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
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
as Soldier on the Beach
1917 (2019)
as Lieutenant Leslie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Lee Ross
Pressure (2026)
as James Stagg
Blue Moon (2025)
as Richard Rodgers
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
as Addison Bennett
Back in Action (2025)
as Baron
All of Us Strangers (2023)
as Adam
Spectre (2015)
as C
Locke (2014)
as Donal (voice)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as Professor Moriarty
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Inspector Turpin
Elsinore (2026)
as Ian Charleson
Pride (2014)
as Gethin
King Lear (2018)
as Edgar
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Vernon
People Watching (2025)
Actor
Margie Claus (2027)
as Jack Frost (voice)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
as Father Seamus
Handsome Devil (2017)
as Dan Sherry
Oslo (2021)
as Terje Rød-Larsen
Denial (2016)
as Anthony Julius
A Dark Place (2018)
as Donald Devlin
Fonda (—)
Actor
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Actor
An Audience with Kylie (2023)
as Self
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
as Garry Essendine
Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
as Lord Rollo
The Delinquent Season (2018)
as Chris
Silent Things (2010)
as Jake
A Place in Hell (2027)
Actor
Longitude (2000)
as John Campbell
Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)
as Laevsky
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
as Lazlov
Lennon Naked (2010)
as Paul McCartney
Walk the Blue Fields (—)
Actor
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Child in classroom
Killing Hitler (2003)
as Sniper
Cognition (2020)
as Elias
Unlocking Sherlock (2014)
as Himself / Jim Moriarty
The Stag (2013)
as Davin
Nora (2000)
as Michael Bodkin
Dead Bodies (2003)
as Tommy McGann
Miracle at Midnight (1998)
as Michael Grunbaum
Quintessentially Irish (2024)
as Self
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024)
as Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
Drinking Crude (1997)
as Paul
Sea Wall (—)
as Alex
Sweety Barrett (1999)
as Danny
Hamlet (2018)
as Hamlet
The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
as Vernon
The Scapegoat (2012)
as Paul
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers (2024)
as Self
Three Kings (2020)
as Patrick
Chasing Cotards (2011)
as Hart Elliot-Hinwood
Legacy (2013)
as Viktor Koslov
Little White Lie (2008)
as Barry
Sea Wall (2012)
as Alex
The Hope Rooms (2016)
as Sean
The American (1998)
as Valentin de Bellegarde
Korea (1996)
as Eamon Doyle
Heart of Darkness (—)
as (voice)