Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born October 21, 1976
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.
MovieA Place in Hell
2026
MoviePressure
2026
as James Stagg
MovieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Lee Ross
MovieBlue Moon
2025
as Richard Rodgers
TVToo Much
2025
as Jim Wenlich Rice
MoviePeople Watching
2025
MovieBack in Action
2025
as Baron
TVRIPLEY
2024
as Tom Ripley
MovieQuintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
MovieNational Theatre Live: Vanya
2024
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
as Self
TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MovieAll of Us Strangers
2023
as Adam
MovieAn Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
MovieCatherine Called Birdy
2022
as Lord Rollo
MovieOslo
2021
as Terje Rød-Larsen
TVThe Pursuit of Love
2021
as Lord Merlin
TVSecret Safari: Into the Wild
2021
as Narrator
MovieCognition
2020
as Elias
MovieThree Kings
2020
as Patrick
Movie1917
2019
as Lieutenant Leslie
MovieNational Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019
as Garry Essendine
TVHis Dark Materials
2019
as Jopari
TVModern Love
2019
as Tobin
MovieA Dark Place
2018
as Donald Devlin
MovieKing Lear
2018
as Edgar
MovieThe Delinquent Season
2018
as Chris
MovieHamlet
2018
as Hamlet
MovieHandsome Devil
2017
as Dan Sherry
TVSchool of Roars
2017
as Narrator
MovieThis Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Vernon
MovieDenial
2016
as Anthony Julius
TVEarth's Seasonal Secrets
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSwallows and Amazons
2016
as Lazlov
MovieThe Hope Rooms
2016
as Sean
TVFleabag
2016
as The Priest
MovieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Addison Bennett
MovieSherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Professor Moriarty
MovieVictor Frankenstein
2015
as Inspector Turpin
MovieSpectre
2015
as C
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MoviePride
2014
as Gethin
MovieJimmy's Hall
2014
as Father Seamus
MovieLocke
2014
as Donal (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieUnlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
MovieLegacy
2013
as Viktor Koslov
MovieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
MovieThe Stag
2013
as Davin
TVDates
2013
as Christian
TVThe Town
2012
as Mark Nicholas
MovieThe Scapegoat
2012
as Paul
TVBlackout
2012
as Dalien Bevan
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as King Louis
TVSimon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
MovieSea Wall
2012
as Alex
TVBlack Mirror
2011
as Chris Gillhaney
MovieChasing Cotards
2011
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
MovieLennon Naked
2010
as Paul McCartney
MovieSilent Things
2010
as Jake
TVSherlock
2010
as Jim Moriarty
MovieAnton Chekhov's The Duel
2010
as Laevsky
TVGarrow's Law
2009
as Captain Robert Jones
MovieLittle White Lie
2008
as Barry
TVJohn Adams
2008
as Colonel William Smith
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVThe Comeback
2005
as Brandon Wallick
MovieThe Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Vernon
TVMy Life in Film
2004
as Jones
MovieDead Bodies
2003
as Tommy McGann
MovieKilling Hitler
2003
as Sniper
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVFoyle's War
2002
as James Devereaux
TVBand of Brothers
2001
as John D. Hall
MovieNora
2000
as Michael Bodkin
MovieLongitude
2000
as John Campbell
TVLongitude
2000
as John Campbell
MovieSweety Barrett
1999
as Danny
MovieThe American
1998
as Valentin de Bellegarde
MovieSaving Private Ryan
1998
as Soldier on the Beach
MovieMiracle at Midnight
1998
as Michael Grunbaum
MovieDrinking Crude
1997
as Paul
MovieKorea
1996
as Eamon Doyle
MovieThe Love She Sought
1990
as Child in classroom
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self - Clue Presenter
TVHorizon
1964
as Narrator
TVThe Late Late Show
1962
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieHeart of Darkness
as (voice)
MovieElsinore
as Ian Charleson
MovieFonda
Walk the Blue Fields
