Born to an Irish father and English mother, Scott Handy graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in English. He was also a choral scholar and, in addition to singing, he plays saxophone and was a member of the boy pop group Ice Cold in Alice in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Filmography

• 2025In the Shadow — Gabriel Fauré
• 2025The Testament of Ann Lee — James Wardley
• Liaison — Brian Parkridge
• 2023Napoleon — Marshal Berthier
• Grace — Alan Whitlock
• Quiz — Larry Whitehurst
• Will — Sir Francis Bacon
• 2016Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III — George, Duke of Clarence
• 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children — Mr. Gleeson
• The Game — David Hexton
• Father Brown — Reverend Duncan
• The Village — Robin Lane
• Ripper Street — Solomon Quint
• 2010Macbeth — Malcom
• 2009The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler — Michal Laski
• 2007Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle — Patrick Loch
• 2007The Yellow House — Theo Van Gogh
• 2006The Haunted Airman — Sqdn Ldr Peter Enfield
• Colditz — Mullan
• 2005Match Point — Hewetts' Friend
• 2005The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish — Wolfgang Speckler
• 2004The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea — Wolfgang Speckler
• Henry VIII — Lord Henry Percy
• 2003Sweet Dreams — Roman
• 2003The Gospel of John — John the Baptist
• 2002The Tragedy of Hamlet — Horatio
• 2001A Knight's Tale — Germaine
• Midsomer Murders — Stephen Latimer
• 1996The Moonstone — Godfrey Ablewhite
• 1996True Love — Christopher
• 1993Shadowlands — Standish
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Young Simeon
• Casualty — Trevor Coyle
• NOVA — Isaac Newton
• 69 — Peter
• The Nightingale — Producer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002Brook by Brook — Self