Campbell Scott

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Campbell Scott
Scott at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Handsome Harry
Born	Campbell Whalen Scott July 19, 1961 (1961-07-19) (age 48) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, director, voice artist
Years active	1986—present

Campbell Whalen Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Scott was born in New York City, New York, the son of George C. Scott, an actor, director, and producer, and Colleen Dewhurst, a Canadian-born actress. He graduated from Lawrence University in 1983. His brother is Alexander Scott. He has a son who was born in 1998.^[1]

In 1990, Scott played a lead role in the ground-breaking film Longtime Companion, which chronicles the early years of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and its impact upon a group of American friends. In the following year, Scott co-starred in the movie Dying Young (in which his mother also appeared) alongside Julia Roberts. He also appeared in the 1992 movie Singles, and in 1996, he teamed up with Stanley Tucci to direct the film Big Night. The film met with much critical acclaim and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival. For their work, Scott and Tucci won both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director.

In 2002, he was awarded the Best Actor prize from the National Board of Review for his notable performance in Roger Dodger. Scott starred in Six Degrees on ABC in 2006.

In 2006, Scott served as the reader for the audiobook version of Stephen King's bestseller Cell.

In 2007, Campbell Scott lent his voice for the narration of an eco-friendly Chevron Corporation television ad, as well as the critically-acclaimed Iraq War documentary film, No End in Sight. Next up for Scott is the 2009 drama Handsome Harry.^[2] Scott also has a recurring role on the USA drama Royal Pains.

On August 28, TVGuide.com confirmed Campbell Scott has been cast for the upcoming third season of Damages. He will be a series regular, but details about his character and impact on the season are still under lock and key. Production on the new season is set to begin in late September, and the show will premiere in January 2010.^[3]

[edit] Filmography

• Five Corners (1987)
• The Sheltering Sky (1990)
• Longtime Companion (1990)
• Dead Again (1991)
• Dying Young (1991)
• Singles (1992)
• The Innocent (1993)
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
• Let It Be Me (1995)
• The Daytrippers (1996)
• Big Night (1996)
• The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
• Hi-Life (1998)
• The Love Letter (1998) (Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie)
• The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) (Showtime TV movie)
• The Impostors (1998)
• Top of the Food Chain (1999)
• Spring Forward (1999)
• Other Voices (2000)
• Hamlet (2000)
• Delivering Milo (2001)
• Follow The Stars Home (2001) (TV movie)
• The Pilot's Wife (2002) (TV movie)
• Roger Dodger (2002)
• The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
• Saint Ralph (2004)
• Marie and Bruce (2004)
• Loverboy (2005)
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
• Duma (2005)
• The Dying Gaul (2005)
• Final Days of Planet Earth (2006) (TV movie)
• Music and Lyrics (2007)
• Crashing (2007)
• No End in Sight (2007) (narrator)
• Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
• One Week (2008) (narrator)
• Handsome Harry (2009)
• Royal Pains (2009) (TV Series)
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) (Various historical figures)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Campbell Scott at the Internet Movie Database
• Campbell Scott at the Internet Broadway Database
• Campbell Scott at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• The Campbell Scott Companion - fan site

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