Scott Nicolai Sowers (November 5, 1963 â€" April 1, 2018) was an
American actor, probably best known for his roles as Detective Parker
in the late 1990s ABC series Cracker and for his role as Stanley
Kowalski on stage in A Streetcar Named Desire. He established the
Signature Theatre Company in 1991, and the following year he won the
Drama-Logue Award for Performance for his role as the colonel in "A
Few Good Men" at the Shubert Theatre. In film he has played some
notable minor roles, such as a mercenary in Under Siege 2: Dark
Territory (1995), a prison guard in Dead Man Walking (1995), and a
condemned man in True Grit (2010). Aside from numerous dramatic
readings for audiobooks, Sowers has also provided his voice for
videogames such as Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003), Manhunt 2 (2007) and
Homefront (2011).Sowers was born on November 5, 1963, in Arlington
County, Virginia. There, he graduated from Washington-Lee High School
in 1982 (along with friend Sandra Bullock). Sowers went on to study at
the University of North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to
New York City.Sowers began his career as a stage actor. In 1989 New
York Magazine praised his "excellent" performance as Starns in the
play Heathen Valley. In 1991 he established the Signature Theater
Company with James Houghton. In 1992 the Chicago Sun-Times noted
Sowers' "formidable colonel" in a stage production of A Few Good Men
at the Shubert Theatre. The production later went on a national tour,
which won him the Drama-Logue Award for Performance.In 1996, Sowers
played Will Masters on stage in a Broadway production of Bus Stop. In
2004 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio
54 in New York City; the following year, John C. Reilly played the
part and Sowers played the more minor part of Steve. In 2007 he
appeared on Broadway in Inherit the Wind.
American actor, probably best known for his roles as Detective Parker
in the late 1990s ABC series Cracker and for his role as Stanley
Kowalski on stage in A Streetcar Named Desire. He established the
Signature Theatre Company in 1991, and the following year he won the
Drama-Logue Award for Performance for his role as the colonel in "A
Few Good Men" at the Shubert Theatre. In film he has played some
notable minor roles, such as a mercenary in Under Siege 2: Dark
Territory (1995), a prison guard in Dead Man Walking (1995), and a
condemned man in True Grit (2010). Aside from numerous dramatic
readings for audiobooks, Sowers has also provided his voice for
videogames such as Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003), Manhunt 2 (2007) and
Homefront (2011).Sowers was born on November 5, 1963, in Arlington
County, Virginia. There, he graduated from Washington-Lee High School
in 1982 (along with friend Sandra Bullock). Sowers went on to study at
the University of North Carolina School of the Arts before moving to
New York City.Sowers began his career as a stage actor. In 1989 New
York Magazine praised his "excellent" performance as Starns in the
play Heathen Valley. In 1991 he established the Signature Theater
Company with James Houghton. In 1992 the Chicago Sun-Times noted
Sowers' "formidable colonel" in a stage production of A Few Good Men
at the Shubert Theatre. The production later went on a national tour,
which won him the Drama-Logue Award for Performance.In 1996, Sowers
played Will Masters on stage in a Broadway production of Bus Stop. In
2004 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio
54 in New York City; the following year, John C. Reilly played the
part and Sowers played the more minor part of Steve. In 2007 he
appeared on Broadway in Inherit the Wind.
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