Andrew Scott (actor)
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Scott at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Born |
21 October 1976 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Height | 5.67 ft (173 cm) |
Andrew Scott (born October 21, 1976) is an Irish film, television and stage actor. He plays Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock and played Max Denbigh in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre.
Scott has received various awards including two Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his roles in A Girl in a Car with a Man at the Royal Court Theatre, along with his role in Cock, also at the Royal Court. He has also won two IFTA awards for his roles in the films Dead Bodies and The Stag, a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Sherlock, a BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Pride, and two BBC Audio Drama Awards for his radio work.
Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Jim, worked in an employment agency, and his mother, Nora, was an art teacher. He has an older sister, Sarah, a sports coach, and a younger sister, Hannah.
Scott attended Gonzaga College, a private Jesuit Catholic school for boys on the south side of Dublin. He took Saturday classes at a drama school for children, and appeared in two ads on Irish television. At seventeen he was chosen for a starring role in his first film, Korea. Scott won a bursary to art school, but elected to study drama at Trinity College, Dublin, leaving after six months to join Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. He once stated to the London Evening Standard magazine that he always had a "healthy obsession" with acting.
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