Brandon Scott
Born
Brandon O'Neil Scott

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
EducationNew York University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Jenn Liu
​
(m. 2017)​

Brandon O'Neil Scott is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his roles as Ryan Spalding in the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2008–2009), Kohut in the animated comedy film Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Henry in the action-adventure game The Last of Us (2013), Alex in the animated drama series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2015–2017), Jameson in the action-adventure game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016), Coach J.J. Kerba in the teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2019–2020), Nick Prager in the dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022), and Cory Lawrence in the romantic drama series This Is Us (2019).

Early life and education

Brandon O'Neil Scott was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the youngest of three children. He attended Central High School and later earned a BFA in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Scott began his acting career with a minor role in the 2005 short film Water, and went on to have guest roles on television series such as Law & Order, NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI: NY, Masters of Sex, Bones, and Cold Case. In 2012, he appeared in the films Knife Fight and Stand Up Guys and voiced Kohut in the Disney animated comedy film Wreck-It Ralph.[1] In 2013, he voiced and provided the motion capture of Henry in the action-adventure game The Last of Us, which became arguably his most notable role.[1] He enjoyed portraying Henry, particularly due to the fact that he was allowed to introduce elements of his own personality, and stated that "you don't have to plan [the little nuances] because you get to just be the character".[2] He also felt that recording the voice and motion capture simultaneously was exciting and helpful.[2]

From 2008 to 2009, Scott played Ryan Spalding in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy for 15 episodes. In 2016, he provided the voice and motion capture of Jameson in the action-adventure game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[1] and played Peter in the horror film Blair Witch.[3] In 2018, he joined the cast of Channel Zero as Officer Luke Vanczyk for six episodes in the third season.[4] The same year, he played Tom Hodgson for six episodes in the fourth and final season of the show.[5][6] In 2019, he played Cory Lawrence in the NBC romantic drama series This is Us,[7] as well as Officer Nick Prager in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me.[8][9][10][11][12] From 2019 to 2020, he appeared as Coach J.J. Kerba in the Netflix teen drama series 13 Reasons Why.

In 2021, Scott is set to join the main cast in the fourth and final season of the Amazon Prime Video legal drama series Goliath.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Scott began dating Jenn Liu in 2014, and they were married in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Water Friend Short film
2008 Harrison Montgomery Maurice Credited as Brandon O'Neil Scott
2010 Emergency Contact Jarvis Short film
2010 Air L.J.
2011 Verbal: Revenge of the Nerds Nerd #2 Short film
2011 Crying in Public Sandwich Dropping Crier Short film
2011 Engagement Kay Short film
2012 Knife Fight Max
2012 Stand Up Guys Doctor
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Kohut (voice)
2013 His New Hands The Man Short film
2014 Walk of Shame Josh
2014 Feast Additional Characters[16] Short film
2014 An American in Hollywood Kareem
2014 Man with a Movie Camera Dad Short film
2015 Rita Mahtoublan Is Not a Terrorist Rita's Co-Worker #4 Short film
Producer
2015 Amaru Fabien Coyan
2016 Hard World for Small Things Dell Short film
2016 Have You Seen My Boyfriend? Screaming Man #1 Short film
2016 Blair Witch Peter
2016 Half Kings Rene "El Rey" Chiles Short film
Producer
2017 Manolescents Marcus Short film
2017 Big Brother Volcano Alan
2017 Sean's New Groove Roscoe Dunton (voice) Direct-to-video
2017 Mad Genius Zip
2017 Bad Match Chuck
2017 Electric Room Brandon Short film
2018 Always Remember Me Adam Short film
2018 Dark Was the Night Lucky
2018 The Amaranth Arthur
2018 Bender Icarus Short film
2019 A Cohort of Guests Patrick Short film
2019 Hoops Performers / Icarus Short film
2022 Dead for a Dollar Elijah Jones

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Law & Order Alan Crockett Episode: "Profiteer"
2007 Life Support Markus Television film
2007 The Unit Bravo Episode: "Freefall
2007 Heartland Marcus Brand Episode: "Picking Up Little Things"
2007 Cold Case Arthur "Aces" Brown '53 Episode: "Devil Music"
2008–2009 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Ryan Spalding 15 episodes
2009 Bones Bartender Episode: "The Cinderella in the Cupboard"
2009–2010 Seattle Grace: On Call Dr. Ryan Spalding 6 episodes
2009 Raising the Bar Dyrell Episode: "The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button"
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles Marine LCPL. Alex Walder Episode: "Keepin' It Real"
2009 Body Politic Miles Jordan Television film
2011 CSI: NY William Dowd Episode: "Smooth Criminal"
2012 The Middle Cory Episode: "The Concert"
2013 Futurestates Isaac Episode: "The Living"
2013–2014 Hello Cupid Cassius 10 episodes
2013 What Would Dylan Do? Ryan Television film
2014 Masters of Sex Jessie Durkin Episode: "Giants"
2014 Roomie Lover Friends Cassius Episode: "#3.5"
2014 Work Mom Craig Television film
2015 To Hell and Back Aaron Television film
2015–2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Alex (voice) / Additional Voices 4 episodes
2015 Stitchers George Episode: "Finally"
2016 Imaginary Friend Brian Television film
2016–2017 Loosely Exactly Nicole Raymond 5 episodes
2016–2017 Chef Julian Cassius 2 episodes
2017 Guerrilla Leroy Television miniseries
2017–present Bronzeville Maxwell 8 episodes
2018 The Boss Baby: Back in Business Manager Baby Hendershot (voice)[17] 13 episodes
2018 Channel Zero: Butcher's Block Officer Luke Vanczyk 6 episodes[18]
2018 Channel Zero: The Dream Door Tom Hodgson 6 episodes
2019 Dark/Web Zach Callison Episode: "Chapter One"
2019–2022 Dead to Me Nick Prager 17 episodes
2019–2020 13 Reasons Why Coach J.J. Kerba 10 episodes
2019 This Is Us Cory Lawrence 3 episodes[19]
2020 Disconnected[20]
2021 Goliath Robert Bettencourt Season 4, main cast
2022–present The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib CEO Baby Hendershot (voice) Recurring cast
2022 Baymax! Additional voices 3 episodes
2023 Fantasy Island Seth Rose Episode: "War of the Roses (And the Hutchinsons)"[21]
TBA The Girls on the Bus Main role, upcoming series[22]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Last of Us Henry Voice and motion capture
2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional Voices Voice
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Jameson Voice and motion capture
2016 Battlefield 1 Narrator / Harlem Hellfighter Voice
2018 Spyro Reignited Trilogy Additional Voice Voice
2022 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Jameson Archival footage
Voice and motion capture

References

  1. ^ a b c "Brandon Scott (visual voice guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Patillo, Gabe; Rauter, Tim; Hall, Tim (July 11, 2013). "Episode 43: O Henry!". Married to the Games (Podcast). Event occurs at 32:50. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tuscaloosa native stars in 'Blair Witch' sequel". www.tuscaloosanews.com. Tuscaloosa News. September 15, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (May 25, 2017). "'Channel Zero': Brandon Scott & Holland Roden Join season 3 Of SyFy Anthology". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (May 3, 2018). "'Channel Zero' Sets Cast, Gets Title For Fourth Installment On Syfy". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. ^ McGrew, Shannon (November 5, 2018). "Interview: Actor Brandon Scott for CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR". www.nightmarishconjurings.com. Nightmarish Conjurings. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Who Plays Mr. Lawrence on This Is Us? What to Know About Brandon Scott". www.oprahmag.com. Oprah Magazine. November 1, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Cremona, Patrick (May 6, 2020). "Meet the cast of Dead to Me season 2". www.radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  9. ^ Persaud, Christine (May 29, 2020). "Netflix's Dead To Me: Where Else You've Seen The Cast". www.screenrant.com. ScreenRant. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  10. ^ Copelton, Melissa (July 8, 2020). "Get to Know the Actors Who Play Your Favorite Characters on 'Dead to Me' Season 1 and 2". www.lifeandstylemag.com. Life & Style Weekly. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  11. ^ Picard, Caroline (May 19, 2019). "This Is How You Know Everyone From the 'Dead to Me' Cast". www.goodhousekeeping.com. Good Housekeeping. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  12. ^ Parker, Kate (May 13, 2020). "Dead To Me: Who is Nick in Dead To Me season 2? Meet actor Brandon Scott". www.dailytelegraph.uk. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  13. ^ Petski, Denise (February 21, 2020). "'Goliath' Adds Geoffrey Arend & Brandon Scott As Series Regulars, Two Recurring For Season 4". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ^ Lewis, Bethany (February 24, 2020). "Amazon's Goliath adds Geoffrey Arend and Brandon Scott to season 4 cast". www.showsnob.com. Show Snob. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  15. ^ Margie Haber Studio [@margiehaber] (February 8, 2021). "So excited for the very talented @BrandonOScott and his new role on @goliathtv ✨🙌#MondayMotivation #livethelife Goliath https://t.co/X54VugjFOS" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Gallagher, Brian (October 16, 2014). "Disney's 'Feast' Preview Introduces Winston the Dog". MovieWeb. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  17. ^ Scott, Brandon [@BrandonOScott] (November 25, 2020). "Such a fun group of folks to be babies with... Boss Baby: Back in Business is back. https://t.co/4Krkeg0hVD" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Evangelista, Chris (October 25, 2017). "'Channel Zero' Season 3 Teaser Announces New Cast and New Premise". www.slashfilm.com. Slash Film. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  19. ^ Bobic, Chrissy (November 5, 2019). "Who Plays Mr. Lawrence on 'This Is Us'? Brandon Scott Is Used to Playing a Role Model". www.d istractify.com. Distractify. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  20. ^ Molloy, Tim (May 10, 2020). "Disconnected Is a Show About the Quarantine — Shot During the Quarantine". www.moviemaker.com. MovieMaker Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  21. ^ Fields, Sarah (April 13, 2023). "Fantasy Island Season 2 Episode 10 – Brandon Scott and Devika Bhise". www.telltaletv.com. Tell Tale TV. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  22. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 30, 2022). "The Girls On The Bus Adds CNN's Abby Phillip As Consultant, Brandon Scott As Series Regular; Griffin Dunne Among 7 Set To Recur". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

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