Andrew Scott
ActingAndrew 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
Soldier on the Beach
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Lee Ross
Spectre
C
1917
Lieutenant Leslie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Addison Bennett
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers
Back in Action
Baron
Pride
Gethin
All of Us Strangers
Adam
Locke
Donal (voice)
Filmography — Acting
Saving Private Ryan
Soldier on the Beach
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Lee Ross
Spectre
C
1917
Lieutenant Leslie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Addison Bennett
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers
Back in Action
Baron
Pride
Gethin
All of Us Strangers
Adam
Locke
Donal (voice)
Victor Frankenstein
Inspector Turpin
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Professor Moriarty
Pressure
James Stagg
Denial
Anthony Julius
Hamlet
Hamlet
Handsome Devil
Dan Sherry
King Lear
Edgar
A Place in Hell
Longitude
John Campbell
Oslo
Terje Rød-Larsen
This Beautiful Fantastic
Vernon
Nora
Michael Bodkin
The Quatermass Experiment
Vernon
The Scapegoat
Paul
Legacy
Viktor Koslov
Swallows and Amazons
Lazlov
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
The American
Valentin de Bellegarde
Miracle at Midnight
Michael Grunbaum
Catherine Called Birdy
Lord Rollo
Jimmy's Hall
Father Seamus
A Dark Place
Donald Devlin
The Stag
Davin
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Laevsky
Sweety Barrett
Danny
The Delinquent Season
Chris
Dead Bodies
Tommy McGann
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Jim Moriarty
The Love She Sought
Child in classroom
Fonda
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
An Audience with Kylie
Self
Korea
Eamon Doyle
Walk the Blue Fields
Drinking Crude
Paul
Cognition
Elias
Lennon Naked
Paul McCartney
Little White Lie
Barry
Quintessentially Irish
Self
Heart of Darkness
(voice)
Killing Hitler
Sniper
Elsinore
Ian Charleson
Silent Things
Jake
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Self
The Hope Rooms
Sean
Three Kings
Patrick
Chasing Cotards
Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Sea Wall
Alex
