Campbell Scott Biography

Campbell Whalen Scott (born 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist.

Early life

Scott was born on July 19, 1961 in New York City, the son of actors George C. Scott and Canadian-born Colleen Dewhurst. He graduated from Lawrence University in 1983. His brother is Alexander Scott.

Career

In 1990, Scott played a lead role in the ground-breaking film Longtime Companion, which chronicles the early years of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and its impact upon a group of American friends. In the following year, Scott co-starred in the movie Dying Young (in which his mother also appeared) alongside Julia Roberts. He also appears in the 1992 movie Singles, and in 1996, he teamed up with Stanley Tucci to direct the film Big Night. The film met with critical acclaim and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival. For their work, Scott and Tucci won both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director.

In 2002, he was awarded the Best Actor prize from the National Board of Review for his notable performance in Roger Dodger. Scott starred in Six Degrees on ABC in 2006.

In 2005 / 2006, Scott served as the reader for the audiobook versions of Stephen King's bestsellers The Shining and Cell.

In 2007, Campbell Scott lent his voice for the narration of a Chevron Corporation television ad, as well as the critically acclaimed Iraq War documentary film, No End in Sight. Next up for Scott was the 2009 drama Handsome Harry. Scott also has a recurring role on the USA drama Royal Pains.

On August 28, 2009, TVGuide.com confirmed Campbell Scott was cast for the third season of Damages. Scott was a series regular, playing Joe Tobin, the son of indicted Bernie Madoff-like Louis Tobin (Len Cariou). The season aired from January to April 2010.

In May 2010, Campbell Scott provided the voice-over for a new Häagen-Dazs TV commercial called "Ode to Flavor". The ad was created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, directed by Noah Marshall with art direction by Croix Cagnon. He more recently played the role of Richard Parker, the father of Peter Parker, in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man.

Personal life

He has a son, Malcolm, born in 1998. He lives with his family in north west Connecticut.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Five Corners	Policeman
1990	'	George Tunner
	'	Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.	television miniseries
	Longtime Companion	Willy
1991	Dead Again	Doug
	Dying Young	Victor Geddes	Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
1992	Singles	Steve Dunne
1993	'	Leonard
1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Robert Benchley	Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor
1995	Let It Be Me	Dr. Gabriel Rodman
1996	'	Eddie Masler	Executive producer
	Big Night	Bob	Co-producer/Co-director Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best New Director Nominated "? Deauville Film Festival Grand Special Prize Award Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best First Film Nominated "? Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature
1997	'	Joseph A. ?Joe' Ross
1998	Hi-Life	Ray
	'	Scott Corrigan	Hallmark Hall of Fame television film
	'	Ben Carlyle	Showtime television film
	'	Meistrich
1999	Top of the Food Chain	Dr. Karel Lamonte
	Spring Forward	Fredrickson
	Lush	Lionel 'Ex' Exley
2000	Other Voices	John
	Hamlet	Hamlet	Director/Producer television film
2001	Delivering Milo	Kevin
	Follow The Stars Home	David McCune	television film
	Final	"?	Director/Producer
2002	'	Roger Hart	television film
	Roger Dodger	Roger Swanson	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Nominated "? Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor
2003	'	David Hurst	Producer Nominated "? Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
	Off the Map	"	Director/Producer Sarasota Film Festival Audience Award for Best Drama Taos Talking Picture Festivals Taos Land Grant Award
2004	Saint Ralph	Father George Hibbert	Nominated "? Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
	Marie and Bruce	Tommy
2005	Loverboy	Paul's Father
	'	Ethan Thomas
	Duma	Peter
	'	Jeffery Tishop	Producer
2006	Final Days of Planet Earth	William Phillips	television film
2007	Music and Lyrics	Sloan Cates
	Crashing	Richard McMurray
	No End in Sight	Narrator
2008	Phoebe in Wonderland	Principal Davis
	One Week	Narrator	Voice
2009	Handsome Harry	David Kagan
	'	Various Historical Figures	Voice
2009"present	Royal Pains	Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz	television series
2010	Damages	Joe Tobin	television series (13 episodes)
	Beware the Gonzo	Arthur Gilman
	God in America	Narrator	Voice
	Eye of the Hurricane	Bill Folsom
2011	Love, Lots of It	The Man
2012	'	Richard Parker
	Still Mine	Gary
	The Men Who Built America	Narrator	Four part miniseries docudrama