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Scott Lawrence
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Lawrence during a visit to the USS Nimitz
Born (1963-09-27) September 27, 1963 (age 61)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987–present
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Scott Lawrence (born September 27, 1963) is an American actor. He is well-known for playing Commander Sturgis Turner on the TV show JAG. He was on the show from 2001 to 2005. Scott Lawrence is also famous for lending his voice to Darth Vader in many Star Wars video games. He has been doing this since 1994, often sounding like the original voice actor, James Earl Jones.

Scott Lawrence's Acting Journey

Scott Lawrence started his acting career in Hollywood in the late 1980s. He appeared in many TV shows and movies. One of his first roles was in L.A. Law, where he acted alongside James Earl Jones. He also had a regular role on Murphy Brown. In the early 1990s, he was often seen on the Whoopi Goldberg series Bagdad Cafe.

Early Movie Roles

His first movie appearance was in the 1990 thriller The First Power. He acted with Lou Diamond Phillips in this film. Next, he appeared in the 1993 horror movie Doppelganger, which starred Drew Barrymore. Other movies he was in include the action film Timecop with Jean-Claude Van Damme. He also appeared in Howard Stern's movie Private Parts.

Voicing Darth Vader

From 1994 to 2006, Scott Lawrence was the voice of Darth Vader in many Star Wars video games. These games were made by LucasArts. After his work on Star Wars: Empire at War, another actor, Matt Sloan, took over the role. However, Scott Lawrence returned to voice Vader in more recent games. He voiced Vader in the Vader Immortal VR Series. He also played Vader in the 2019 game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Later TV and Film Work

In 2011, Scott Lawrence appeared in NCIS. This show is a spin-off from JAG. He played a different character in the episode "A Man Walks Into a Bar...".

His movie roles also include the huge hit film Avatar from 2009. He was also in The Social Network in 2010. In 2019, Lawrence played Special Agent Billy Taggart in the Netflix series Unbelievable. This show was very popular with critics. In 2020, he was a guest on The George Lucas Talk Show during a special fundraising episode.

Selected Performances

Scott Lawrence has been in many movies, TV shows, and video games. Here are some of his notable roles.

Movies

Year Title Role
1990 The First Power Gang Member #2
1994 Timecop George Spota
1997 Private Parts News Guy
2009 Avatar Venture Star Crew Chief
2010 The Social Network Maurice
2013 The Host Doc
2014 Into the Storm Principal Thomas Walker

Television Shows

Year Title Role
1989 Murphy Brown Man In Elevator
2001–2005 JAG Commander Sturgis Turner
2001 Star Trek: Voyager Garon
2009–2010 24 CDC Director Ben Landry
2011 NCIS Agent Webb
2015 Fear the Walking Dead Art Costa
2017 Legion Dr. Henry Poole
2017–2018 Mr. Mercedes Detective Peter Dixon
2018–2020 Star Wars Resistance Jarek Yeager Voice role
2019 Unbelievable Billy Taggart

Video Games

Year Title Role
1994 Star Wars: TIE Fighter Darth Vader Voice
2001 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Darth Vader Voice
2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II Darth Vader Voice
2019 Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series Darth Vader Voice
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Darth Vader Voice
2020 Star Wars: Squadrons Darth Vader Voice
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Darth Vader Voice

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