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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]]. |
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| + | 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 /> | ||
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| + | 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]]''." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 18:30, 16 November 2015
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He is bestl known as Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the BBC drama series Sherlock,[1] 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."[1]
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!"[1]
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."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
