Campbell Scott

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Campbell Scott
Scott at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of Handsome Harry
Born	July 19, 1961 (1961-07-19) (age 47) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, director, voice artist
Years active	1986—present

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

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]

Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

As an actor, 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

[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)
• 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)

[edit] External links

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

[edit] References