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Born to an Irish father and English mother, Scott Handy graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in English. He was also a choral scholar and, in addition to singing, he plays saxophone and was a member of the boy pop group Ice Cold in Alice in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Scott studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and, since graduation, has returned there on a number of occasions as a visiting director as well as being on the visiting faculty at LAMDA. He has presented theatrical work-shops all over the world, often for the Cheek By Jowl Company - with whom he spent three years - and the Royal Shakespeare Company for whom he has played a number of leading roles. He worked for a year for Peter Brook in Paris, as well as with the New York experimental company The Wooster Group. He is long time collaborator with Rupert Goold, playing the title role in Faustus, and playing Antonio opposite Patrick Stewart's Shylock. Though best known as a stage player he has made many forays into film and has also joined the vast roll-call of those actors being investigated by Poirot and Barnaby of 'Midsomer Murders' on British television. In 2013 he joined the huge ensemble cast of the BBC's epic period serial 'The Village.' His cinematic work includes Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon', Tim Burton's 'Miss Peregrine's Home for peculiar children' and Heath Ledger's break-out movie 'A knight's Tale'. He is married to the Greek Cypriot film actress Agni Scott and lives in South East London with their two children.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

played Trigorin in &#39;The Seagull&#39; at the Bristol Old Vic directed by Robert Bowman

played Faustus in &#39;The Tragedy of Faustus&#39; at the Royal Theatre Northampton directed by Rupert Goulde

played David in &#39;Victoria&#39; world premier at the Barbican, London for the Royal Shakespeare company directed by Ian Brown

Played Sandy in &#39;Hay Fever&#39; in London&#39;s West End directed by Declan Donnellan

Played Orsino in &#39;Twelth Night&#39; for the Royal Shakespeare company directed by Adrian Noble

Played Ariel in &#39;The Tempest&#39; for the Royal Shakespeare company directed by Adrian Noble

Played Bassanio in &#39;The Merchant of Venice&#39; for the Royal Shakespeare company directed by Greg Doran

Played Ferdinand in &#39;The Duchess of Malfi&#39; for Cheek by Jowl, West End and World tour directed by Declan Donnellan

Played Orland in &#39;As You Like It&#39; for Cheek by Jowl, West end and World Tour directed by Declan Donnellan

Played Eric in &#39;An Inspector Calls&#39; at the Aldwych Theatre, London West end directed by Stephen Daldry

Played Arthur in &#39;Teeth and Smiles&#39; for the Sheffield Crucible directed by Anna Makmin

Extensive radio work includes playing Ariel in &#39;The Tempest&#39; to Ian McKellan&#39;s Prospero. Naxos recording.

Played Peter Cook in &#39;Come Again&#39; at the Assembley Rooms, the Edinburgh Festival

Played Horatio in &#39;Hamlet&#39; at the Bouffe du Nord theatre in Paris and on World Tour directed by Peter Brook.

Played Malcolm in Macbeth directed by Rupert Goold in Chichester, the west end and on Broadway

(2006) He acted in Rupert Goold and Ben Power&#39;s translation of Christopher Marlowe&#39;s play, &quot;Faustus,&quot; at the Hampstead Theatre in Hampstead, London, England with Jake Maskall, Sophie Hunter, Mark Lockyer, and Stephen Noonan in the cast. Rupert Goold was also director.

(1998) He acted in William Shakespeare&#39;s play, &quot;The Tempest,&quot; in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with David Calder, Penny Layden, Robert Glenister, Colin George, Alfred Burke, and Barry Stanton in the cast. Adrian Noble was director.

(1999) He acted in Noel Coward&#39;s play, &quot;Hay Fever,&quot; at the Savoy Theatre in London, England with Geraldine McEwan, Peter Blythe, Sylvestre Le Touzel, Malcolm Sinclair, Cathryn Bradshaw, and Stephen Mangan in the cast. Declan Donnellan was director.

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