Coordinates	15°48′00″N47°54′00″N
name	Ridley Scott
birth date	November 30, 1937
birth place	South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
death date
occupation	Film director, film producer
years active	1965–present
spouse	Felicity Heywood,(m. 1964–1975, divorced)Sandy Watson(m. 1979–1989, divorced)
children	''With Felicity Heywood''Jake (born 1965)Luke (born 1968)''With Sandy Watson''Jordan (born 1978) }}

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. His films include ''The Duellists'' (1977), ''Alien'' (1979), ''Blade Runner'' (1982), ''Legend'' (1985), ''Thelma & Louise'' (1991), ''G. I. Jane'' (1997), ''Gladiator'' (2000), ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001), ''Hannibal'' (2001), ''Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), ''American Gangster'' (2007), ''Body of Lies'' (2008), and ''Robin Hood'' (2010).

Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing, as well as Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. He was knighted in the 2003 New Year honours. In 2011, Scott is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is the older brother of film director Tony Scott.

Background

Scott was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, the son of Elizabeth and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the family moved around, living in (among other areas) Cumbria, Wales and Germany. He has a younger brother, Tony, also a film director. After the Second World War, the Scott family moved back to their native north-east England, eventually settling in Teesside (whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in ''Blade Runner''). He enjoyed watching films, and his favourites include ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Citizen Kane'' and ''Seven Samurai''. Scott studied in Teesside from 1954 to 1958, at Grangefield Grammar School and later in West Hartlepool College of Art, graduating with a Diploma in Design.

He went on to study at the Royal College of Art, contributing to the college magazine, ''ARK'', and helping to establish its film department. For his final show, he made a black and white short film, ''Boy and Bicycle'', starring his younger brother, Tony Scott, and his father. The film's main visual elements would become features of Scott's later work; it was issued on the 'Extras' section of ''The Duellists'' DVD. After graduation in 1963, he secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series ''Z-Cars'' and the science fiction series ''Out of the Unknown''. Scott was an admirer of Stanley Kubrick early in his development as a director.

He was assigned to design the second ''Doctor Who'' serial, ''The Daleks'', which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before Scott was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick.

In 1968, Ridley and Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company. Five members of the Scott family are directors, all working for RSA. Brother Tony has been a successful film director for more than two decades; sons, Jake and Luke are both acclaimed commercials directors as is his daughter, Jordan Scott. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles and Luke is based in London.

In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.

Early career

Working with Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson, Hugh Johnson at RSA during the 1970s, Scott made television commercials in the UK including most notably the 1974 Hovis advert, "Bike Round" (New World Symphony), which was filmed in Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Early films

''The Duellists''

''The Duellists'' of 1977 was Ridley Scott's first feature film. It was produced in Europe and won a Best Debut Film medal at the Cannes Film Festival but made limited commercial impact in the US. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it featured two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud (played by Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel). Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out feud over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. The film is lauded for its historically authentic portrayal of Napoleonic uniforms and military conduct, as well as its accurate early-19th-century fencing techniques recreated by fight choreographer William Hobbs.

''Alien''

Scott's box office disappointment with ''The Duellists'' was compounded by the success received by Alan Parker with American-backed films — Scott admitted he was "ill for a week" with envy. Scott had originally planned to next adapt a version of ''Tristan and Iseult'', but after seeing ''Star Wars'', he became convinced of the potential of large scale, effects-driven films. He therefore accepted the job of directing ''Alien'', the ground-breaking 1979 horror/science-fiction film that would give him international recognition.

While Scott would not direct the three ''Alien'' sequels, the female action hero Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), introduced in the first film, would become a cinematic icon. Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the film including media interviews for its promotion. At this time Scott indicated that he had been in discussions to make the fifth and final film in the ''Alien'' franchise. However, in a 2006 interview, the director remarked that he had been unhappy about ''Alien: The Director's Cut'', feeling that the original was "pretty flawless" and that the additions were merely a marketing tool.

''Blade Runner''

After a year working on the film adaptation of ''Dune'', and following the sudden death of his brother Frank, Scott signed to direct the film version of Philip K. Dick's novel ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?''. Starring Harrison Ford and featuring an acclaimed soundtrack by Vangelis, ''Blade Runner'' was a disappointment in theatres in 1982 and was pulled shortly thereafter. Scott's notes were used by Warner Brothers to create a rushed director's cut in 1991 which removed the voiceovers and modified the ending. Scott personally supervised a digital restoration of ''Blade Runner'' and approved the ''Final Cut''. This version was released in Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto cinemas on 5 October 2007, and as an elaborate DVD release on 18 December 2007. Today ''Blade Runner'' is often ranked by critics as one of the most important science fiction films of the 20th century and is usually discussed along with William Gibson's novel ''Neuromancer'' as initiating the cyberpunk genre. Scott regards ''Blade Runner'' as his "most complete and personal film".

"1984" Apple Macintosh commercial

In 1984 Scott directed the television commercial ''1984'', written by Steve Hayden and Lee Clow, produced by Chiat/Day, and starring Anya Major as the unnamed heroine and David Graham as "Big Brother". It was released for a single airing in the United States on 22 January 1984 during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. It introduced the Macintosh for the first time and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece".

''1984'' used the unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by her white tank top with a Picasso-style picture of Apple’s Macintosh computer on it) as a means of saving humanity from "conformity" (Big Brother).

These images were an allusion to George Orwell's noted novel, ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', which described a dystopian future ruled by a fictional "Big Brother".

''Legend''

In 1985 Scott directed ''Legend'', a fantasy film produced by Arnon Milchan. Having not tackled the fairy tale genre, Scott decided to create a "once upon a time" film set in a world of fairies, princesses, and goblins. Scott cast Tom Cruise as the film's hero, Jack, Mia Sara as Princess Lily, and Tim Curry as the Satan-Horned Lord of Darkness. A series of problems with both principal photography, including the destruction of the forest set by fire, and post-production (including heavy editing and substitution of Jerry Goldsmith's original score with a score by Tangerine Dream) hampered the film's release. ''Legend'' received scathing reviews.

1987–92

Scott made ''Someone to Watch Over Me'', a romantic police drama starring Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco and Mimi Rogers in 1987, and ''Black Rain'', a 1989 cop drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy García, shot partially in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Both achieved mild success at the box office.

''Thelma & Louise'' (1991) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, and Susan Sarandon as Louise, was successful, and revived Scott's reputation. However, his next project—an independent movie, ''1492: Conquest of Paradise''—was less successful. It is a visually striking film telling the story of Christopher Columbus. However, it was a box office failure, and Scott did not release another film for four years.

Recent career

In 1995, with his brother Tony, Scott formed the film and television production company, Scott Free Productions in Los Angeles. All his subsequent feature films, starting with ''White Squall'' and ''G.I. Jane'', starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen, were produced under the Scott Free banner. Also in 1995 the two brothers purchased controlling interest in Shepperton Studios, which later merged with Pinewood Studios. Scott and his brother have produced the CBS series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010), a crime drama about a genius mathematician who helps the FBI solve crimes, and ''The Good Wife'' (2009–), a legal drama concerning an attorney continuing her law practice while coping with her husband, a former state attorney trying to rebuild his political career after a major scandal.

''Gladiator'' 2000–2005

The huge success of Scott's film ''Gladiator'' (2000) has been credited with reviving the nearly defunct "sword and sandal" historical genre. Scott then turned to ''Hannibal'', the sequel to Jonathan Demme's ''The Silence of the Lambs''. In 2001, Scott released the war film, ''Black Hawk Down'', which further established his position as a critically and financially successful film maker. The film won two Oscars.

In 2003 Scott directed ''Matchstick Men'', adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman. It received mostly positive reviews and performed moderately at the box office. In 2005 he made the modestly successful ''Kingdom of Heaven'', a movie about the Crusades which consciously sought to connect history to current events. The Moroccan government sent the Moroccan cavalry as extras in the epic battle scenes.

Unhappy with the theatrical version of the film (which he blamed on paying too much attention to the opinions of preview audiences), Scott supervised a director's cut of ''Kingdom of Heaven'', which was released on DVD in 2006. In an interview to promote the latter, when asked if he was against previewing in general, Scott stated: "It depends who's in the driving seat. If you've got a lunatic doing my job, then you need to preview. But a good director should be experienced enough to judge what he thinks is the correct version to go out into the cinema."

2006–present

Scott teamed up again with ''Gladiator'' star Russell Crowe, directing the movie ''A Good Year'', based on the best-selling book. The film was released on 10 November 2006, with a score by Marc Streitenfeld. Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and Subsidiary studio 20th Century Fox (who backed the film) dismissed ''A Good Year'' as "a flop" at a shareholders' meeting only a few days after the film's release.

Scott's next directorial work was on ''American Gangster'', the story of real-life drug kingpin Frank Lucas. He was the third director to attempt the project after Antoine Fuqua and Terry George. Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro had been cast in the initial Steven Zaillian-scripted project under the working title ''Tru Blu'', both actors having been paid salaries of $20 m and $15 m respectively without doing any production on the film. Following George's departure, Scott took over the project in early 2006. He had Zaillian rewrite the script to focus on the dynamic between Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Washington signed back on to the project as Lucas, and Crowe signed on to play Roberts. The film finally premiered in November 2007 to positive reviews and good box office. In late 2008 Scott released the espionage thriller ''Body of Lies'' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Crowe once again which opened to luke-warm ticket-sales and mixed reviews.

Scott directed an adaptation of Robin Hood titled ''Robin Hood'', which starred Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, and which was released on 13 May 2010 in Australia and 14 May 2010 in America. The film also starred Max von Sydow and Mark Strong.

Scott and his brother Tony produced the film adaptation of the 1980s TV cult classic ''The A-Team'', which was directed by Joe Carnahan and released on 11 June 2010.

Scott's most recent film is ''Prometheus'', and is due for release in July 2012.

Planned projects

In October 2007, it was announced that Scott would be directing ''Blood Meridian'', a movie adaptation of the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. It was later announced in 2008 that Todd Field had taken over the position.

In April 2008, Scott announced his new project, ''The Kind One'', a period drama set for release in 2012. The film will star recent Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck. It is based on the novel of the same name by screenwriter Tom Epperson.

On 12 October 2008, Scott confirmed that after a 25 year wait for the rights to become available, he is making a return to science fiction with a film adaptation of the book ''The Forever War'' by Joe Haldeman. He was looking for a script writer. In March 2009, Scott confirmed that the film would be in 3D citing James Cameron's ''Avatar'' as an inspiration for doing so. "I'm filming a book by Joe Haldeman called ''Forever War''. I've got a good writer doing it. I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. It's going to be phenomenal."

Another science fiction project to which Scott has been attached is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's ''Brave New World'', with Leonardo DiCaprio also attached.

On 31 July 2009, news of a two part prequel to ''Alien'' surfaced, with Ridley attached to direct. The film is being developed by 20th Century Fox.. In August 2011, information leaked about production of a new installment by Alcon Entertainment, with Alcon partners Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.

Scott announced on 15 October 2009 that he will direct a film adaptation of the ''Red Riding'' trilogy.

On 6 July 2010, YouTube announced the launch of ''Life In A Day'', an experimental documentary that will be executive produced by Scott. It will incorporate footage shot on 24 July 2010 that is submitted by YouTube users from around the world.

Personal life

Ridley Scott was married to Felicity Heywood from 1964 to 1975. The couple had two sons, Jake and Luke, both of whom work as directors on Scott's production company Ridley Scott Associates. Scott later married advertising executive Sandy Watson in 1979, with whom he had a daughter, Jordan Scott, and divorced in 1989.

His current partner is the actress Giannina Facio, whom he has cast in all his movies since ''White Squall'' except ''American Gangster''. He divides his time between homes in London, France, and Los Angeles.

Approach and style

Scott was not initially considered an actors' director , but has become more receptive to ideas from his cast as his career has developed. Examples include Susan Sarandon's suggestions that the character of Louise pack shoes in plastic bags in one scene of ''Thelma & Louise'', and another where her character exchanges jewelry for a hat and other items— and Tim Robbins' collaboration with Scott and Susan Sarandon to rework the final scene with a more upbeat ending. Russell Crowe commented, "I like being on Ridley's set because actors can perform [...] and the focus is on the performers." Paul M. Sammon, in his book ''Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner'', commented in an interview with Brmovie.com that Scott's relationship with his actors has improved considerably over the years.

On the other hand, he can be a demanding and difficult director to work for. He was nicknamed "Guvnor" in the ''Blade Runner'' production. Several crew members wore protest t-shirts with slogans such as "Yes Guvnor, my ass" and "Will Rogers never met Ridley Scott" in reference to Will Rogers' most famous quotation, "I never met a man I didn't like". This was mainly in response to the way that Scott directed his first American crew, which some considered too harsh.

His striking visual style, incorporating a detailed approach to production design and innovative, atmospheric lighting, has been influential on a subsequent generation of filmmakers — many of whom have imitated his style. Scott commonly uses slow pacing until the action sequences. Examples include ''Alien'' and ''Blade Runner''; the ''LA Times'' critic Sheila Benson, for example, would call the latter "Blade Crawler" "because it's so damn slow". Another technique he employs is use of sound or music to build tension, as heard in ''Alien'', with hissing steam, beeping computers and the noise of the machinery in the space ship.

Scott has developed a method for filming intricate shots as swiftly as possible:

"I like working, always, with a minimum of three cameras. [...] So those 50 set-ups [a day] might only be 25 set-ups except I'm covering in the set-up. So you're finished. I mean, if you take a little bit more time to prep on three cameras, or if it's a big stunt, eleven cameras, and — whilst it may take 45 minutes to set up — then when you're ready you say 'Action!', and you do three takes, two takes and is everybody happy? You say, 'Yeah, that's it.' So you move on."

Although Scott is often known for his painterly directorial style, other techniques and elements include: Strong female characters.

Some of his movies feature strong conflicts between father and son that usually end with the latter killing the former (''Blade Runner'', ''Gladiator'') or witnessing the event (''Kingdom of Heaven'', ''Robin Hood''). The Lord of Darkness in ''Legend'' also mentions his "father" on a few occasions. As part of the conflict between father and son there are some repetitive scenes: in ''Gladiator'', the son hugs the father seemingly as an expression of love but this embrace turns into the suffocation and death of the father. There is a similar sequence in ''Blade Runner''.

Scott utilises cityscapes as an emphasis to his storytelling (i.e., a futuristic Los Angeles in ''Blade Runner'', Tokyo in ''Black Rain'', Jerusalem in ''Kingdom of Heaven'').

In ''Gladiator'', ''Blade Runner'' and ''Kingdom of Heaven'', a son gets to know his father when he is grown up. Other common elements are that the mother is not seen, and that the son or father is seen performing his last actions. For example, Roy Batty is dying when he saves Deckard, Maximus dies after killing Commodus and Godfrey of Ibelin kills some enemies after he has been mortally wounded by an arrow. In addition, the hero is saved from death before attaining his greatest deeds: Deckard is saved by Rachel, Maximus is saved by a slave and Balian is saved by a Muslim enemy. Similar situations can be seen in Tony Scott's ''Man on Fire''.

Military and officer classes as characters reflecting his father's career, such as in ''G.I. Jane'' and ''Black Hawk Down'' and ''Kingdom of Heaven''.

Storyboarding his films extensively. These illustrations, when made by himself, have been referred to as "Ridleygrams" in DVD releases.

Like Stanley Kubrick, Scott was once known for requesting a great many takes. This was evident on ''Blade Runner'': the crew nicknamed the movie "Blood Runner" because of this.

He often makes use of classical music (the Hovis advertisements, ''Someone to Watch Over Me'').

Extensive use of smoke and other atmospheres (in ''Alien'', ''Blade Runner'' and ''Black Rain''), plus fans and fan-like objects (''Blade Runner'', ''Black Rain'' and the large Boeing jet engines in the ''1984'' TV advertisement). Fans are also used in ''Hannibal'', for symbolic purposes.

Consistency in his choice of composers, using Jerry Goldsmith (''Alien'' and ''Legend''), Vangelis (''Blade Runner'' and ''1492: Conquest of Paradise'') or Hans Zimmer (''Black Rain'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''Gladiator'', ''Hannibal'', ''Black Hawk Down'' and ''Matchstick Men''). Scott has also twice used songs by Sting during the film credits ("Valparaiso" for ''White Squall'' and "Someone to Watch Over Me" for the movie of the same title).

DVD format and director's cut

Scott is known for his enthusiasm for the DVD format, providing audio commentaries and interviews for all his films where possible. In the July 2006 issue of ''Total Film'' magazine, he stated: "After all the work we go through, to have it run in the cinema and then disappear forever is a great pity. To give the film added life is really cool for both those who missed it and those who really loved it."

Running alongside his enthusiasm for DVD, Scott is sometimes considered the "father" of the director's cut, a description which is somewhat ironic considering that the impetus to produce such versions has sometimes begun with other parties. The positive reaction to the ''Blade Runner'' Director's Cut encouraged Scott to re-cut several movies that were a disappointment at the time of their release (including ''Legend'' and ''Kingdom of Heaven''). Today the practice of alternative cuts is more commonplace, though often as a way to make a film stand out in the DVD marketplace by adding new material.

Awards

Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing: for ''Thelma & Louise'', ''Gladiator'' and ''Black Hawk Down'', as well as a Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy Award. He has won 3 British Academy Awards for the film ''Blade Runner''. He was knighted in the 2003 New Year honours.

Awards and important nominations

Awards

Cannes

* 1977: ''The Duellists''

Saturn Awards

* 1979: ''Alien''

Important nominations

Academy Awards

* 1991: ''Thelma & Louise''

* 2000: ''Gladiator''

* 2001: ''Black Hawk Down''

Golden Globe

* 2000: ''Gladiator''

* 2006: ''American Gangster''

BAFTA

* 1991: ''Thelma & Louise'' (Best Film)

* 1991: ''Thelma & Louise'' (Best Director)

* 2000: ''Gladiator'' (Best Director)

* 2006: ''American Gangster'' (Best Film)

Box office performance

! Date	! Movie	! Studio	! United States gross	! Worldwide gross	! Theatres	! Opening weekend	! Opening theatres	! Budget
1977	''The Duellists''	Par.						$900,000
1979		Fox	$80,931,801	$104,931,801	757	$3,527,881	91	$11,000,000
1982	''Blade Runner''	WB	$32,768,670	$33,139,618	1,325	$6,150,002	1,295	$28,000,000
1985		Uni.	$15,502,112		1,187	$4,261,154	1,187	$30,000,000
1987		Col.	$10,278,549		894	$2,908,796	892	$17,000,000
1989		Par.	$46,212,055	$134,212,055	1,760	$9,677,102	1,610	$30,000,000
1991	''Thelma & Louise''	MGM	$45,360,915		1,180	$6,101,297	1,179	$16,500,000
1992	''1492: Conquest of Paradise''	Par.	$7,191,399		1,008	$3,002,680	1,008	$47,000,000
1996		BV	$10,292,300		1,524	$3,908,514	1,524	$38,000,000
1997	''G.I. Jane''	BV	$48,169,156		2,043	$11,094,241	1,945	$50,000,000
2000		DW	$187,705,427	$457,640,427	3,188	$34,819,017	2,938	$103,000,000
2001		MGM	$165,092,268	$351,692,268	3,292	$58,003,121	3,230	$87,000,000
2001		Sony	$108,638,745	$172,989,651	3,143	$179,823	4	$92,000,000
2003	''Matchstick Men''	WB	$36,906,460	$65,565,672	2,711	$13,087,307	2,711	N/A
2005		Fox	$47,398,413	$211,652,051	3,219	$19,635,996	3,216	$130,000,000
2006	''A Good Year''	Fox	$7,459,300	$42,056,466	2,067	$3,721,526	2,066	$35,000,000
2007		Uni.	$130,164,645	$265,697,825	3,110	$43,565,115	3,054	$100,000,000
2008		WB	$39,394,666	$115,321,950	2,714	$12,884,416	2,710	$70,000,000
2010		Uni.	$105,269,730	$321,669,730	3,505	$36,063,385	3,503	$155,000,000
2012		Fox

Filmography

''Alien (film) ''Blade Runner'' ''Legend (film) ''Someone to Watch Over Me (film) ''Black Rain (American film) ''Thelma & Louise'' ''1492: Conquest of Paradise'' ''White Squall (film) ''G.I. Jane'' ''Gladiator (2000 film) ''Hannibal (film) style="text-align:center;" ''Matchstick Men (film) ''Kingdom of Heaven (film) ''A Good Year'' ''American Gangster (film) ''Body of Lies (film) ''Robin Hood (2010 film) ''Prometheus (film)

rowspan=2	Year	Film	! colspan=2
Nominations	Wins
1977	''The Duellists''
1979	Alien'' ||	2	1
1982	|	2
1985	Legend'' ||	1
1987	Someone to Watch Over Me'' ||
1989	Black Rain'' ||	2
1991	|	6	1
1992	|
1996	White Squall'' ||
1997	|
2000	Gladiator'' ||	12	5
rowspan="2">2001	Hannibal'' ||
''Black Hawk Down (film)	Black Hawk Down''	4 || style="text-align:center;"|2
2003	Matchstick Men'' ||
2005	Kingdom of Heaven'' ||
2006	|
2007	American Gangster'' ||	2
2008	Body of Lies'' ||
2010	Robin Hood'' ||
2012	Prometheus'' ||

Commercials

''Bike Round'' for Hovis (1973)

''Chanel... Share the fantasy.'' for Chanel (1979)

''1984'' for Apple Computer (1984)

''Deficit Trials'' for W.R. Grace (1986)

''The Choice of a New Generation'' for Pepsi (1986) (Starred Don Johnson and Glenn Frey)

''Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo Super Bowl commercial (1992)

TV shows

''Numb3rs'' (Producer, 2005–2010)

''The Good Wife'' (Executive producer, 2009–present)

''The Pillars of the Earth'' (Executive producer, 2010–present)

References

External links

Ridley Scott at Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile

Ridley Scott Associates (RSA)

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

Video interview with STV's Grant Lauchlan, discussing ''Kingdom of Heaven'' and ''Blade Runner''

Times Interview with Ridley Scott 5 October 2006

Total Film: Interview with Ridley Scott, 15 July 2007

RSA Films (Ridley and Tony Scott's advertising production company), 30 November 2007

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Owen John "Terry" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven ''Carry On films''. He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom ''Terry and June'' with June Whitfield. As a regular comedy performer, he went on to become one of Britain's top stars.

Scott was born in Watford and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He studied accounting and served in the Navy during World War II. With Bill Maynard he appeared at Butlins Holiday Camp in Skegness and partnered him in the TV series ''Great Scott, It's Maynard!''. During the early 1960s, he became well known to television audiences for his role alongside Hugh Lloyd in ''Hugh and I''. Scott later appeared with Lloyd as gnomes in the 1969 sitcom ''The Gnomes of Dulwich''.

Scott is best remembered for starring alongside June Whitfield in several series of the comedy ''Happy Ever After'' and its successor, ''Terry and June''. They also starred together in the film version of ''Bless This House''.

Scott had played a small role in the very first of the ''Carry On'' series of movies, ''Carry On Sergeant'' in 1958. In 1968 he returned to the series with a role in ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' (1968), playing main roles in six of the films.

In the 1970s, he had a memorable role in TV commercials for a chocolate coated caramel bar called Curly Wurly, in which he appeared dressed as a schoolboy, complete with short trousers and cap.

Scott's novelty record "My Brother" (written by Mitch Murray) was based on this schoolboy character (he dressed in the uniform to sing it on TV) and received regular airplay on BBC radio (in particular Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart's Saturday and Sunday morning programme ''Junior Choice'' which was simulcast on BBC Radio 1 and 2) for many years. In the 1980s, with his distinctive speaking voice, Scott was the voice of Penfold the hamster in the animated series ''Danger Mouse''.

Scott suffered from ill-health for many years. In 1979, he had a life-saving operation after a haemorrhage. He also suffered from creeping paralysis and had to wear a neck brace, even on television. When ''Terry and June'' was axed in 1987, Scott suffered a nervous breakdown. The attack was in part brought on by his public confession that he had had a series of affairs during his marriage to former dancer Maggie Pollen. He was also diagnosed with cancer that same year. Scott had married Pollen in 1957 and they had four daughters.

Scott died from the cancer he had battled for 7 years at the family home in Witley near Godalming in Surrey, on 26 July 1994, aged 67.

Selected films

''Blue Murder at St Trinian's'' (1957)

''Carry On Sergeant'' (1958)

''The Bridal Path'' (1959)

''I'm All Right Jack'' (1959)

''And the Same to You'' (1960)

''Nearly a Nasty Accident'' (1961)

''The Night We Got the Bird'' (1961)

''What a Whopper'' (1961)

''Nothing Barred'' (1961)

''Mary Had a Little...'' (1961)

''Father Came Too!'' (1963)

''Murder Most Foul'' (1964)

''Gonks Go Beat'' (1965)

''Doctor in Clover'' (1966)

''The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'' (1966)

''Carry On up the Khyber'' (1968)

''Carry On Camping'' (1969)

''Carry On Loving'' (1970)

''Carry On Henry'' (1970)

''Carry On up the Jungle'' (1970)

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Coordinates	15°48′00″N47°54′00″N
Name	Michael Fassbender
Birth date	April 02, 1977
Birth place	Heidelberg, Germany
Occupation	Actor }}

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor. He is known for playing Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009) and Magneto in the superhero blockbuster ''X-Men: First Class'' (2011). His other credits include the 2007 film ''300'', the 2009 film ''Fish Tank'', the 2011 ''Jane Eyre'' adaptation, the 2011 David Cronenberg film ''A Dangerous Method'', in which he plays psychologist Carl Jung, as well as the acclaimed Steve McQueen-directed movies ''Hunger'' (2008) and ''Shame'' (2011), the most recent of which won him the Best Actor award at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. He will star in the upcoming Ridley Scott film, ''Prometheus'' (2012).

Background

Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany). His mother, Adele, is Irish and a native of Larne, County Antrim, and his father, Josef Fassbender, is German. According to Fassbender's "family lore", his mother is the great-great-niece of Michael Collins, an Irish leader during the War of Independence. When he was two years old, his parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, where they ran West End House, a restaurant, and where his father worked as a chef. Fassbender was brought up as a Catholic and served as an altar boy. He attended St. Brendan's, Killarney (The Sem) and the Drama Centre in North London. Shifting between British films and American films, Fassbender currently resides in London, UK, while making career-related visits to Los Angeles, California. Fassbender speaks conversational German, though he has stated that he needed to brush up a bit on his spoken German before filming ''Inglourious Basterds'', as it was a bit rusty. He has also expressed interest in performing in a German language film or theater production one day.

Career

Early work

Fassbender first played the part of Burton "Pat" Christenson in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's award-winning ''Band of Brothers''. He played the character of Azazeal in both series of ''Hex'' on Sky One and he also starred as the main character in the music video for the song "Blind Pilots", by the British band The Cooper Temple Clause. In the video, he plays the part of a man on a stag night with his friends, only to slowly transform into a goat due to wearing a cowbell necklace.

Fassbender played the part of Jonathan Harker in a 10-part radio serialization of ''Dracula'' produced by BBC Northern Ireland and broadcast in the Book at Bedtime series between 24 November and 5 December 2003. He was also seen in early 2004 in a Guinness television commercial, ''The Quarrel'', playing a man who swims across the ocean from Ireland to apologize personally to his brother in New York.

During the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Fassbender played Michael Collins in ''Allegiance'', a play by Mary Kenny based on the meeting between Winston Churchill and Collins, of whom Fassbender's mother is a great-niece. In addition, he produced, directed and starred in the stage version of Quentin Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs'', along with his production company.

He appeared in ''Angel'' (UK title: ''The Real Life of Angel Deverell''), about the rise and fall of an eccentric young British writer (played by Romola Garai) in the early 20th century. Fassbender plays her love interest and average painter Esmé. The drama – the first English-language effort by French director François Ozon and based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor – was premiered on 17 February 2007 at the Berlin International Film Festival and on 14 March 2007 in Paris. He then made a brief appearance in ''Wedding Belles'' as Barney, speaking with a Scottish accent.

Mainstream success

Fassbender first broke into American mainstream consciousness with a memorable role as Stelios in the 2006 film ''300'' directed by Zack Snyder.

In preparation for his role as Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoner Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen's 2008 film ''Hunger'', Fassbender underwent a crash diet that restricted him to 600 calories a day. He received the British Independent Film Award for his performance.

One year after his success at the Cannes Film Festival with ''Hunger'', he appeared in two films. First was Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds'', in which he played the British officer Lieutenant Archie Hicox. The other film was ''Fish Tank'' directed by Andrea Arnold. Both were critically acclaimed and Fassbender's work in them also well received.

Starting a period when his "star status has risen exponentially" according to one observer, in 2010, Fassbender appeared in ''Jonah Hex'' and filmed ''Haywire'', (previously titled ''Knockout''.). He also portrayed Quintus Dias in Neil Marshall's War-Thriller-Drama film ''Centurion''. and was cast as 'Richard Wirth' in the Joel Schumacher film ''Blood Creek'' alongside Dominic Purcell. Joel Schumacher signed to direct ''Blood Creek'', the horror movie for Gold Circle and Lionsgate. The story centers on a West Virginia man who comes to terms with his moral qualms and helps his brother wipe out a family that had been protecting a Nazi occultist and who had kept his brother captive for him to feed off for years.

Fassbender played Edward Rochester in the 2011 film ''Jane Eyre'', featuring Mia Wasikowska in the title role, with Cary Fukunaga directing.

Fassbender portrayed Magneto in the superhero blockbuster ''X-Men: First Class'', the prequel to ''X-Men''. Set in 1962, it focused on the friendship between Charles Xavier (played by James McAvoy) and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film was released on 3 June 2011 to general acclaim and financial success and promoted Fassbender to being more of a popular movie star.

In 2011, Fassbender starred in ''A Dangerous Method'' by director David Cronenberg, playing Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist Carl Jung, and in ''Shame'', as a man in his '30s struggling with his sex addiction. ''Shame'' reunited him with director Steve McQueen, and premiered at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, where Fassbender won a Volpi Cup best actor award for his portrayal of Brandon. ''A Dangerous Method'' was also shown at Venice. Fassbender was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2012 for his portrayal of Brandon in Shame, but eventually lost out to George Clooney.

Future projects

In 2012, Fassbender will star in ''Prometheus'', directed by Ridley Scott, and co-starring Noomi Rapace. He will play an android named David in the film, scheduled for release on June 8, 2012.

Due to a schedule conflict, Fassbender had to pull out of negotiations to work with Oscar-winning director, Danny Boyle, in his new film, ''Trance''.

In early 2012, he will be seen in movie theatres playing Paul in Haywire by Steven Soderbergh, an international action/thriller film.

Adding to what appears to be another busy year in 2012, Fassbender has just signed on to star in actor Brendan Gleeson's directorial debut of ''At Swim-Two-Birds'', a film adaptation of Irish author Flann O'Brien's novel. Another project has been announced to add to Michael's developing filming schedule for 2012, he will team up for a third time with Hunger and Shame director Steve McQueen, to co-star in a yet to be determined role, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, portraying Solomon Northup, in ''Twelve Years A Slave''.

In 2013, Fassbender is set to take on the role of Harry Flashman in a film adaptation of the books by George MacDonald Fraser.

Filmography

''Band of Brothers (TV miniseries) ''Hearts and Bones (TV series) ''NCS: Manhunt ''Holby City'' ''Carla'' ''Gunpowder, Treason & Plot'' ''Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder ''Winnipeg the Bear#Film adaptation ''Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'' ''Murphy's Law (TV series) ''Our Hidden Lives'' ''Hex (TV series) ''William and Mary (TV series) ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' episode ''After the Funeral'' ''Trial & Retribution: Sins of the Father'' ''300 (film) ''Angel (2007 film) ''Wedding Belles'' ''Hunger (2008 film) ''[[Eden Lake'' ''The Devil's Whore'' ''Blood Creek'' ''Fish Tank (film) ''[[Inglourious Basterds'' ''Centurion (film) ''Jonah Hex (film) ''Jane Eyre (2011 film) ''X-Men: First Class'' IGN ''A Dangerous Method'' ''Shame (2011 film)Alliance of Women Film Journalists ''Pitch Black Heist'' ''Haywire (film) ''Prometheus (film)

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes/Awards
2000	''In His Life''	Stu Sutcliffe
2001	Band of Brothers'' ||	Burton 'Pat' Christenson	TV mini series
2001	Hearts and Bones'' ||	Hermann	TV series, 3 episodes
2002	NCS Manhunt'' ||	Jack Silver	TV series
2002	|	Christian Connolly	TV series, 1 episode
2003	|	Rob	TV
2004	|	Guy Fawkes	TV
2004	|	Charles Bravo	TV
2004	A Bear Named Winnie'' ||	Harry Colebourn>Lt. Harry Colebourn	TV
2004	|	Charles Allen	TV
2005	Murphy's Law'' ||	Caz Miller	TV series, 5 episodes
2005	|	German POW	TV
2005	Hex'' ||	Azazeal	TV series, 12 episodes (2 seasons, 2004–2005)
2005	William and Mary'' ||	Lukasz	TV series, 1 episode
2006	|	George Abernethie	TV series, 1 episode
2006	|	Douglas Nesbitt	TV, premiered on 19 October 2007
2007	300'' ||	Stelios
2007	Angel'' ||	Esmé Howe-Nevinson	premiered 17 February, directed by Francois Ozon
2007	|	Barney	TV, premiered on 29 March
2008	Hunger'' ||	Bobby Sands	British Independent Film Award for Best ActorChicago International Film Festival: Chicago International Film Festival#Best Actor>Silver Hugo for Best ActorThe 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2009
2008	|	Steve
2008	|	Thomas Rainsborough	Nominated – The 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2009>IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Television
2009	|	Richard Wirth
2009	Fish Tank'' ||	Connor	Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Plaque for Best Supporting ActorLondon Film Critics Circle Awards 2009#British Supporting Actor of the Year>London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the YearNominated – BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009	|	Lt. Archie Hicox	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best CastScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2010	Centurion'' ||	Quintus Dias
2010	Jonah Hex'' ||	Burke
2011	Jane Eyre'' ||	Edward Rochester	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNBR Award: Spotlight Award
2011	|	Magneto (comics)>Erik Lensherr / Magneto	IGN Award for Best VillainIGN Award for Best Ensemble CastLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNBR Award: Spotlight AwardNominated – Scream Award for Best Fantasy ActorNominated – Scream Award for Breakout Performance – MaleNominated – Scream Award for Best EnsembleNominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast
2011	|	Carl Jung	London Film Critics' Circle>London Critics' Circle Film Award for British Actor of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNBR Award: Spotlight Award
2011	Shame'' ||	Brandon Sullivan	Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best ActorBritish Independent Film Award for Best ActorDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorFlorida Film Critics Award for Best ActorHouston Film Critics Award for Best ActorIndie Wire Critics Survey for Best Lead Performance (tied with Michael Shannon)London Critics' Circle Film Award for British Actor of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNBR Award: Spotlight AwardOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorVenice Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best ActorNominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated – London Critics' Circle Film Award for Actor of the YearNominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaNominated – Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (runner-up)Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – Village Voice Film Poll - Best ActorNominated – Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorPending – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RolePending—AACTA International Award for Best ActorPending – IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Film
2011	|	Michael	short, also executive producer
2012	Haywire'' ||	Paul
2012	Prometheus'' ||	David	''post-production''