Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott is a BAFTA and Olivier award-winning actor. He began his acting career at the age of 17 in the acclaimed Irish film Korea. He is best known worldwide for his portrayal of Moriarty in the multi-award winning Sherlock, for which he received many awards, including the BAFTA for Best Supporting actor. Scott's projects include Victor Frankenstein with James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, and Alice Through the Looking Glass with Johnny Depp. He also appeared in the all-star BBC Shakespeare project The Hollow Crown. He has filmed the British independent film This Beautiful Fantastic and children's classic Swallows and Amazons.

Andrew's television credits include Legacy for the BBC, directed by Pete Travis; Dates with Sheridan Smith; the critically acclaimed drama The Town, written by Mike Bartlett; Blackout alongside Christopher Ecclestone; and The Hour with Ben Whishaw and Dominic West. Other work includes the multi award-winning John Adams opposite Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti; Sea Wall, a one-man show written especially for him by Olivier-award winning playwright Simon Stephens and The Vertical Hour, his critically acclaimed Broadway debut opposite Julianne Moore, written by David Hare and directed by Sam Mendes, for which he was nominated for a Drama League Award.

Andrews other films include Saving Private Ryan and Nora, the Irish films Dead Bodies, and The Stag, The Scapegoat, and Locke, the latter with Tom Hardy. In 2014 he also starred in the BAFTA- winning Pride alongside Bill Nighy, Dominic West, and Imelda Staunton, for which he was awarded Best Supporting Actor at the British Independent Film Awards.

In 2014 Andrew returned to the Royal Court for a second time to star in Simon Stephens Birdland, for which he received rave reviews. His other extensive theatre credits include Sea Wall, Emperor and Galilean (National Theatre); Cock, and A Girl In A Car With A Man (Royal Court), for which he won an Olivier award: Design For Living (Old Vic); and many other plays in Dublin and London.

Along with his BAFTA, Olivier and BIFA awards, Scott has received two IFTA awards, a Drama League nomination, and has twice won the BBC Audio award for Best Actor for his work in Radio Drama.

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