Scott Gurney

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Scott Gurney
Born1972 (age 5051)
Occupation(s) Executive producer, television, film actor, model
SpouseDeirdre Gurney

Scott Gurney (born 1972) is an American executive producer, writer, director, actor, model, and entrepreneur who has created several television series documentaries and unscripted/reality TV programming, including the highly rated Duck Dynasty , [1] [2] Auction Hunters , Haunted Collector , Feeding Frenzy, Leah Remini: It's All Relative and American Guns . Gurney is also well known for producing several Shark Week specials for Discovery Channel including Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December, How Sharks Hunt, Shark City, Shark Attack Survival Guide, and Great White Appetite.

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Scott was a competitive athlete who won the NCAA Men's Soccer National Championship while in college around 2000. He began modeling for catalog retailer International Male in San Diego, and then went to Los Angeles and modeled for Calvin Klein and Polo Sport. In Los Angeles, he began taking acting classes and auditioning.

In 2001, he landed a role in The Fluffer and was praised for his performance by The New York Times . [3] He has appeared on the television shows 7th Heaven , Baywatch , [1] Cybill , Step by Step , Push , Married... with Children , Beverly Hills 90210 , Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Saved by the Bell: The New Class . He has also appeared in several NBC movies of the week and was the host of the reality television series Hotlines .

He started a production company, Gurney Productions, Inc. with his wife Deirdre, a former lawyer. Gurney Productions has produced over 60 television shows to date. The company's programs have appeared on over a dozen different networks since 2004.

Scott and Deirdre Gurney were given an undisclosed but large settlement after a two-year legal battle with ITV, an integrated producer-broadcaster (IPB) based in London, England, which creates, owns and distributes high-quality content on multiple platforms globally.

Selected filmography as an actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Jeff
1996 Married... with Children Lifeguard
1996 Malibu Shores Mat
1996 She Cried No
1998 Push Tyler Mifflin
1998-1999 Baywatch Petty Officer Nick Montgomery
2001 The Fluffer Mikey Rossini (aka Johnny Rebel)

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References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Christopher (24 February 2018). "ITV begins court fight with Duck Dynasty duo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty , p. 187, at Google Books
  3. Will Clarke The Advocate, 17 Sep 2002 , p. 52, at Google Books