Andrew Scott
Acting • Born 1976-10-21
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.
Filmography
93 credits
Back in Action
Movie • 2025
Baron
Nora
Movie • 2000
Michael Bodkin
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Movie • 2010
Laevsky
Dead Bodies
Movie • 2003
Tommy McGann
Longitude
Movie • 2000
John Campbell
Sea Wall
Movie • 2012
Alex
Silent Things
Movie • 2010
Jake
Killing Hitler
Movie • 2003
Sniper
The Scapegoat
Movie • 2012
Paul
Locke
Movie • 2014
Donal (voice)
Miracle at Midnight
Movie • 1998
Michael Grunbaum
Pride
Movie • 2014
Gethin
The Stag
Movie • 2013
Davin
Unlocking Sherlock
Movie • 2014
Himself / Jim Moriarty
Legacy
Movie • 2013
Viktor Koslov
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Movie • 2024
Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
All of Us Strangers
Movie • 2023
Adam
The Love She Sought
Movie • 1990
Child in classroom
An Audience with Kylie
Movie • 2023
Self
Victor Frankenstein
Movie • 2015
Inspector Turpin
Jimmy's Hall
Movie • 2014
Father Seamus
Spectre
Movie • 2015
C
Chasing Cotards
Movie • 2011
Hart Elliot-Hinwood
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Movie • 2024
Self
Lennon Naked
Movie • 2010
Paul McCartney
Quintessentially Irish
Movie • 2024
Self
Swallows and Amazons
Movie • 2016
Lazlov
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 2016
Addison Bennett
This Beautiful Fantastic
Movie • 2016
Vernon
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Movie • 2016
Professor Moriarty
Sweety Barrett
Movie • 1999
Danny
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie • 2025
Lee Ross
The Quatermass Experiment
Movie • 2005
Vernon
Korea
Movie • 1996
Eamon Doyle
Blue Moon
Movie • 2025
Richard Rodgers
Denial
Movie • 2016
Anthony Julius
A Dark Place
Movie • 2018
Donald Devlin
The Hope Rooms
Movie • 2016
Sean
Handsome Devil
Movie • 2017
Dan Sherry
Pressure
Movie • 2026
James Stagg
Little White Lie
Movie • 2008
Barry
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie • 2013
Cognition
Movie • 2020
Elias
The Delinquent Season
Movie • 2018
Chris
Saving Private Ryan
Movie • 1998
Soldier on the Beach
Drinking Crude
Movie • 1997
Paul
The American
Movie • 1998
Valentin de Bellegarde
King Lear
Movie • 2018
Edgar
Hamlet
Movie • 2018
Hamlet
1917
Movie • 2019
Lieutenant Leslie
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Movie • 2019
Garry Essendine
Three Kings
Movie • 2020
Patrick
Heart of Darkness
Movie
(voice)
Oslo
Movie • 2021
Terje Rød-Larsen
Catherine Called Birdy
Movie • 2022
Lord Rollo
People Watching
Movie • 2025
A Place in Hell
Movie
Elsinore
Movie
Ian Charleson
Fonda
Movie
Walk the Blue Fields
Movie
Secret Safari: Into the Wild
TV • 2021
Narrator
The Pursuit of Love
TV • 2021
Lord Merlin
My Life in Film
TV • 2004
Jones
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Jim Moriarty
Blackout
TV • 2012
Dalien Bevan
Horizon
TV • 1964
Narrator
The Town
TV • 2012
Mark Nicholas
Dates
TV • 2013
Christian
Garrow's Law
TV • 2009
Captain Robert Jones
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
TV • 2012
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
John Adams
TV • 2008
Colonel William Smith
The Late Late Show
TV • 1962
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Fleabag
TV • 2016
The Priest
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Chris Gillhaney
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
King Louis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
RIPLEY
TV • 2024
Tom Ripley
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Jopari
Band of Brothers
TV • 2001
John D. Hall
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Tobin
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
John Parry
School of Roars
TV • 2017
Narrator
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Colonel John Parry
Earth's Seasonal Secrets
TV • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
James Devereaux
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Too Much
TV • 2025
Jim Wenlich Rice
Longitude
TV • 2000
John Campbell