Dougray Scott is an actor of Scottish descent, known for his roles in such projects as Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Ripley's Game (2001), Hitman (2007), Hemlock Grove, and others. In the article, we will get acquainted with his biography and selected filmography.
Biography
Stephen Dougray was born in 1965 in Scotland in the city of Glenrothes, which stands in the heart of the County of Faif. He studied at Auchmuty High School and then entered the Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he proved to be a promising student. Even then, he was known under the stage name "Dougrey", associated with the name of his grandmother.
There were two marriages in the life of the actor. His first wife was Casting Directors Guild member Sarah Travis. But somehow they did not work out, and in 2007 Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani got married in Italy. He has children: twins Gabriel and Eden from his first marriage and son Milo Thomas from his new wife.
Multi-episode start
The actor began to climb the career ladder by participating in productions of the National Theater of Scotland and puppet shows. And he owes his first roles on television to such series as "Zorro"(1990–2011), Taggart (1983–2010) and Lovejoy (1986–2004). He also appeared in eleven episodes of Lucy Gannon's serial drama Soldier, Soldier (1991–1997). And in 1994 he got a small role in Michael Austin's melodrama Princess Caraboo.
Soon Dougray Scott joined the cast of Kevin Allen's crime film City of Twins (1997). In the same year, he starred in the melodrama Ann Gourso "Love in Paris" (1997). He then played a supporting character in Mimi Leder's disaster film Deep Impact (1998). He played the role of Prince Henry in Andy Tennant's romantic drama A Love Story (1998). And, finally, he got one of the main roles in David Kane's comedy-drama This Year's Love (1999).
One of the best roles awaited the actor even before he took part in the filming of Steve Barron's two-part adventure film "Arab Adventures" (2000). Then Dougray was offered to star with Tom Cruise in John Woo's spy thriller Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). He played the film's main antagonist, bioweapon owner Sean Ambrose. And in many ways, the financial success of the picture is his merit.
More lead roles
In 2001, Dougray Scott played the brilliant mathematician Thomas Jericho in Michael Apted's thriller Enigma. A year later, together with John Malkovich, he starred in the thriller Ripley's Game by Liliana Cavani about a vengeful and bloody swindler. And then he got two more leading roles in such projects as Kill the King (2003) and Poet (2003).
Nextfollowed by the role of the top scorer of the football team named Cus in Simon Shore's British comedy Do It Before 30 (2004). He played the lawyer, Archie Gray, in John Hay's melodrama The Whole Truth About Love (2005). He tried on the image of the ex-husband of the main character in the horror film Dark Water by W alter Salles (2005). And a year later he got the role of Moses in Robert Dornhelm's mini-series The Ten Commandments (2006). He also played Brother Sulus in Glenn Standring's horror film Perfect Creature (2006).
From 2006 to 2007, Dougray Scott took part in the filming of 17 episodes of Mark Cherry's comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004-2017). He played one of the main roles in the action movie Hitman (2007) by Xavier Jahns. A year later, he appeared in Paolo Barzman's television thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008). And until 2010, he received the main roles in four more projects: "Day of the Triffids" (mini-series, 2009), "New City Killers" (2008), "Diplomat" (2009) and "Father and Son" (mini-series, 2009).
What else to see?
In 2011, Dougray Scott received several roles at once. The actor's filmography was replenished with Roland Joffé's biographical drama "Dragons Dwell There" about a priest who founded the religious organization Opus Dei. In the same year, together with David Tennant, he starred in James Strong's historical drama United. Munich tragedy. And then he appeared in James Hacking's drama Love and Cuisine (2011), where he played former chef and London restaurant owner Rob Haley.
In 2013, the actor played Niles York in Roel Rein's fantasy action movie Death Race 3: Hell. He was Lewis Shaler in Omid Nushin's thriller The Last Passenger (2013). Played Norman Godfrey in Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman's mystical thriller Hemlock Grove (2013-2015). And Archie, one of the zombie hunters, in Steve Barker's post-apocalyptic horror film The Resort (2015).
Extreme roles
In 2015, the horror film "Vatican Tapes" was released, in which the actor got a supporting role. He then appeared in two episodes of Fear the Walking Dead (2015 - …). He got the lead role in the TV series Harley and the Davidson Brothers (2016). Played in all three episodes of the British mini-series Changeling (2017). He can also be seen as Vic Hill, the legendary bank robber, in the television series Snatch (2017 - …).
Of course, this is only part of the projects in which Dougray Scott starred. All films are a longer list, including short films, cartoons, as well as films in which the actor played very minor roles.
