Andrew Scott is an Irish film, theater, voice and television actor. Many people know him for his role as Moriarty in the popular BBC Sherlock series. From childhood, Andrew showed a craving for art, and his career began in school.
At the end of October - the 21st - in 1976, the future famous and highly sought-after artist Andrew Scott was born. He was born in Ireland. Andrew's hometown is Dublin. According to the horoscope Andrew Scott - Libra. The boy's father, Jim Scott, was engaged in recruitment and employment in a small local office. Andrew's mother, named Nora Scott, was an art critic and artist. She taught a fine art course at an Irish school. In addition to Andrew himself, this family also has two daughters. Sarah is Andrew Scott's older sister, and Hannah is called the younger sister, who, like Andrew himself, is busy building an acting career.
Andrew Scott Biography
The future famous film and theater actor studied at a school in Dublin. It should be noted that this school was closed, Catholic and only for boys.
From an early age, Andrew began to demonstrate his natural acting talent. Such a craving for art and creativity eventually led the boy to the school theater circle. The teachers there immediately noted and allocated Andrew, even then prophesying a great acting future for him. Because already at that moment Scott decided for himself that he was simply obliged to become an artist. Parents did not interfere with his son, on the contrary, encouraged his desire to join the work and reveal his talent, potential.
When Andrew Scott graduated from high school, he entered the prestigious educational institution Trinity College, which is located at the University of Dublin, which is the oldest university in Ireland, and is very popular without any difficulties.
However, Andy did not succeed in completing higher education. At a certain point, a talented young man got into the acting troupe Abbey Theater. He was immediately credited to the main team, and already after the first performances, Andrew received a lot of laudatory reviews from both the general public and eminent critics. As a result, he was faced with a choice: either to continue working on the theatrical stage, or to graduate from the university. Scott chose the first option, and judging by how his career is going, he did not lose.
Continuing to serve at the Abbey Theater, Andrew increasingly received leading roles in various productions. He promptly revealed himself as a talented actor, accumulating the necessary experience. And already at the age of 18-19 years he was first invited to shoot a movie. From that moment, his rapid take-off began.
Andrew Scott Cinema, TV Series, Theaters, and Awards
The first film job for Andrew Scott was a role in an Irish film called Korea. This movie turned out to be quite successful, which bore fruit for the young artist: filmmakers began to notice him more and more actively.
The next major step in his acting career for Scott was working with Stephen Spielberg. The young talented actor got a modest role in the movie "Saving Private Raina". This film was extremely successful and received a large number of positive feedback.
A little later, Andrew Scott received an offer to collaborate with a theater and film director named Karl Renz. He was about to make a film based on the popular western play Long Day to Night. Despite the fact that Scott was again invited to play the background role, he did not refuse the contract. As a result, this project brought the actor a certain fame, albeit not yet worldwide, and Scott was awarded the title of "Best Supporting Actor" in the opinion of the Irish Times newspaper. In addition, representatives of the independent Spirit of Life Award drew attention to the artist. As a result, Andrew Scott was recognized as "Best Beginner Actor."
In 2000, another successful film was released with Andrew Scott - Nora. It was a biographical drama, the leading role in which went to Ewan McGregor.
Along with the development of a career in cinema, which was rapidly skyrocketing, Andrew Scott tried not to abandon the theater. He takes part in the play "Dublin Christmas Carol", which is sold out on the stage of one of the leading theaters in London with a full house and applause.
In addition to theater projects and film work, Andrew Scott gets into the cast of television series. He starred in the Brothers in Arms show, which had fairly high ratings and was extremely well received by the public. And he also worked on the Longitude project.
The next very successful film project of the Irish actor was the full-length film "Corpses". It was released in 2003. Scott so successfully coped with his role that this film brought him a lot of rave reviews. Andrew Scott won the Best Actor of the Year Award by the Irish Films Award. And his role in the film "Corpses" was highly praised at the Film Festival, held in Berlin, Germany. According to its results, he was awarded the Rising Star of Cinema award.
Andrew Scott's new achievement was the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievements in Dramatic Art. He was so highly acclaimed for his professional playing at the London Royal Theater. Then Scott appeared in the production of "Aristocrats", performed on the stage of the National Theater. And after that he won the "Spectators' Choice" award. In addition, the actor was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, playing the twin brothers in a theatrical production of "The Dying City".
The year 2006 was marked for the already famous Irish actor by the fact that the BBC channel released the mini-television series "My Life in the Movie", which had a comedic bias.
During 2009, the actor starred in the series "Foyle's War." And in the same period, he again became the winner of the Laurence Olivier Prize for his next role in one of the sensational English performances.
A year later, Andrew Scott played Paul McCratney himself in the film about The Beatles.
Perhaps the greatest success possible, world fame brought Andrew Scott the role of Moriarty in the television series "Sherlock", the development and filming of which was engaged in the BBC. In 2012, for this role he was awarded new honorary prizes and nominations.
In 2015, the full-length film Spectrum was released, telling about James Bond. And a year later - in 2016 - Andrew Scott became part of the cast of the movie "Alice through the Looking Glass". After these successful films, Scott continued to work actively in films, appearing on television and performing in the theater, developing his career. Among his other projects are, for example, “Fantastic love and where to find it”, “Crime season”, “Silent things”, “Pride”, “King Lear”. In addition, the talented artist also works as a voice actor.
