Who Exactly is Andrew Scott? A blog about Andrew Scott and his journey to being an actor.
Andrew Scott was born in 1976 and began his acting career with a theatre company called The Dublin Youth Theatre. After this, he went on to receive a B.A. in Acting Studies from the renowned Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. While studying there, he performed on stage at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
It wasn’t until 2004 that Andrew Scott gained wider attention with his role in “Dead Bodies” at the Trafalgar Studios in London and as Sebastian Flyte in “Brideshead Revisited” at the Haymarket Theatre. This led to him being nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer.
Later that year, he starred as one of the leading roles – Tom – in “A Girl With Green Eyes” at the Almeida Theatre, London and then played Prior Walter in “Angels In America” at the Royal National Theatre which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2004 Olivier Awards as well as winning him a Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer. His performance also earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured
Who Exactly is Andrew Scott? A blog about Andrew Scott and his journey to being an actor.
Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish film, television and stage actor and is best known for portraying Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock.
He was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, where he appeared in student drama societies. He also played amateur football for St. Patrick’s Athletic Under-21s and was a friend of the late Gerard Smith (Straw), who died of cancer in March 2010.
Scott has described himself as “a lapsed Catholic” and he attended Catholic school, although he has also stated that he “wouldn’t have had any problem with the Church if I hadn’t gone to one”. He grew up in the South Dublin suburb of Terenure. He has two brothers; Paul, who works on the business side of professional football, and Mark, who does a lot of charity work for a homeless shelter.
Andrew Scott is an actor of the stage, screen and television. He is most known for playing Voldemort’s nemesis in the Harry Potter Series, Sherlock’s arch rival in BBC’s Sherlock and most recently for his award winning performance as Jim Moriarty.
Andrew Scott was born on October 21st 1976 in Dublin. He attended Gonzaga College, a Jesuit school and began acting at an early age. He performed in school plays and also had a role in “A Life” by Hugh Leonard at the Gate Theatre. He later studied at Trinity College, graduating with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies.
While studying at Trinity College, Andrew Scott joined the Abbey Theatre where he spent four years working under Ben Barnes. His first notable role was in “A Whistle In The Dark” by Tom Murphy which earned him a nomination for Most Promising Newcomer at the Irish Times Theatre Awards.
In 1999, Andrew Scott joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in their productions of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Seagull”. In 2000 he made his West End debut with “The Vertical Hour”, a play by David Hare that went on to receive six Tony nominations.
Andrew Scott has been acting since he was a child. He appeared on stage in Dublin and London, but did not go to drama school. He is best known for his role as Jim Moriarty in the television series Sherlock, the BBC show that is a modern adaptation of the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He has also stared in other British productions including The Town, Scapegoat and John Adams, an American mini series about the second president of the United States.
Andrew Scott’s film career began when he was 22 years old with his first role as an extra in Michael Collins (1996). He went on to have other small roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan and The Actors before getting bigger roles in Dead Bodies and Everlasting Piece. He has appeared in many more films over the years and can now be found starring regularly on both the stage and screen.
He won Best Actor at the Malaga Film Festival for his portrayal of Liam Hennessy in 2003s Dead Bodies. In 2008 he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for Sherlock.
Andrew Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 21st 1976 to a father who worked in the Guinness Brewery and a mother who was a primary school teacher.
Andrew went to Gonzaga College, which is a private secondary school in Ranelagh Dublin. He has two sisters and one brother, Sarah, Alice and David. His paternal grandfather had a grocery shop in North County Dublin.
Andrew attended Trinity College Dublin’s Drama department, graduating with a BA in Acting Studies from The Lir Academy (Trinity College’s drama academy).
Scott is best known for his role as Jim Moriarty on the BBC series “Sherlock”. He also appeared on the ITV series “Love/Hate”. He won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jim Moriarty.
Andrew has also starred in movies such as: Before I Sleep (2013); Pride (2014); Victor Frankenstein (2015) and Spectre (2015).
Scott currently lives in Clontarf with his longtime partner Rory Fleck-Byrne.
Andrew Scott is an Irish actor. He is best known for his role as Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock and for his roles in the James Bond film Spectre (2015) and the HBO series His Dark Materials (2019).
Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland, the youngest of three siblings. His father, Jim, worked in an employment agency, and his mother, Nora, was an art teacher. Scott’s family were devout Roman Catholics. He attended a private Catholic school called St Michael’s College on Ailesbury Road. Scott subsequently spent a year studying at the National Theatre Drama School in London before dropping out and returning to Dublin.
He began dating actor Sarah Greene after they met while costarring in a production of The Plough and the Stars at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. The couple announced their engagement in January 2013. They married on 1 August 2014 at St Nicholas Church in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. In November 2016 they announced they were expecting their first child; their son was born later that month.
