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Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

8 films · 621 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20082025

Born 21 October 1976 · Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Scott is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his accolades include a British Academy Television Award, Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival, and two Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

Scott first came to prominence portraying James Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock (2010–2017), for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. His role as the priest in the second series of Fleabag (2019) garnered him wider recognition. It earned him the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 621 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20082025

  • British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor2012
  • Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance2025
  • International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor2024
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor2023
  • Out1002023
  • Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2023
  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor2020
  • Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor2020
  • Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series2019
  • Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor2019
  • Irish Film & Television Awards2019
  • British Independent Film Awards2014

How their films are shot

Measured across 621 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Andrew takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 56% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Andrew takes.

Time of day

Day56%
Night35%
Interior5%

Lighting

Natural53%
Low key36%
High key8%

Shot size

Medium55%
Wide18%
Closeup16%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral62%
Tense18%
Lonely9%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 621 frames from Andrew Scott's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.