Cast & creator
Andrew Scott
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Graham Norton Show
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.
65
film credits
37
television credits
98
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (102)
Showing 102 of 102 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Black Mirror
Chris Gillhaney
2011
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Horizon
Narrator
1964
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Sherlock
Jim Moriarty
2010
Band of Brothers
John D. Hall
2001
His Dark Materials
Jopari
2019His Dark Materials
John Parry
2019His Dark Materials
Colonel John Parry
2019
Foyle's War
James Devereaux
2002
Saving Private Ryan
Soldier on the Beach
1998
Fleabag
The Priest
2016
The Comeback
Brandon Wallick
2005
1917
Lieutenant Leslie
2019
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Lee Ross
2025
Pressure
James Stagg
2026
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Addison Bennett
2016
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers
2025
Modern Love
Tobin
2019
Back in Action
Baron
2025
Spectre
C
2015
RIPLEY
Tom Ripley
2024RIPLEY
Producer
2024
All of Us Strangers
Adam
2023
The Hollow Crown
King Louis
2012
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
John Adams
Colonel William Smith
2008
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Too Much
Jim Wenlich Rice
2025
Garrow's Law
Captain Robert Jones
2009
School of Roars
Narrator
2017
Locke
Donal (voice)
2014
Longitude
John Campbell
2000
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Professor Moriarty
2016
Elsinore
Ian Charleson
2026Elsinore
Producer
2026
Dates
Christian
2013
Victor Frankenstein
Inspector Turpin
2015
The Pursuit of Love
Lord Merlin
2021
King Lear
Edgar
2018
Pride
Gethin
2014
Simon Schama's Shakespeare
2012
The Town
Mark Nicholas
2012
Margie Claus
Jack Frost (voice)
2027
This Beautiful Fantastic
Vernon
2016
A Dark Place
Donald Devlin
2018
Denial
Anthony Julius
2016
Jimmy's Hall
Father Seamus
2014
Oslo
Terje Rød-Larsen
2021
People Watching
2025
Handsome Devil
Dan Sherry
2017
My Life in Film
Jones
2004
Fonda
Secret Safari: Into the Wild
Narrator
2021
Silent Things
Jake
2010
It Gets Worse
2026
Blackout
Dalien Bevan
2012
An Audience with Kylie
Self
2023
Dead Bodies
Tommy McGann
2003
Drinking Crude
Paul
1997
Catherine Called Birdy
Lord Rollo
2022
Longitude
John Campbell
2000
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Swallows and Amazons
Lazlov
2016
A Place in Hell
2027
The Love She Sought
Child in classroom
1990
Lennon Naked
Paul McCartney
2010Walk the Blue Fields
The Scapegoat
Paul
2012
The Delinquent Season
Chris
2018
Earth's Seasonal Secrets
Narrator (voice)
2016
Killing Hitler
Sniper
2003
National Theatre Live: Vanya
Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth
2024National Theatre Live: Vanya
Creator
2024
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
Laevsky
2010
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
2019
Hamlet
Hamlet
2018
Chasing Cotards
Hart Elliot-Hinwood
2011
Nora
Michael Bodkin
2000
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Jim Moriarty
2014
Cognition
Elias
2020
Miracle at Midnight
Michael Grunbaum
1998
Little White Lie
Barry
2008On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Self
2024
The Quatermass Experiment
Vernon
2005
Quintessentially Irish
Self
2024
Sea Wall
Alex
2012
Legacy
Viktor Koslov
2013
Sweety Barrett
Danny
1999
The Stag
Davin
2013
Korea
Eamon Doyle
1996
Three Kings
Patrick
2020
The Hope Rooms
Sean
2016Sea Wall
Alex
We Were Here
Executive Producer
2026
The American
Valentin de Bellegarde
1998
Heart of Darkness
(voice)