Dougray Scott facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dougray Scott
Scott at TIFF 2023
Born	Stephen Dougray Scott (1965-11-26) 26 November 1965 (age 59) Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Sarah Trevis ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2005)​ Claire Forlani ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3

Stephen Dougray Scott (born 26 November 1965) is a Scottish actor. He has appeared in the films Ever After (1998), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Enigma (2001), Ripley's Game (2002), Hitman (2007), and My Week with Marilyn (2011). He is a recipient of the International Emmy Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA for his performance in the Scottish crime drama series Crime (2021).

Early life

Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, the son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, a travelling salesman of refrigerators and freezers, and a former actor. He then gained a place on the full-time acting and performance course at Fife College's Kirkcaldy Campus.

Career

Scott began his acting career in national theatre, television, and puppet shows. He appeared in his first role on the television series Soldier Soldier and made his film debut in Twin Town. His first major film roles were as Prince Henry in Ever After and the hero in the film adaptation of the Robert Harris novel Enigma. He played the villain in Mission: Impossible 2 (and was selected to do so by Tom Cruise). He was cast to play Wolverine in the feature film version of X-Men, but Mission: Impossible 2 went over schedule, and he was injured in a motorbike accident while shooting the chase scene. He was forced to drop out of the project and was replaced by Hugh Jackman in X-Men.

After the 2002 release of Die Another Day, Scott was a candidate to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Despite the numerous reports that Eon Productions was leaning towards naming Scott as the new Bond in the 007 adventure Casino Royale, the role eventually went to Daniel Craig. In January 2006, he appeared in the miniseries The Ten Commandments as Moses. He also appeared in the NBC series Heist, which aired in March 2006 for five episodes. From 2006 until 2007, he starred in the third season of Desperate Housewives as Teri Hatcher's character's new love interest. In 2007, he played the primary antagonist in the film Hitman, based on the Hitman video games. He appeared in the title role(s) of a modern re-telling of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In May 2009, it was announced that he was to play ex-con Michael O' Connor in the new RTÉ-ITV drama Father & Son.

Scott starred in The Day of the Triffids. The drama was broadcast in December 2009 as part of the BBC 1 Christmas schedule. In 2011, Scott featured in the film Love's Kitchen alongside his wife Claire Forlani. In April 2011, Scott portrayed football manager Matt Busby in the BBC TV drama United, which was centred on the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which Busby was badly injured but survived. In 2013, he guest starred as para-psychological researcher/ghost hunter Alec Palmer in the Doctor Who episode "Hide".

In 2014, Scott portrayed the main villain in Taken 3.

In March 2016, Scott became the voice of Orby in adverts for the oil and gas company BP.

In April 2016, Scott appeared in the second season of Fear the Walking Dead as Thomas Abigail, Victor Strand's business partner and lover.

In 2019, Scott joined the CW series Batwoman as Jacob Kane, the title character's father, set in the Arrowverse. He left the series during its second season. He appeared on the show Crime, for which he received a BAFTA and an International Emmy.

Dougray Scott in 2010

Personal life

Scott is the father of twins (b. 1998), with former wife Sarah Trevis. On 8 June 2007, he married actress Claire Forlani in Italy. They have a son born 27 December 2014.

Scott is a fan of Hibernian Football Club, stemming from a grand-uncle being a scout for the team. Three maternal great-uncles were football referees, Tom Dougray being the most prominent.

Politics

Scott is in favour of Scottish independence. "The question a lot of people always ask is, how can Scotland pay for itself? That's not the question to ask, we can look after ourselves. We could outlast the English purely based on Irn-Bru profits..." he told The Big Issue. "The question is, would it serve the country better to have its own government? We have a particular vision of the world, which is why I think it makes sense to have independence and we have many great stories to tell."

Filmography

Scott at the 2013 WonderCon

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Zorro	Don Pedro DeSoto	Episode: "Child's Play"
1992	Taggart	Colin Murphy	Episode: "Nest of Vipers Part One"
	Lovejoy	Horse	2 episodes
	Tell Tale Hearts	David Sellors	3 episodes
1993	Stay Lucky	Alex	4 episodes
1994	Princess Caraboo	Dragoon captain
1995	Kavanagh QC	Terry Fisher	Episode: "A Family Affair"
	Soldier Soldier	Major Rory Taylor	11 episodes
	Highlander: The Series	Warren Cochrane	Episode: "Through a Glass, Darkly"
1996	The Crow Road	Lewis McHoan	Miniseries
1997	Regeneration	Captain Robert Graves
	The Place of the Dead	Lance Corporal Richard Mayfield
	Twin Town	Terry Walsh
1998	Ever After	Prince Henry
	Deep Impact	Eric Vennekor
1999	Gregory's Two Girls	Fraser Rowan
	This Year's Love	Cameron
	Faeries	Faery Prince	Voice
2000	Mission: Impossible 2	Sean Ambrose
	The Miracle Maker	John	Voice
	Arabian Nights	Sultan Shahryar / Amin	Miniseries
2001	Enigma	Tom Jericho
2002	Ripley's Game	Jonathan Trevanny
2003	The Poet [fr]	Andrei
	To Kill a King	Thomas Fairfax
2004	The Truth About Love	Archie
	Things To Do Before You're 30	Cass
2005	Dark Water	Kyle Williams
2006	The Ten Commandments	Moses	Miniseries
	Perfect Creature	Silus
	Heist	Mickey O'Neil
2006–2007	Desperate Housewives	Ian Hainsworth	18 episodes
2007	Hitman	Mike Whittier
	The Donald Gray Show
2008	Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
	New Town Killers	Alistair
2009	False Witness	Ian Porter
	The Day of the Triffids	Dr. Bill Masen
	Father & Son	Michael O'Connor
2010	There Be Dragons	Robert
	Love's Kitchen	Rob Haley
2011	My Week with Marilyn	Arthur Miller
	United	Matt Busby
2012	Sinbad	Father La Stessa
2013	Death Race 3: Inferno	Niles York / Frankenstein	Direct-to-DVD
	Doctor Who	Alec Palmer	Episode: "Hide"
	Strike Back: Shadow Warfare	James Leatherby	2 episodes
	Last Passenger	Lewis Shaler
	The Wrong Mans	Walker
2013–2014	Hemlock Grove	Dr. Norman Godfrey
2014	Taken 3	Stuart St. John
2015	Tiger House	Shane
	The Rezort	Archer
	The Vatican Tapes	Roger Holmes
2016	London Town	Nick Baker
	Full Circle	Senator David Faulkner
	Fear the Walking Dead	Thomas Abigail	2 episodes
	Harley and the Davidsons	Randall James	Miniseries
2017	The Replacement	David Warnock	Miniseries
	Jamie Johnson	Foxborough Scout	Episode: "End Game"
2017–2018	Snatch	Vic Hill
2018	The Woman in White	Sir Percival Glyde	Miniseries
	Urban Myths	Arthur Miller	Episode: "Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder"
2019	Departure	Ethan Moreau	6 episodes
	Sea Fever	Gerard
2019–2021	Batwoman	Jacob Kane	Main role (seasons 1–2), 35 episodes
2020	Sulphur and White	Donald Tait
2021–present	Irvine Welsh's Crime	Ray Lennox	Main role (12 episodes), also executive producer
2021	La Cha Cha	Roger Callaway
2023	A Town Called Malice	Tony Lord
	Irena's Vow	Eduard Rügemer
	Vigil	AVM Marcus Grainger	Miniseries
TBA	The Crow Girl	Lou Stanley	Filming
2025	Sherlock & Daughter	Professor Moriarty	Filming

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Dougray Scott para niños