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Judson Scott | |
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| Born | Judson Earney Scott (1952-07-15)July 15, 1952 (age 72) Azusa, California, U.S. |
| Education | California State University, Fullerton(BA) Juilliard School(GrDip) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–2002 |
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Judson Earney Scott (born July 15, 1952) is an American stage, film and television actor. He has appeared in a number ofscience fiction productions, especially within theStar Trek franchise, as well asV and three episodes ofThe X-Files.
Scott was born inAzusa, California and attended Carl Sandberg Jr. High andGlendora High Schools. He then went toCalifornia State University, Fullerton, received aB.A. in Theatre Arts, and trained at the Actors Studio inLos Angeles. At the end of the school year in college, Scott entered theAmerican College Theater Festival and won the Irene Ryan Award for Best Actor in the Western United States. Scott was then offered a scholarship toYale School of Drama, but instead attended theJuilliard School inNew York City,[1] where he again graduated with a B.A. in Theater Arts.
In 1979, Scott was in a Broadway production of Shakespeare'sRichard III at theCort Theatre for a one-month run. Appearing under the name Judson Earney, Scott took the role ofLord Grey in a cast featuringAl Pacino in the title role.[2] Scott's credited film appearances in later years includedI, the Jury (1982),Escape (1990),True Identity (1991), andBlade (1998).
Scott starred in the short-lived 1982science fiction television seriesThe Phoenix. His other television roles include Lt. James in seven episodes ofV, and as Sacha Malenkov onThe Colbys. He also portrayed Peter Harrell onGeneral Hospital in 1984–85 andClay Monroe inOne Life to Live in 1985.
Other guest appearances includeMission: Impossible (as Ernst Graff in "The Legacy")Voyagers!,The Dukes of Hazzard,The A-Team,Babylon 5 (as "Knight One" in "And the Sky Full of Stars", 1994),Charmed (as "Necron" in episodes "A Witches Tale" 1 & 2),The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (Episode: No Man's Land. As outlaw brother Gill Swill),The X-Files andThe Greatest American Hero (as Dak Hampton in the episode "Rock 'n' Roll"). He also made three appearances onMatt Houston as a Navajo shaman turned assassin.
In the 1982 filmStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Scott playedJoachim, chief lieutenant ofKhan Noonien Singh. Despite having many lines of dialogue, Scott's name does not appear in the credits. According toTV Guide, Scott's agent was in negotiations with Paramount to get his name high billing in the movie, but the tactic backfired and somehow Scott wound up with no credit at all.[3] He played oppositeRicardo Montalbán, which resulted in a friendship that lasted until Montalbán's death in January 2009. When Montalbán received a lifetime achievement award in 2003, Scott was the presenter.[4]
Scott's next role in theStar Trek franchise was Sobi, a central character in "Symbiosis", a first-season episode ofStar Trek: The Next Generation. In this episode Scott played oppositeMerritt Butrick, who played Admiral Kirk's son inStar Trek II.
Scott also played aRomulan in the fourth-seasonStar Trek: Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle".[4]
Scott still makes appearances atscience fiction conventions and has his ownfan club composed mostly ofStar Trek fans.[5][6]
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