Scott Watson

Scott Watson was born in Big Rapids, MI on July 9th, 1986. Both of his parents worked at Ferris State University, his father an Entomology professor and his mother an Optometry Librarian. Scott's heritage is a strong Scottish-Irish mix, with his paternal grandmother hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, and his maternal grandfather hailing from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, the same hometown as actor Liam Neeson.Scott grew up in the small town of Reed City, MI, population 2,425. When he was seven, his father received a Fulbright scholarship and brought the family to live in Gaborone, Botswana for over a year. This experience proved to be life-changing for Scott, and has led to a life-time love and kinship with animals that grew out of being exposed to so many wondrous creatures on safari.There was also little exposure to television in Botswana, which let Scott and his brother to explore the arts to pass the time. While attending the Westwood International School in Gaborone, Scott was cast in the school play, an interpretation of the "Three Billy Goat's Gruff." Taking the stage for the first time at age seven, wearing a cardboard goat's head, Scott fell in love with acting when he looked out into the audience and felt "the room," for the first time.In 2004, Scott enrolled at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, where he graduated with a BA in theatre performance. Grand Valley's Shakespeare festival, held annually, gave Scott a new passion for classical theatre that has continued throughout his professional career. Among the roles he played for the festival, his performance as Bottom in, "A Midsummer Nights Dream," garnered him an ACTF Irene Ryan nomination for best performance.Right before Scott's graduation, the great recession hit, plunging the already struggling Michigan economy into a downward spiral. Faced with a crumbling job market and few acting prospects in Western Michigan, Scott gathered his meager savings together and moved to Brooklyn, NY, to pursue acting professionally. Arriving in the city with $35 dollars in his pocket and his first month's rent paid, Scott managed to find a job within two weeks that allowed him to pursue his acting professionally.Scott began booking steady classical theatre work with professional companies such as the New York Classical Theatre, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Shakespeare on the Sound. Having appeared in over twenty films during his time at Grand Valley, Scott also began booking consistent work in film and television in NYC. His most recent credits include leads in the television show "A Crime to Remember" and "Shadow of Doubt," the film "Neighbors" and a national commercial for Daily Burn.Scott joined the cast of the Off-Broadway hit show "Drunk Shakespeare" in October of 2016.He resides in Brooklyn. Show less «