Scott Wright

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Role

Actor

Date of birth

10/02/1974

Place of birth

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK

Scott Wright

Biography

Scott started his acting career in Coronation Street playing series regular Sam Kingston. During his time on the street Scott was nominated for a National TV Award as most popular newcomer. Over the years Scott has gained several notable acting credits on TV with Granada TV's Crossroads and BBC's Doctors to name but a few. Added to this he played the title role in Merlin Film Internationals Tristan. Scott has been seen in ITV's Emmerdale, Channel 4's Shameless and BBC1'S Casualty. Outside television Scott has appeared in several notable national Theatre Tours including Bill Kenwrights adaptation of The Shawshank Redeption. Scott first displayed his singing talents nationally on Celebrity Stars in their Eyes and has since gone on to share the stage with multimillion selling artists such as David Cassidy, Alexander O'Neil and Motown legends Martha Reeves, Candi Staton and New Kids on The Block star Jordan Knight to name but a few. Scott also plays guitar and piano. Scott has recently appeared in ITV1's Midwinter of the Spirit, playing Anna Maxwell Martins' husband Sean Watkins. It also starred David Threlfall. In 2018 Scott started filming 'ThevTow Wolves'.

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