
Cast
Andrew Scott
Acting
Cast
Andrew Scott
Known for
Acting
Born
1976-10-21
From
Dublin, Ireland
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.

Saving Private Ryan
as Soldier on the Beach

1917
as Lieutenant Leslie

Pressure
as Captain James Stagg

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Lee Ross

Spectre
as C

Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Addison Bennett

Blue Moon
as Richard Rodgers

Back in Action
as Baron

All of Us Strangers
as Adam

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Professor Moriarty

Victor Frankenstein
as Inspector Turpin

Pride
as Gethin

Locke
as Donal (voice)

Denial
as Anthony Julius

Handsome Devil
as Dan Sherry

Oslo
as Terje Rød-Larsen

A Dark Place
as Donald Devlin

King Lear
as Edgar

The Scapegoat
as Paul

Sweety Barrett
as Danny

Catherine Called Birdy
as Lord Rollo

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Longitude
as John Campbell

This Beautiful Fantastic
as Vernon

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine

Legacy
as Viktor Koslov

Nora
as Michael Bodkin

Jimmy's Hall
as Father Seamus

A Place in Hell

The Delinquent Season
as Chris

Swallows and Amazons
as Lazlov

Heart of Darkness
as (voice)

The American
as Valentin de Bellegarde

The Quatermass Experiment
as Vernon

Lennon Naked
as Paul McCartney

Korea
as Eamon Doyle

Hamlet
as Hamlet

Cognition
as Elias

Quintessentially Irish
as Self

Dead Bodies
as Tommy McGann

National Theatre Live: Vanya
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth

Killing Hitler
as Sniper

The Stag
as Davin

On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
as Self

The Love She Sought
as Child in classroom

Anton Chekhov's The Duel
as Laevsky

An Audience with Kylie
as Self

Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Jim Moriarty

Silent Things
as Jake

Drinking Crude
as Paul

Walk the Blue Fields

Elsinore
as Ian Charleson

Miracle at Midnight
as Michael Grunbaum

The Hope Rooms
as Sean

Fonda

Three Kings
as Patrick

Chasing Cotards
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood

Little White Lie
as Barry

Sea Wall
as Alex
