwoodMovie
Lennon Naked
2010Lennon Naked
as Paul McCartneyMovie
Silent Things
2010Silent Things
as JakeMovie
Sherlock
2010Sherlock
as Jim MoriartyTV
Garrow's Law
2009Garrow's Law
as Captain Robert JonesTV
John Adams
2008John Adams
as Colonel William SmithTV
The Comeback
2005The Comeback
as Brandon WallickTV
Dead Bodies
2003Dead Bodies
as Tommy McGannMovie
Killing Hitler
2003Killing Hitler
as SniperMovie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
Foyle's War
2002Foyle's War
as James DevereauxTV
Band of Brothers
2001Band of Brothers
as John D. HallTV
Nora
2000Nora
as Michael BodkinMovie
Longitude
2000Longitude
as John CampbellMovie
Longitude
2000Longitude
as John CampbellTV
Sweety Barrett
1999Sweety Barrett
as DannyMovie
The American
1998The American
as Valentin de BellegardeMovie
Saving Private Ryan
1998Saving Private Ryan
as Soldier on the BeachMovie
Miracle at Midnight
1998Miracle at Midnight
as Michael GrunbaumMovie
Drinking Crude
1997Drinking Crude
as PaulMovie
Korea
1996Korea
as Eamon DoyleMovie
The Love She Sought
1990The Love She Sought
as Child in classroomMovie
Horizon
1964Horizon
as NarratorTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)Movie
E
Elsinore
as Ian CharlesonMovie