Biography
The stage-trained Broadway actor never strayed far from the world of small, personal films, where he impressed critics and festival-goers with the difficult acting challenges he took on in the AIDS chronicle "Longtime Companion" (1989), the literary gem "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (1994), and the jaded New Yorker story "Roger Dodger" (2002). Scott also earned a solid reputation as a director, first sharing duties with Stanley Tucci in …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Co-starred with Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man" as Peter Parker's father | |
2010 | Joined cast in the third season of FX's "Damages" | |
2009 | Landed recurring role on the USA Network drama "Royal Pains" | |
2007 | Lent his voice for the narration of the critically-acclaimed Iraq War documentary film "No End in Sight" | |
2006 | Co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick in the Kevin Bacon-directed "Loverboy"; premiered at Sundance in 2005 | |
2005 | Again collaborated with Hope Davis in "Duma" | |
2005 | Co-starred with Peter Sarsgaard in "The Dying Gaul" | |
2003 | Starred opposite Hope Davis in "The Secret Lives of Dentists" | |
2002 | Starred in the comedy "Roger Dodger" | |
2002 | Landed featured role in the CBS miniseries "The Pilot's Wife" | |
2001 | Solo film directorial debut, "Final"; also produced | |
2000 | Directed, adapted, and starred in "Hamlet" for the Odyssey network | |
2000 | Portrayed the menacing, wildly unpredictable brother of a straight-laced yuppie in Dan McCormack's "Other Voices" | |
2000 | Starred as inebriated ex-con (and former pro golfer) Lionel 'Ex' Exley in Caroline Champetier's "Lush"; screened at Sundance | |
1999 | Played a patronizing philanthropist in Tom Gilroy's "Spring Forward" | |
1999 | Delivered a wonderfully off-kilter turn as the straight-man doctor of John Paisz's sci-fi spoof "Top of the Food Chain" | |
1998 | Cast in supporting role opposite Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley in Showtime's "The Tale of Sweeney Todd"; re-teamed with director John Schlesinger | |
1998 | Re-teamed with Tucci as one of the stars of the ensemble comedy "The Impostors" | |
1997 | Portrayed Thomas Jefferson in the PBS miniseries "Liberty! The American Revolution" | |
1997 | Starred in David Mamet's "The Spanish Prisoner" | |
1997 | Executive produced and acted in Greg Mottola's independent film "The Daytrippers"; Tucci played leading role | |
1996 | Co-directed first film with Stanley Tucci, "Big Night"; also co-starred as a sleazy used car salesman | |
1996 | Reprised "Hamlet" at Boston's Huntington Theatre | |
1994 | Co-starred with Jennifer Jason Leigh in Alan Rudolph's "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" | |
1993 | Played a military technician opposite Anthony Hopkins and Isabella Rossellini in John Schlesinger's "The Innocent" | |
1992 | Played Kyra Sedgwick's love interest in Cameron Crowe's ensemble feature "Singles" | |
1991 | Co-starred with Martha Plimpton in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" | |
1991 | Starred opposite Julia Roberts in "Dying Young"; film also featured Dewhurst in her last film role | |
1990 | Portrayed Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in the ABC miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts" | |
1990 | Co-starred with Debra Winger and John Malkovich in Bernardo Bertolucci's adaptation of "The Sheltering Sky" | |
1989 | First significant film role, played a gay man coping with the AIDS crisis in "Longtime Companion" | |
1987 | Acted with mother in the Yale repertory productions of "Long Day's Journey into Night" and "Ah, Wilderness!" | |
1987 | Film acting debut, "Five Corners" | |
1987 | First starring role, in the off-Broadway play "Copperhead" | |
1986 | Played Richard Rich in the off-Broadway revival of Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons" | |
1985 | Returned to Broadway in the revival of Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" | |
1984 | Cast as the understudy in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing"; eventually took over the role of Brody | |
1982 | Appeared opposite his mother Colleen Dewhurst in the Broadway production of "The Queen and the Rebels" | |
| Raised in upstate New York | ||
Awards
2003 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Roger Dodger |
2002 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in Roger Dodger |
1997 | Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in Big Night |
1996 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director in Big Night |
1996 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Filmmaker in Big Night |
1996 | Deauville Festival of American Cinema for Jury Prize EX AEQUO in Big Night |
1995 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance in Dying Young |