Scott Cooper

Short Biography

Rising star Scot Cooper is an award winning South African actor. Represented in Cape Town and Los Angeles, he has trained under world renowned Meisner teacher William Esper at the Esper Studio in New York.Scot has worked alongside actors such as Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, and Rupert Friend. He co-starred in the finale of Homeland, season 4. And had a supporting role in the film The World Unseen which premiered at TIFF, which went on to win 23 awards worldwide. Scot was the lead in the South African feature Reconnect. And can be seen as the lead in the highly anticipated feature film Girl from Nowhere released in 2016, which has the approval of Whiplash, and Nightcrawler executive producer David Lancaster.In 2013 Scot won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48hr Film Festival, with the film Five Minutes Till Noon which went on to win awards at Filmapalooza in New Orleans. Scot also won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48hr Film Festival in 2015 as well.A passion for film, and also theatre where he has received critical praise for his performance as Mr Darcy in Pride And Prejudice, the acclaimed American play Tape by Stephen Belber, and his one man play Henry and the Sand in 2015.Scot Cooper has also appeared in over 40 TV commercials, which have aired in countries such as the USA, France, Russia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and many others.