Jack Scott (Australian actor)

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Jack Scott
Born
Sydney
Education Newington College
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation(s)Actor and voice over artist

Jack Scott is an Australian actor. [1] He has a strong comedy background having performed in numerous improvisation shows and has come most recently to prominence in the 2021 remake of the television program RFDS (TV series). [2]

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Education

Scott was born and raised in Sydney.

He attended Newington College completing the Higher School Certificate in 2012. [3] At Newington Scott played Mark Antony in the middle school production of Julius Caesar in 2010. [4] That year he also had minor roles in the musical, Seussical. He had a minor role in the production of Bertold Brecht’s Life of Galileo, in 2011. [5] The following year he played Nick Bottom in the senior production, The Popular Mechanicals. He was also part of the Theatresports group in 2011 and 2012. [6]

After high School he performed in numerous improvisation shows with his comedy troupe, The Bear Pack, including at the 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival and the University of New South Wales Arts Revue. Scott studied at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University, graduating in 2017. While at WAAPA, he performed the roles of Mr Van Daan in The Diary Of Anne Frank and Tiger Brown in Threepenny Opera. At the time he starred in the Western Australian Screen Academy film Dark Horses for which he was awarded the Best Actor Award at the Next Gen Film Festival and the Western Australian Unlocked Film Festival.

Career

Scott has appeared in:

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References

  1. ↑ Belvoir Street Theatre Archived 18 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ IMDb RFDS 2021 Teliviin Series Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Jack Scott (ON 2012) – Studying Acting at WAAPA Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Newington College (2010), "Drama", The Newingtonian / Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney, Newington College
  5. ↑ Newington College (2011), "Drama", The Newingtonian / Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney, Newington College
  6. ↑ Newington College (2012), "Drama", The Newingtonian / Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney, Newington College
  7. ↑ RGM Artists Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Jack Scott IMDb Retrieved 18 August, 2021.
  9. ↑ Slatter, Sean (8 September 2021). "Strong Australian presence in NBCUniversal's 'Joe Exotic' series". If.com. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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