Andrew Scott
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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
Credits
Pressure (2026)
as James Stagg
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
as Soldier on the Beach
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Lee Ross
1917 (2019)
as Lieutenant Leslie
Spectre (2015)
as C
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Addison Bennett
Blue Moon (2025)
as Richard Rodgers
Back in Action (2025)
as Baron
Pride (2014)
as Gethin
All of Us Strangers (2023)
as Adam
King Lear (2018)
as Edgar
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as Professor Moriarty
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Inspector Turpin
Locke (2014)
as Donal (voice)
Handsome Devil (2017)
as Dan Sherry
Denial (2016)
as Anthony Julius
Lennon Naked (2010)
as Paul McCartney
A Dark Place (2018)
as Donald Devlin
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Vernon
Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
as Lord Rollo
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Actor
Oslo (2021)
as Terje Rød-Larsen
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
as Lazlov
Elsinore (—)
as Ian Charleson
Longitude (2000)
as John Campbell
The Stag (2013)
as Davin
Sweety Barrett (1999)
as Danny
The Delinquent Season (2018)
as Chris
The American (1998)
as Valentin de Bellegarde
A Place in Hell (2026)
Actor
The Scapegoat (2012)
as Paul
The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
as Vernon
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
as Father Seamus
Dead Bodies (2003)
as Tommy McGann
Nora (2000)
as Michael Bodkin
Silent Things (2010)
as Jake
Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)
as Laevsky
Fonda (—)
Actor
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
as Garry Essendine
Three Kings (2020)
as Patrick
Walk the Blue Fields (—)
Actor
Hamlet (2018)
as Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024)
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
Chasing Cotards (2011)
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Miracle at Midnight (1998)
as Michael Grunbaum
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Child in classroom
Legacy (2013)
as Viktor Koslov
The Hope Rooms (2016)
as Sean
Killing Hitler (2003)
as Sniper
Heart of Darkness (—)
as (voice)
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers (2024)
as Self
Unlocking Sherlock (2014)
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
An Audience with Kylie (2023)
as Self
Drinking Crude (1997)
as Paul
Sea Wall (2012)
as Alex
Quintessentially Irish (2024)
as Self
Cognition (2020)
as Elias
Little White Lie (2008)
as Barry
Korea (1996)
as Eamon Doyle
People Watching (2025)
Actor