Scott Speedman
Scott Speedman was born in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom on September 1st, 1975 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 49, Scott Speedman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Robert Scott Speedman (born September 1, 1975) is a British-Canadian film and television actor.
He is best known for his role in the coming-of-age drama television series Felicity, Lycan–Vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror–action films Underworld, and Barry "Baz" Blackwell in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom.
Duets, Dark Blue, XXX: State of the Union, The Strangers, Barney's Version, and The Vow are among his film credits.
Early life
Speedman was born in London to Scottish parents Mary (née Campbell), a primary school teacher and champion runner, and Roy Speedman (1944-1989), a department store purchaser. Tracey, his brother's sister, died of cancer on February 8, 2016. He and his family immigrated to Toronto at the age of four. He was a champion swimmer who attended Earl Haig Secondary School's now defunct gifted athlete program. Speedman placed ninth at the 1992 Olympic trials as a member of Canada's Junior National Swimming Team. He was forced to leave the sport after suffering from a neck injury the day before. Speedman became interested in acting in order to shift the focus away from athletics to acting. He went on to study his craft at the University of Toronto and York University.
Personal life
He began dating Lindsay Rae Hofmann in 2017. Hofmann's first child, who was born in May 2021, announced her pregnancy. On October 26, 2021, the couple welcomed Pfieffer Lucia, their daughter.
Career
Encouraged by a friend to appear on Speaker's Corner, a viewer open-forum run by Toronto's Citytv, Speedman expressed interest in auditioning for the role of Robin in the film Batman Forever, which was being cast in Toronto at the time. Though the appearance earned him an audition, Speedman was not cast in the role, which was ultimately given to Chris O'Donnell. The audition did, however, give Speedman the exposure he needed and he quickly arranged an agent and began auditioning for Canadian television and film roles.
Speedman made his television debut in 1995, appearing in an episode of the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, followed by a recurring role in the series Nancy Drew that same year. After appearing in several small TV roles, Speedman decided to go to New York City to study for a short time at the Neighborhood Playhouse before dropping out and returning home to Toronto. His big break came when he got a call from an American casting agent who wanted him to audition for a new series called Felicity. Portraying brooding college student Ben Covington opposite overnight star Keri Russell as Felicity, Speedman received much acclaim on the popular series. Soon after Felicity, Speedman began to get offers for more prominent roles while working on the series. In 2000, Speedman was given the role of Billy Hannan opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in the film Duets.
After ending a four-year run on Felicity, Speedman quickly found success in film. In 2002, he was cast in his first major starring role in a feature, portraying an inexperienced LAPD detective caught in a web of corruption, opposite Kurt Russell, in the police drama Dark Blue. Next, Speedman portrayed the husband of a terminally ill woman opposite fellow Canadian and high-school alumna Sarah Polley in the independent drama My Life Without Me. Speedman won a "Golden Wave Award" for his work on the film.
Later in 2003, Speedman starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in the supernatural thriller film Underworld. Making an impression on audiences in the stylized vampire–werewolf film, Speedman was honored with a Saturn Award in the category "Cinescape Face of the Future Award". Then, he went on to star alongside James Marsden in the thriller The 24th Day and Ice Cube in XXX: State of the Union. Upon the success of the first Underworld film, Speedman reprised his role as Michael Corvin in the 2006 sequel Underworld: Evolution. He appeared alongside Willem Dafoe in Anamorph and Wes Bentley in Weirdsville. Speedman also starred with Liv Tyler in the 2008 horror–thriller The Strangers, and alongside Rachel Blanchard in the mystery drama Adoration, directed by Atom Egoyan.
In July 2009, it was reported that Speedman was to star alongside Dustin Hoffman among others in the film adaption of Barney's Version. Pre-production began in August 2009, and filming took place in Rome, New York and Canada. Speedman also starred in the independent Western The Last Rites of Ransom Pride alongside Lizzy Caplan and Dwight Yoakam. Archive footage of Speedman from the previous Underworld films was used in the 2012 & 2016 sequels, Awakening and Blood Wars; his facial likeness was superimposed on a stand-in for his character's brief role in the film. He had a supporting role as Jeremy in The Vow.
Speedman last starred as XO Sam Kendal in the ABC military drama series Last Resort, which premiered on September 27, 2012.
In June 2013, Speedman was selected to star in Ryan Murphy's HBO production called Open alongside Wes Bentley. In 2014, he co-starred with Julia Stiles in Lluís Quílez Sala thriller film Out of the Dark. He starred in various independent films such as Barefoot, The Captive, and The Monster.
He starred as Barry "Baz" Blackwell in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom until the first episode of season 3. In 2018, he had a guest role on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Nick Marsh, before becoming a series regular in season 18.
In October 2020, it was announced that Speedman had been cast in the recurring role of Matthew Engler on the third season of the Netflix thriller series You.