Stephen Dougray Scott, better known as Dougray Scott, is a Scottish actor.
Early life Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife, the son
of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, an actor and salesperson.
He attended Auchmuty High School.
Adopting his stage name from his French grandmother's surname, Dougray, he enrolled in a foundation
course in drama before going on to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in
Cardiff from 1984 to 1987; here, he earned the college's Most Promising Drama Student
award.
In 1988, he moved to London.
Career Scott began his acting career in national
theatre, television, and puppet shows.
He appeared in his first role on the television series Soldier Soldier and made his film debut
in Twin Town.
His first major film roles were as Prince Henry in Ever After and the hero in the film
adaptation of the Robert Harris novel Enigma.
In 2000, he signed up to play the villain in Mission: Impossible II but was also due
to play Wolverine in the feature film version of X-Men.
When Mission: Impossible II went over schedule, Scott was replaced by Hugh Jackman in X-Men.
After the 2002 release of Die Another Day, Scott was a frontrunner to replace Pierce
Brosnan as James Bond.
Despite the numerous reports that Eon Productions was leaning towards naming Scott as the new
Bond in the 007 adventure Casino Royale, the role eventually went to Daniel Craig.
In January 2006, he appeared in the miniseries The Ten Commandments as Moses.
He also appeared in the NBC series Heist, which aired in March 2006 for five episodes.
From 2006 until 2007, he starred in the third season of Desperate Housewives as Teri Hatcher's
character's new love interest.
In 2007, he played the primary antagonist in the film Hitman, based on the popular video
game.
He appeared in the title role(s) of a modern re-telling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
In May 2009, it was announced that he was to play ex-con Michael O' Connor in the new
RTÉ-ITV drama Father & Son.
Scott starred in The Day of the Triffids.
The drama was broadcast in December 2009 as part of the BBC 1 Christmas schedule.
In 2011, Scott featured in the film Love's Kitchen alongside his wife Claire Forlani,
who played his love interest in the film.
On the opening weekend in the UK it took just £121 in June 2011.
In April 2011, Scott portrayed football manager Matt Busby in the BBC TV drama United, which
was centred around the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which Busby was badly injured
but survived.
Busby's family were reportedly "incensed" by Scott's portrayal, with Busby's son commenting
that his father's character "had the appearance of a gangster rather than a football manager"
and wore an overcoat and trilby hat instead of a tracksuit, despite Busby famously being
the first "tracksuit" manager of the post-World War II era.
In 2013, he guest starred as para-psychological researcher/ghost hunter Alec Palmer in the
Doctor Who episode "Hide" alongside Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and Jessica Raine.
In 2015, Scott signed up to play the main primary villain in Tak3n.
Personal life Scott is the father of twins, Eden and Gabriel
Trevis Scott, with ex-wife Sarah Trevis, to whom he was married from 2000 to 2006.
On 8 June 2007, he married actress Claire Forlani in Italy.
Scott is an avid fan of Hibernian Football Club and a celebrity supporter of the British
Red Cross.
Filmography References
External links Dougray Scott at the Internet Movie Database