Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish actor. He achieved
widespread recognition for playing the role of Jim Moriarty in the BBC
series Sherlock, a role that earned him the BAFTA Television Award for
Best Supporting Actor. Andrew Scott won further acclaim playing the
title role of Hamlet in a 2017 production first staged at the Almeida
Theatre, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for
Best Actor. He is also known for playing the Priest on the second
series of Fleabag, receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor â€" Series, Miniseries or Television Film
and winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series.Scott has received various other awards,
including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an
Affiliate Theatre for his role in A Girl in a Car with a Man at the
Royal Court Theatre.Scott was born in Dublin on 21 October 1976, the
son of Nora and Jim Scott. His mother was an art teacher, while his
father worked at an employment agency. He has an older sister, Sarah,
and a younger sister, Hannah. He attended Gonzaga College while taking
weekend classes at a drama school for children, and appeared in two
ads on Irish television. At 17, he was chosen for a starring role in
his first film, Korea. He won a bursary to art school, but elected to
study drama at Trinity College, Dublin, leaving after six months to
join Dublin's Abbey Theatre. He once stated to the London Evening
Standard magazine that he always had a "healthy obsession" with
acting.
widespread recognition for playing the role of Jim Moriarty in the BBC
series Sherlock, a role that earned him the BAFTA Television Award for
Best Supporting Actor. Andrew Scott won further acclaim playing the
title role of Hamlet in a 2017 production first staged at the Almeida
Theatre, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for
Best Actor. He is also known for playing the Priest on the second
series of Fleabag, receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor â€" Series, Miniseries or Television Film
and winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series.Scott has received various other awards,
including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an
Affiliate Theatre for his role in A Girl in a Car with a Man at the
Royal Court Theatre.Scott was born in Dublin on 21 October 1976, the
son of Nora and Jim Scott. His mother was an art teacher, while his
father worked at an employment agency. He has an older sister, Sarah,
and a younger sister, Hannah. He attended Gonzaga College while taking
weekend classes at a drama school for children, and appeared in two
ads on Irish television. At 17, he was chosen for a starring role in
his first film, Korea. He won a bursary to art school, but elected to
study drama at Trinity College, Dublin, leaving after six months to
join Dublin's Abbey Theatre. He once stated to the London Evening
Standard magazine that he always had a "healthy obsession" with
acting.
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