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Ross Burgess at 18:41, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

	He is ~~bestl~~ known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' on BBC One, playing a gay man, Robert Jones, on trial for [[sodomy]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771284/ IMDB</ref>		He is best known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' on BBC One, playing a gay man, Robert Jones, on trial for [[sodomy]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771284/ IMDB</ref>

	Scott is openly gay:		Scott is openly gay:

Ross Burgess at 18:41, 16 November 2015

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	:"Mercifully, these days people don't see being gay as a character flaw. But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It's just a fact. Of course, it's part of my make-up, but I don't want to trade on it."<ref name=rampton />		:"Mercifully, these days people don't see being gay as a character flaw. But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It's just a fact. Of course, it's part of my make-up, but I don't want to trade on it."<ref name=rampton />
	On being asked as to how he prepared his accent for his BBC2 drama ''Legacy'', in which he played a KGB spy, he said:		On being asked as to how he prepared his accent for his BBC2 drama ''Legacy'', in which he played a KGB spy, he said:
	:"There isn't a huge amount of footage of Russians speaking English as a second language, so I started looking at Vladimir Putin videos on YouTube. But then Putin introduced anti-gay legislation this summer – so, being a gay person, I switched to Rudolf Nureyev videos instead. It was another Nureyev defection of sorts!"<ref name=rampton />		:"There isn't a huge amount of footage of Russians speaking English as a second language, so I started looking at Vladimir Putin videos on YouTube. But then Putin introduced anti-gay legislation this summer – so, being a gay person, I switched to [[Rudolf Nureyev]] videos instead. It was another Nureyev defection of sorts!"<ref name=rampton />

	He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:		He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:

Ross Burgess at 18:40, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

	He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man, Robert Jones, on trial for [[sodomy]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771284/ IMDB</ref>		He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' on BBC One, playing a gay man, Robert Jones, on trial for [[sodomy]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771284/ IMDB</ref>

	Scott is openly gay:		Scott is openly gay:

Ross Burgess at 18:38, 16 November 2015

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	He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:		He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:
	:"Best known as ''~~Sherlock’s~~'' Moriarty, the 38-year-old Irishman publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in an interview with ''The Independent'' at the end of 2013. And this year he played the bookshop owner-cum-activist Gethin in the joyous gay-rights film ''[[Pride (film)\|Pride]]''."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html</ref>		:"Best known as ''Sherlock''’s Moriarty, the 38-year-old Irishman publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in an interview with ''The Independent'' at the end of 2013. And this year he played the bookshop owner-cum-activist Gethin in the joyous gay-rights film ''[[Pride (film)\|Pride]]''."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html</ref>

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Ross Burgess at 18:37, 16 November 2015

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	He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:		He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:
	:"Best known as ''Sherlock’s'' Moriarty, the 38-year-old Irishman publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in an interview with ''The Independent'' at the end of 2013. And this year he played the bookshop owner-cum-activist Gethin in the joyous gay-rights film ''[[Pride (film)\|Pride]]''."		:"Best known as ''Sherlock’s'' Moriarty, the 38-year-old Irishman publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in an interview with ''The Independent'' at the end of 2013. And this year he played the bookshop owner-cum-activist Gethin in the joyous gay-rights film ''[[Pride (film)\|Pride]]''."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html</ref>

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Ross Burgess at 18:35, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

	He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man on trial for [[sodomy]].		He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man, Robert Jones, on trial for [[sodomy]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771284/ IMDB</ref>

	Scott is openly gay:		Scott is openly gay:

Ross Burgess at 18:30, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

	He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man on trial for [[sodomy]].		He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref name=rampton>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man on trial for [[sodomy]].

			Scott is openly gay:
			:"Mercifully, these days people don't see being gay as a character flaw. But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It's just a fact. Of course, it's part of my make-up, but I don't want to trade on it."<ref name=rampton />
			On being asked as to how he prepared his accent for his BBC2 drama ''Legacy'', in which he played a KGB spy, he said:
			:"There isn't a huge amount of footage of Russians speaking English as a second language, so I started looking at Vladimir Putin videos on YouTube. But then Putin introduced anti-gay legislation this summer – so, being a gay person, I switched to Rudolf Nureyev videos instead. It was another Nureyev defection of sorts!"<ref name=rampton />

			He was listed number 22 in the [[Rainbow List 2014]]. The citation said:
			:"Best known as ''Sherlock’s'' Moriarty, the 38-year-old Irishman publicly discussed his sexuality for the first time in an interview with ''The Independent'' at the end of 2013. And this year he played the bookshop owner-cum-activist Gethin in the joyous gay-rights film ''[[Pride (film)\|Pride]]''."

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	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]
			[[Category:Rainbow List 2014]]

Ross Burgess at 18:21, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

	[~~Under construction~~]]		He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series ''Sherlock'',<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sherlock-has-changed-my-whole-career-andrew-scott-interview-8940114.html James Rampton, "Sherlock has changed my whole career': Andrew Scott interview". ''The Independent'', 2 January 2014</ref> and he had a guest role in the second series of ''Garrow's Law'' playing a gay man on trial for [[sodomy]].

			==References==
			<references>

	[[Category:Actors]]		[[Category:Actors]]
	[[Category:1976 births]]		[[Category:1976 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

Ross Burgess at 15:06, 16 November 2015

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	[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.		[[File:Pride 04 (15269391641).jpg\|thumb\|Andrew Scott]]'''Andrew Scott''' (born 1976) is an Irish actor.

			[Under construction]]

	[[Category:Actors]]		[[Category:Actors]]
	[[Category:1976 births]]		[[Category:1976 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]