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.

Filmography

• 2027A Place in Hell
• 2027Margie Claus — Jack Frost (voice)
• 2026Elsinore — Ian Charleson, Producer
• It Gets Worse
• 2026Pressure — James Stagg
• 2026We Were Here — Executive Producer
• 2025Back in Action — Baron
• 2025Blue Moon — Richard Rodgers
• 2025People Watching
• Too Much — Jim Wenlich Rice
• 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Lee Ross
• 2024National Theatre Live: Vanya — Ivan / Sonya / Michael / Helena / Alexander / Maureen / Liam / Elizabeth, Creator
• RIPLEY — Tom Ripley, Producer
• 2023All of Us Strangers — Adam
• 2022Catherine Called Birdy — Lord Rollo
• 2021Oslo — Terje Rød-Larsen
• Secret Safari: Into the Wild — Narrator
• The Pursuit of Love — Lord Merlin
• 2020Cognition — Elias
• 2020Three Kings — Patrick
• 20191917 — Lieutenant Leslie
• His Dark Materials — Jopari, John Parry, Colonel John Parry
• Modern Love — Tobin
• 2019National Theatre Live: Present Laughter — Garry Essendine
• 2018A Dark Place — Donald Devlin
• 2018Hamlet — Hamlet
• 2018King Lear — Edgar
• 2018The Delinquent Season — Chris
• 2017Handsome Devil — Dan Sherry
• School of Roars — Narrator
• 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass — Addison Bennett
• 2016Denial — Anthony Julius
• Earth's Seasonal Secrets — Narrator (voice)
• Fleabag — The Priest
• 2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride — Professor Moriarty
• 2016Swallows and Amazons — Lazlov
• 2016The Hope Rooms — Sean
• 2016This Beautiful Fantastic — Vernon
• 2015Spectre — C
• 2015Victor Frankenstein — Inspector Turpin
• 2014Jimmy's Hall — Father Seamus
• 2014Locke — Donal (voice)
• 2014Pride — Gethin
• Dates — Christian
• 2013Legacy — Viktor Koslov
• 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
• 2013The Stag — Davin
• Blackout — Dalien Bevan
• 2012Sea Wall — Alex
• Simon Schama's Shakespeare
• The Hollow Crown — King Louis
• 2012The Scapegoat — Paul
• The Town — Mark Nicholas
• Black Mirror — Chris Gillhaney
• 2011Chasing Cotards — Hart Elliot-Hinwood
• 2010Anton Chekhov's The Duel — Laevsky
• 2010Lennon Naked — Paul McCartney
• Sherlock — Jim Moriarty
• 2010Silent Things — Jake
• Garrow's Law — Captain Robert Jones
• John Adams — Colonel William Smith
• 2008Little White Lie — Barry
• The Comeback — Brandon Wallick
• 2005The Quatermass Experiment — Vernon
• My Life in Film — Jones
• 2003Dead Bodies — Tommy McGann
• 2003Killing Hitler — Sniper
• Foyle's War — James Devereaux
• Band of Brothers — John D. Hall
• 2000Longitude — John Campbell
• Longitude — John Campbell
• 2000Nora — Michael Bodkin
• 1999Sweety Barrett — Danny
• 1998Miracle at Midnight — Michael Grunbaum
• 1998Saving Private Ryan — Soldier on the Beach
• 1998The American — Valentin de Bellegarde
• 1997Drinking Crude — Paul
• 1996Korea — Eamon Doyle
• 1990The Love She Sought — Child in classroom
• Horizon — Narrator
• Fonda
• Heart of Darkness — (voice)
• Sea Wall — Alex
• Walk the Blue Fields

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2024On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers — Self
• 2024Quintessentially Irish — Self
• 2023An Audience with Kylie — Self
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Unlocking Sherlock — Himself / Jim Moriarty
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Jeopardy! — Self - Clue Presenter
• The Late Late Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee