- Born
- Birth nameScott Martin Watson
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Scott Watson is a Brooklyn-based actor, writer, and comedy creator/professional silly person best known for his role as Richard Cottingham in Netflix's Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer and Cliff Shelden in HBO's Mind Over Murder. Recognized as "The Hardest-Working Mustache in Showbiz," Scott has appeared in over 30 national commercials, including the viral Grammarly underwater office campaign, Redfin, Trolli, Ray-Ban, Zenni, Burlington, and NJM Insurance.
A versatile performer, Scott is also a series regular in Duolingo's sitcom Living With Lily and has appeared in Investigation Discovery's Evil Lives Here, A Crime to Remember, and the feature film Love in Kilnerry. His commercial and comedy work has gained traction on social media, with audiences often searching for campaigns like "When the Moon Was Twice as Big."
Scott graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in Theatre Performance and has performed Off-Broadway and regionally, including Drunk Shakespeare, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Waitress.
Beyond acting, Scott is a writer of plays, screenplays, and fiction. Raised in Michigan with time spent in Botswana and Vietnam, he's an avid traveler and history enthusiast. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner Amanda and their rescue Chihuahua, Peanut-who has a single tooth and a little pink piggy belly he allows no one to touch.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Scott grew up in Michigan but spent part of his childhood in Botswana and Vietnam, where he developed an early passion for travel and bird-watching. giving him a thirty-year head start on men's inexplicable fascination with this quirky hobby. No matter how old he gets, however, Scott refuses to get excited about spotting just another house sparrow. They're brown, unremarkable, and always will be.
- Has appeared in over 30 National Commercials for brands including Grammarly, Redfin, Trolli, Burlington, Ray-Ban, NJM, Zenni and many more.
- Known for his signature mustache, Scott Watson has earned the nickname "The Hardest-Working Mustache in Showbiz".
- When Scott moved to NYC from Michigan to pursue acting at age 23 in 2009 he had only $35 dollars to his name to start a new life in NYC.
- He shares his Brooklyn home with his partner, actor Amanda Lea Mason, and a one-toothed Chihuahua named Peanut who has a silly pink belly that he refuses to let anyone rub.
- Some of Shakespeare's plays are a mess, some are masterpieces, but there's an undeniable beauty in mounting the stage and putting on the mantle of a character that's been played countless times before over the past 400 years. How many Hamlets have there been? How many Richard III's ? But each actor, each individual, brings something new to each part. You forget about the arcane nature of the language quickly and instead focus on the larger than life, fantastic stories and relationships that have made the plays timeless. I keep coming back because there's always a new angle, a fresh take on any part and any play in Shakespeare's canon.
- Move. Don't wait. If you want to be an actor, and you don't live in a place with professional acting opportunities, you must move ASAP.
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