Stephen Dougray Scott (born 26 November 1965^[1]) is a Scottish actor. He has appeared in the filmsEver After (1998),Mission: Impossible 2 (2000),Enigma (2001),Ripley's Game (2002),Hitman (2007), andMy Week with Marilyn (2011). He is a recipient of theInternational Emmy Award for Best Actor and aBAFTA for his performance in the Scottishcrime drama seriesCrime (2021).

Dougray Scott
Scott atTIFF 2023
Born	Stephen Dougray Scott (1965-11-26)26 November 1965 (age 59) Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouses	Sarah Trevis ​ ​ (m. 2000;div. 2005)​ Claire Forlani ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3

Scott was born inGlenrothes, Fife, Scotland, the son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, a travelling salesman of refrigerators and freezers, and a former actor. He then gained a place on the full-time acting and performance course atFife College'sKirkcaldy Campus.

Scott began his acting career in national theatre, television, and puppet shows. He appeared in his first role on the television seriesSoldier Soldier and made his film debut inTwin Town. His first major film roles were as Prince Henry inEver After and the hero inthe film adaptation of theRobert Harris novelEnigma. He played the villain inMission: Impossible 2 (and was selected to do so byTom Cruise). He was cast to playWolverine in the feature film version ofX-Men, butMission: Impossible 2 went over schedule, and he was injured in a motorbike accident while shooting the chase scene. He was forced to drop out of the project and was replaced byHugh Jackman inX-Men.^[2][3]

After the 2002 release ofDie Another Day, Scott was a candidate to replacePierce Brosnan asJames Bond.^[4] Despite the numerous reports thatEon Productions was leaning towards naming Scott as the new Bond in the 007 adventureCasino Royale, the role eventually went toDaniel Craig. In January 2006, he appeared in the miniseriesThe Ten Commandments asMoses. He also appeared in theNBC seriesHeist, which aired in March 2006 for five episodes. From 2006 until 2007, he starred in the third season ofDesperate Housewives asTeri Hatcher's character's new love interest. In 2007, he played the primary antagonist in the filmHitman, based on theHitman video games. He appeared in the title role(s) of a modern re-telling ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In May 2009, it was announced that he was to play ex-con Michael O' Connor in the newRTÉ-ITV dramaFather & Son.

Scott starred inThe Day of the Triffids.^[5] The drama was broadcast in December 2009 as part of theBBC One Christmas schedule.^[6] In 2011, Scott featured in the filmLove's Kitchen alongside his wifeClaire Forlani. In April 2011, Scott portrayed football managerMatt Busby in theBBC TV dramaUnited, which was centred on theMunich air disaster of 1958, in which Busby was badly injured but survived. In 2013, he guest starred as para-psychological researcher/ghost hunter Alec Palmer in theDoctor Who episode "Hide".

In 2014, Scott portrayed the main villain inTaken 3.^[7]

In March 2016, Scott became the voice of Orby in adverts for the oil and gas companyBP.^[8]

In April 2016, Scott appeared in the second season ofFear the Walking Dead as Thomas Abigail,Victor Strand's business partner and lover.^[9]

In 2019, Scott joined the CW seriesBatwoman asJacob Kane, the title character's father, set in theArrowverse. He left the series during its second season.^[10] He appeared on the showCrime, for which he received aBAFTA and an International Emmy.

In 2025 Scott played in theNetflix movieExterritorial his first German-speaking role alongsideJeanne Goursaud.^[11]

Scott is the father of twins (b. 1998), with former wife Sarah Trevis.^[12] On 8 June 2007, he married actressClaire Forlani in Italy.^[13] They have a son^[14] born 27 December 2014.

Scott is a fan ofHibernian Football Club, stemming from a grand-uncle being a scout for the team.^[15] Three maternal great-uncles were footballreferees, Tom Dougray being the most prominent.^[16]

Scott is in favour of Scottish independence. "The question a lot of people always ask is, how can Scotland pay for itself? That's not the question to ask, we can look after ourselves. We could outlast the English purely based on Irn-Bru profits..." he toldThe Big Issue. "The question is, would it serve the country better to have its own government? We have a particular vision of the world, which is why I think it makes sense to have independence and we have many great stories to tell."^[17]

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