Andrew Scott
Acting
Born: October 21, 1976 (age 49) · Dublin, Ireland
Highest Rated
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
Saving Private Ryan
1998
1917
2019
Spectre
2015
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Sherlock
2010
Black Mirror
2011
Band of Brothers
2001
Locke
2014
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Victor Frankenstein
2015
His Dark Materials
2019
Photos (6)
Movies (51)
Saving Private Ryan
Soldier on the Beach
Pressure
James Stagg
1917
Lieutenant Leslie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Lee Ross
Spectre
C
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Addison Bennett
Back in Action
Baron
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers
All of Us Strangers
Adam
Victor Frankenstein
Inspector Turpin
Locke
Donal (voice)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Professor Moriarty
Pride
Gethin
King Lear
Edgar
This Beautiful Fantastic
Vernon
Denial
Anthony Julius
Handsome Devil
Dan Sherry
Silent Things
Jake
Oslo
Terje Rød-Larsen
Longitude
John Campbell
Catherine Called Birdy
Lord Rollo
Killing Hitler
Sniper
Cognition
Elias
A Dark Place
Donald Devlin
Swallows and Amazons
Lazlov
The Scapegoat
Paul
Jimmy's Hall
Father Seamus
Lennon Naked
Paul McCartney
The Delinquent Season
Chris
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Miracle at Midnight
Michael Grunbaum
The Stag
Davin
Sweety Barrett
Danny
People Watching
2025
Drinking Crude
Paul
Dead Bodies
Tommy McGann
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Laevsky
Legacy
Viktor Koslov
The American
Valentin de Bellegarde
The Quatermass Experiment
Vernon
The Hope Rooms
Sean
Nora
Michael Bodkin
Little White Lie
Barry
Korea
Eamon Doyle
The Love She Sought
Child in classroom
Three Kings
Patrick
Chasing Cotards
Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Hamlet
Hamlet
Sea Wall
Alex
TV Shows (26)
Black Mirror
Chris Gillhaney · 1 eps
Horizon
Narrator · 1 eps
Foyle's War
James Devereaux · 1 eps
Sherlock
Jim Moriarty · 8 eps
Band of Brothers
John D. Hall · 1 eps
His Dark Materials
Jopari · 1 eps
His Dark Materials
John Parry · 4 eps
His Dark Materials
Colonel John Parry · 2 eps
Fleabag
The Priest · 6 eps
Modern Love
Tobin · 1 eps
John Adams
Colonel William Smith · 7 eps
RIPLEY
Tom Ripley · 8 eps
The Comeback
Brandon Wallick · 2 eps
The Hollow Crown
King Louis · 1 eps
Too Much
Jim Wenlich Rice · 2 eps
School of Roars
Narrator · 104 eps
Dates
Christian · 1 eps
Longitude
John Campbell · 1 eps
Garrow's Law
Captain Robert Jones · 1 eps
The Pursuit of Love
Lord Merlin · 3 eps
Blackout
Dalien Bevan · 3 eps
The Town
Mark Nicholas · 3 eps
Secret Safari: Into the Wild
Narrator · 6 eps
My Life in Film
Jones · 6 eps
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2 eps
Earth's Seasonal Secrets
Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show
Self · 1 eps
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Jim Moriarty
Quintessentially Irish
Self
An Audience with Kylie
Self
