Scott Lawrence

Scott was born in Los Angeles and spent a lot of his childhood with his parents on picket lines campaigning for local civil rights. His father was the executive director of the University of Southern California,Community Services Center, and his mother worked for Operation Breadbasket and other organizations dedicated to improving economic conditions of black communities. After studying electrical engineering for two years at USC, he sat in on a friends acting class, was immediately bitten by the bug and auditioned for USC's Bachelor of Fine Arts acting conservatory the next semester. He started over as a freshman and completed the program in 1986. In 1987, Scott earned his SAG card on the feature film "Punchline". After several equity waiver plays and TV guest stars, Scott landed his first TV series regular role as Whoopi Goldberg's son on the short lived "Bagdad Cafe". The show ended in 1990 and after a few more years in Hollywood, Scott decided to pack up and move to New York to pursue his first love, the theatre. In NYC he worked in off and off-off Broadway shows and was invited into the elite Drama Department Theatre Company for which he performed Tennesee Williams' three character play, "Kingdom of Earth" with Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. Scott's proudest theater moment came when he was cast by Lloyd Richards to play Walter Lee in Lorraine Hansberry's, "A Raisin in the Sun". Lloyd fell sick but the production went on to rave reviews at Fords Theater in Washington DC, directed by Seret Scott in 1995. Scott stayed in New york for a few more years working in TV, film and theatre before returning to Los Angeles in 1998. In 1999, he was cast in a guest starring role on the pilot for the CBS drama, "First Monday". Producer/creator/ director, Don Bellasario admired his work enough to create the role of 'Cmdr. Sturgis Turner' for Scott on his long running, hit series "JAG". Scott played the role from 2000 to 2004, when the show was canceled. He continues to live and work in Hollywood, recent notable credits include "The Social Network" and James Cameron's "Avatar". Upcoming credits Include J.J. Abrams next "Star Trek" feature and "The Host", directed by Andrew Niccol. Both due for release in 2013. Scott is the very proud father of two sons, Morgan and Daniel. - IMDb Mini Biography

Known For: Acting

Born: California, USA, 1963-09-27

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Murder in Mississippi	Matt Suarez	67
2	1992	Ruby	Dillon	57
3	1992	Condition: Critical	Resident	10
4	1993	Doppelganger	Male Nurse	49
5	1994	When the Bough Breaks	Sergeant Footman	58
6	1994	Timecop	Spota	60
7	1996	Celtic Pride	Ted Hennison	53
8	1997	Turbulence	Felix	53
9	1997	Private Parts	News Guy	65
10	1997	To Dance with Olivia	Ranse Shipley	0
11	1997	Perfect Crime	Capt. Jackson	50
12	2002	Last Writes	Doctor	0
13	2004	Party Wagon	Lewis Clark Jefferson / Cowpoke #3 (voice)	60
14	2005	Rounding First	Judge	70
15	2008	Cloverfield	Lead Soldier	67
16	2009	Avatar	Venture Star Crew Chief	76
17	2010	The Social Network	Maurice	74
18	2013	The Host	Doc	63
19	2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	U.S.S. Vengeance Officer	73
20	2014	Into the Storm	Principal Thomas Walker	61
21	2015	Quitters	Todd	46
22	2015	Danny Collins	Dr. Ryan Kurtz	68
23	2015	Equals	Mark	61
24	2019	Stuber	Dr. Branch	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Assistant Director	75
2	1988	Murphy Brown	Office Worker Scott	65
3	1989	Quantum Leap	Tibby Johnson	80
4	1990	Law & Order	Michael Walters	74
5	1992	Red Shoe Diaries	Office Executive	60
6	1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Lowell	64
7	1993	Laurel Avenue	Keith Arnett	57
8	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	District Attorney Patterson	71
9	1994	Touched by an Angel	Toby / Mason Freeman	72
10	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Garon	78
11	1995	Central Park West	Detective	46
12	1995	JAG	Sturgis Turner	73
13	1995	New York News		0
14	1998	Brimstone	Detective Fraker	76
15	1999	Get Real	Principal Bybee	73
16	1999	The West Wing	Congressional Committee Chair	83
17	2002	Without a Trace	Carl Williams	72
18	2003	NCIS	Thomas Lind	76
19	2003	NCIS	DEA Agent Raymond Frank	76
20	2005	Medium	Doctor	75
21	2005	American Dad!	(voice)	70
22	2005	Bones	Sam Potter	82
23	2005	Close to Home	Henry Wexler	59
24	2006	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Nate Lawrence	70
25	2008	In Plain Sight	A.U.S.A.	71
26	2008	Sons of Anarchy	A.D.A.	84
27	2008	The Mentalist	De Shaun Braemer	84
28	2010	Law & Order: LA	Judge	68
29	2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Det. Michael Stone	71
30	2011	Suits	James Palmer	82
31	2013	Rectify	Avery	75
32	2013	The Goldbergs	Shorty	75
33	2013	Getting On	Darnell Ortley	63
34	2015	Fear the Walking Dead	Art Costa	76
35	2015	The Grinder	Judge Adams	67
36	2017	Legion	Dr. Poole	75
37	2017	Mr. Mercedes	Detective Peter Dixon	71
38	2017	S.W.A.T.	Kyle Johnson	81
39	2018	The Neighborhood	Pastor Williams	76
40	2018	Star Wars Resistance	Jarek Yeager (voice)	63
41	2019	Unbelievable	Special Agent Billy Taggart	80
42	2019	Carol's Second Act	Dr. Darnton	60
43	2021	NCIS: Hawaiʻi	Judge Malcolm Keen	78
44	2024	Sugar	Dr. Vickers	72
45	2025	Paradise	General Curtleigh	76