Meet Andrew Scott, the breakout actor in Netflix’s Ripley: Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’ was born and raised in Dublin, played the villain in Sherlock, and publicly came out as gay in 2013
- Andrew Scott is making waves with his mesmerising performance in Netflix’s neo-noir Ripley – but you may recognise the actor from other films and TV shows too
- Besides playing the villain Moriarty on BBC’s hit series Sherlock, he was also the ‘hot priest’ in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s acclaimed comedy Fleabag – so what else do we know about him?
Andrew Scott’s mesmerising performance in Netflix’s neo-noir Ripley has received critical acclaim.
The veteran actor – who got his start in the 80s in an ad for oat brand Flahavan’s – has proven his diverse acting skills over the years.
For those who think he looks familiar, that’s because he probably is, from his roles in everything from Band of Brothers to Fleabag.
Here’s everything you need to know about the talented Mr Andrew Scott:
Andrew Scott is an Irish actor
Andrew Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976, according to Rotten Tomatoes. He was raised in his hometown with his father working in an employment agency and his mother an art teacher, per The Independent.
Besides playing the memorable villain Moriarty on BBC’s hit series Sherlock, he also played John D. Hall in Band of Brothers, and was in All of Us Strangers, Spectre, Victor Frankenstein, 1917 and more, per his IMDB profile.
Scott stunned the theatre world with his impressive acting when he played a total of eight characters in Vanya, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 1898 tragicomedy, at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, per The Guardian.