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
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All Credits (75)
Paradise
as General Curtleigh
Matlock
as Lionel Carlisle
Sugar
as Dr. Vickers
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Lionel Stone
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
as Judge Malcolm Keen
Carol's Second Act
as Dr. Darnton
Unbelievable
as Special Agent Billy Taggart
Stuber
as Dr. Branch
Star Wars Resistance
as Jarek Yeager (voice)
The Neighborhood
as Pastor Williams
S.W.A.T.
as Kyle Johnson
Mr. Mercedes
as Peter Dixon
Mr. Mercedes
as Pete Dixon
Legion
as Dr. Poole
Chicago Med
as Spencer Cook
The Grinder
as Judge Adams
Fear the Walking Dead
as Art Costa
Equals
as Mark
Danny Collins
as Dr. Ryan Kurtz
Quitters
as Todd
Into the Storm
as Principal Thomas Walker
Getting On
as Darnell Ortley
The Goldbergs
as Shorty
Star Trek Into Darkness
as U.S.S. Vengeance Officer
Rectify
as Avery
The Host
as Doc
Suits
as James Palmer
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Det. Michael Stone
The Social Network
as Maurice
Law & Order: LA
as Judge
Eleventh Hour
as Wallace Bennett
Sons of Anarchy
as A.D.A.
In Plain Sight
as A.U.S.A.
Cloverfield
as Lead Soldier
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Nate Lawrence
Rounding First
as Judge
Close to Home
as Henry Wexler
Bones
as Sam Potter
American Dad!
as (voice)
Medium
as Doctor
Desperate Housewives
as Allen
Party Wagon
as Lewis Clark Jefferson / Cowpoke #3 (voice)
NCIS
as Thomas Lind
NCIS
as DEA Agent Raymond Frank
Without a Trace
as Carl Williams
Last Writes
as Doctor
24
as Ben Landry
The West Wing
as Congressional Committee Chair
Get Real
as Principal Bybee
Brimstone
as Detective Fraker
Perfect Crime
as Capt. Jackson
To Dance with Olivia
as Ranse Shipley
Private Parts
as News Guy
Turbulence
as Felix
Profiler
as Ted Harris
Celtic Pride
as Ted Hennison
New York News
as Unknown
JAG
as Sturgis Turner
Central Park West
as Detective
Star Trek: Voyager
as Garon
Touched by an Angel
as Toby / Mason Freeman
Timecop
as Spota
When the Bough Breaks
as Sergeant Footman
Diagnosis: Murder
as District Attorney Patterson
Laurel Avenue
as Keith Arnett
Doppelganger
as Male Nurse
Condition: Critical
as Resident
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Lowell
Red Shoe Diaries
as Office Executive
Ruby
as Dillon
Law & Order
as Michael Walters
Murder in Mississippi
as Matt Suarez
Quantum Leap
as Tibby Johnson
Murphy Brown
as Office Worker Scott
Murder, She Wrote
as Assistant Director