Dougray Scott


Stephen Dougray Scott is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Ever After, , Hitman, and My Week with Marilyn.

Early life

Scott was born 26 November 1965 in Glenrothes, Fife, the son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, a travelling salesman of refrigerators and freezers, and a former actor. He attended Auchmuty High School. Adopting his stage name from his grandmother's surname, "Dougray", he enrolled in a foundation course in drama before going on to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff from 1984 to 1987; here, he earned the college's Most Promising Drama Student award. In 1988, he moved to London.

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. In 2000, he signed up to play the villain in . He was going to play Wolverine in the feature film version of X-Men. When Mission: Impossible 2 went over schedule and 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 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, who played his love interest in the film. On the opening weekend in the UK it took just £121 in June 2011. 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. Busby's family were reportedly "incensed" by Scott's portrayal, with Busby's son commenting that his father's character "had the appearance of a gangster rather than a football manager" and wore an overcoat and trilby hat instead of a tracksuit, despite Busby famously being the first "tracksuit" manager of the post-World War II era. 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 British oil and gas company BP.
In April 2016, Scott appeared in the second season of Fear the Walking Dead playing the character Thomas Abigail, the business partner and lover of Strand.
As of 2019, Scott stars as Jacob Kane, the titular character’s father on the CW series Batwoman, set in the DC Arrowverse.

Personal life

Scott is the father of twins, Eden and Gabriel Trevis Scott, with former wife Sarah Trevis. On 8 June 2007, he married actress Claire Forlani in Italy. They have an adopted son named Milo, born 27 December 2014. Dougray is also a fan of Scottish football team Hibernian.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Princess CarabooDragoon captain
1995Soldier SoldierMajor Rory Taylor
1995'Warren CochraneEpisode: "Through a Glass, Darkly"
1996The Crow RoadLewis McHoan
1997RegenerationCaptain Robert Graves
1997The Place of the DeadLance Corporal Richard Mayfield
1997Twin TownTerry Walsh
1998Ever AfterPrince Henry
1998Deep ImpactEric Vennekor
1999Gregory's Two GirlsFraser Rowan
1999This Year's LoveCameron
1999FaeriesFaery PrinceVoice
2000'Sean Ambrose
2000The Miracle MakerJohn
2000Arabian NightsShahryar
Amin
2001EnigmaTom Jericho
2002Ripley's GameTrevanny
2003The PoetAndrei
2003To Kill a KingThomas Fairfax
2004The Truth About LoveArchie
2004Things To Do Before You're 30Cass
2005Dark WaterKyle Williams
2006The Ten CommandmentsMoses
2006Perfect Creature Silus
2006HeistMickey O'Neil
2006–2007Desperate HousewivesIan Hainsworth18 episodes
2007HitmanMike Whittier
2007The Donald Gray Show
2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
2008New Town KillersAlistair
2009False WitnessIan Porter
2009The Day of the TriffidsDr. Bill Masen
2009Father & SonMichael O'Connor
2010There Be DragonsRobert
2010Love's KitchenRob Haley
2011My Week with MarilynArthur Miller
2011UnitedMatt Busby
2012SinbadFather La Stessa
2013'Niles York / FrankensteinDirect-to-DVD
2013Doctor WhoAlec PalmerEpisode: "Hide"
2013'James Leatherby2 episodes
2013Last PassengerLewis Shaler
2013The Wrong MansWalker
2013–2014Hemlock GroveDr. Norman Godfrey
2014Taken 3Stuart St. John
2015Tiger HouseShane
2015The Vatican TapesRoger Holmes
2016London TownNick Baker
2016Division 19
2016Fear the Walking DeadThomas Abigail2 episodes
2016Harley and the DavidsonsRandall JamesMiniseries
2016The RezortArcher
2017The ReplacementDavid WarnockMiniseries
2017–2018SnatchVic Hill
2018The Woman in WhiteSir Percival GlydeMiniseries
2019 BatwomanJacob KaneMain Role

Awards and nominations