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Scott Wright
Wright in 2014
Born	Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England
Occupations	Actor singer Musician DJ/Presenter
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Kate Linsell ​(m. 2007⁠–⁠2011)​
Children	Lexi Wright

Scott Wright is an English actor, singer and musician. He was nominated for a National Television Award in 2001 for Most Popular Newcomer for his role as Sam Kingston in Coronation Street.

Career

Wright had a three-year stay in ITV's Coronation Street, where he was nominated for a National Television award for his role as Sam Kingston. Wright's other acting credits on television include ITV's Crossroads and BBC One's Casualty. Added to this he played the title role in Tristan in the Merlin International films production. Wright has also appeared in ITV's Emmerdale and Channel 4's Shameless and ITV1’s Midwinter of the Spirit, playing Anna Maxwell Martins’ husband Sean Watkins. It also starred David Threlfall. In 2016 Wright played Jordan Dawkins in a national tour of The Shawshank Redemption for Bill Kenwright. It was reported in 2018 Wright was filming a television pilot called Two Wolves also starring Sir Derek Jacobi, James Cosmo and Emmy award winning American actress Dove Cameron. In November 2020, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Scott Keane.

As a musician Wright has worked with numerous international multimillion selling artists including Alexander O Neil, Martha Reaves, David Cassidy, Candi Staton and Jordan Knight.

In 2002 Wright was awarded the title of Rear of the Year with singer Charlotte Church.

In 2023 Wright produced and took the Title role in feature film The Stoic alongside Jason Flemyng (Snatch, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)and Bruce Payne (Passenger 57, Dungeons and Dragons)

Filmography

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Television

Theatre

Film

Presenting

References

1. "Scott Wright". Miss Manchester. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. "Doctors spoilers: WHO does Al Haskey get drunk with?". What's on TV. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

• Scott Wright at IMDb

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