Scott Foley Biography

Scott Kellerman Foley (born July 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Foley is known for roles in television shows such as The Unit, Felicity, and Scandal, and in films such as Scream 3. He has also guest starred in series including Dawson's Creek, and House.

Early life

Foley was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the first of three boys for Connie and Hugh Foley. His father was an international banker, and the family lived in Japan and Australia during Foley's childhood. The family settled in St. Louis, Missouri when Scott was 15 years old. His mother died from ovarian cancer when he was a young boy. Foley attended Ladue High School, before graduating from Clayton High School. His ancestry is Northern European: English, German, Irish and Scottish.

Career

Foley's breakthrough role was playing Noel Crane on Felicity. Foley has had recurring guest appearances on Scrubs as Elliot Reid's boyfriend, Sean Kelly, and on Dawson's Creek as Cliff.

Foley was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain for his role in Scream 3. Aside from acting, Foley directed one episode of Felicity (called "The Graduate"), one episode of Monk, called Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month, in season 3, and three episodes of Scandal. In addition, he had a starring role as Sergeant First Class Bob Brown in the CBS military drama The Unit, during its four-season run, and directed one episode. He guest-starred as a drug-addicted baseball pitcher on House. He also produced the sitcom A.U.S.A., on which he appeared.

Foley appeared in three episodes of ABC's comedy Cougar Town. He signed on to play a businessman being shown houses by the show's resident real estate agent, Jules, played by Courteney Cox, reuniting with her nine years after Scream 3. Foley and Cox's characters began dating, but it ended quickly.

After appearing on Shonda Rhimes' Grey's Anatomy, Foley appeared as a guest star on the second season of her hit show Scandal as Captain Jake Ballard. Later that year he was added as a regular to the cast.

Foley is set to portray the lead character in ABC's upcoming drama Whiskey Cavalier, which has been ordered to pilot for the 2018-19 season.

Directing

Foley made his feature film writing and directing debut in 2013 with Let's Kill Ward's Wife. Foley's wife, Marika Domi?czyk, and his brother-in-law Patrick Wilson star in the film, along with Donald Faison, Amy Acker and Nicollette Sheridan.

Personal life

On October 19, 2000, Foley married actress Jennifer Garner, whom he met when she guest-starred on Felicity. Foley and Garner separated in March 2003 and Garner filed for divorce in May 2003.

Foley became engaged to actress Marika Dominczyk in 2006, and in June 2007, the two wed in a private ceremony in Hawaii. They have three children: daughter Malina and sons Keller and Konrad (b. November 13, 2014).

Through that marriage, he became the brother-in-law of actress Dagmara Dominczyk, his wife's sister, who is married to the actor Patrick Wilson.

In episode 2 season 7 of the genealogy reality program Who Do You Think You Are?, it was revealed that Foley had an ancestor, Samuel Wardwell, who was a defendant in the Salem witch trials. Another ancestor, Simon Wardwell, was a member of then General George Washington's "Life Guard" during the Revolutionary War.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Scream 3	Roman Bridger
2000	Self Storage	Zack Griffey	Short film
2001	Stealing Time	Casey Shepard
2002	Below	Steven Coors
2014	Let's Kill Ward's Wife	Tom Bradford	Also writer, director, and producer
2014	Mr Maple Leaf	Max Wexler	Short film
2017	Naked	Cody Favors

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Sweet Valley High	Zack	Episode: "Blunder Alley"
1997	Crowned and Dangerous	Matt	TV film
1997	Step by Step	Jeremy Beck	Episode: "A Star Is Born"
1998	Dawson's Creek	Cliff Elliot	5 episodes
1998	Someone to Love Me	Ian Hall	TV film
1998	Forever Love	David	TV film
1998-2002	Felicity	Noel Crane	84 episodes
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Montana Kennedy	2 episodes
2002	Girls Club	Wayne Henry	Episode: "Pilot"
2002-2009	Scrubs	Sean Kelly	12 episodes
2003	A.U.S.A.	Adam Sullivan	8 episodes
2004	Jack & Bobby	Lars Christopher	Episode: "Election Night"
2005	House	Hank Wiggen	Episode: "Sports Medicine"
2006	Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone	Clay Harding	TV film
2006-2009	'	Bob Brown	69 episodes
2009	'	Sean Daley	Miniseries
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dalton Rindell	Episode: "Hammered"
2009-2010	Cougar Town	Jeff	4 episodes
2010	True Blue	Peter Callahan	TV film
2010	Open Books	Dylan	TV film
2010-2012	Grey's Anatomy	Henry Burton	15 episodes
2011	'	David	TV film
2011-2012	True Blood	Patrick Devins	10 episodes
2013	'	Henry Goodwin	8 episodes
2013-2018	Scandal	Jake Ballard	100 episodes
2015-2016	Undateable	TV's Scott Foley	4 episodes
2016	Goldie & Bear	Prince Charming	2 episodes
2017	Insecure	Master Turnfellow	2 episodes
2017	Final Vision	Jeffrey MacDonald	TV Film
2019	Whiskey Cavalier	Will Chase	Lead role

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Location
2003	The Violet Hour	Denis McCleary	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway
2005	The Cherry Orchard	Peter Trofimov	Atlantic Theater Company, Off-Broadway
2014	The Country House	Michael Astor	Geffen Playhouse, Westwood