
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.

Saving Private Ryan
1998 · as Soldier on the Beach

Pressure
2026 · as James Stagg

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · as Lee Ross

1917
2019 · as Lieutenant Leslie

Spectre
2015 · as C

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · as Addison Bennett

Back in Action
2025 · as Baron

Blue Moon
2025 · as Richard Rodgers

All of Us Strangers
2023 · as Adam

Pride
2014 · as Gethin

King Lear
2018 · as Edgar

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016 · as Professor Moriarty

Victor Frankenstein
2015 · as Inspector Turpin

Elsinore
as Ian Charleson

A Dark Place
2018 · as Donald Devlin

Locke
2014 · as Donal (voice)

Oslo
2021 · as Terje Rød-Larsen

Handsome Devil
2017 · as Dan Sherry