{"id":697,"date":"2026-07-06T23:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:07:53","slug":"andrew-scott","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976)\u00a0is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0British Academy Television Award,\u00a0Silver Bear\u00a0Berlin International Film Festival, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards\u00a0and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Scott first\u00a0came to prominence\u00a0portraying\u00a0James Moriarty\u00a0in the BBC series\u00a0Sherlock (2010\u20132017), for which he won the\u00a0BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. His role as the priest in the second series of\u00a0Fleabag\u00a0(2019) garnered him wider recognition. It earned him the\u00a0Critics&#8217; Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his roles in the films\u00a0Pride\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Spectre\u00a0(2015), and\u00a01917 (2019). He was nominated for a\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Actor\u00a0for his starring role in the romantic drama film\u00a0All of Us Strangers\u00a0(2023). In 2024, he starred as\u00a0Tom Ripley\u00a0in the thriller series\u00a0Ripley, for which he received Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations as well as a\u00a0Peabody Award.<\/p>\n<p>On stage, Scott played the lead role of\u00a0Garry Essendine\u00a0in a 2019 production of\u00a0Present Laughter\u00a0at\u00a0The Old Vic, for which he won the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.\u00a0He also won the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre\u00a0in 2005 for his role in\u00a0A Girl in a Car with a Man\u00a0at the\u00a0Royal Court Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976)\u00a0is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0British Academy Television Award,\u00a0Silver Bear\u00a0Berlin International Film Festival, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards\u00a0and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Scott first\u00a0came to prominence\u00a0portraying\u00a0James Moriarty\u00a0in the BBC series\u00a0Sherlock (2010\u20132017), for which he won the\u00a0BAFTA Television [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-697","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976)\u00a0is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0British Academy Television Award,\u00a0Silver Bear\u00a0Berlin International Film Festival, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards\u00a0and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Scott first\u00a0came to prominence\u00a0portraying\u00a0James Moriarty\u00a0in the BBC series\u00a0Sherlock (2010\u20132017), for which he won the\u00a0BAFTA Television [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott\",\"name\":\"Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T23:07:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Person\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?post_type=movie_engine_person\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Andrew Scott\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"lovemoviesnight.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com","og_description":"Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976)\u00a0is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0British Academy Television Award,\u00a0Silver Bear\u00a0Berlin International Film Festival, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards\u00a0and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Scott first\u00a0came to prominence\u00a0portraying\u00a0James Moriarty\u00a0in the BBC series\u00a0Sherlock (2010\u20132017), for which he won the\u00a0BAFTA Television [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott","og_site_name":"lovemoviesnight.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott","name":"Andrew Scott - lovemoviesnight.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-06T23:07:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=andrew-scott#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Person","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?post_type=movie_engine_person"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Andrew Scott"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/","name":"lovemoviesnight.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/movie_engine_person"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}