Scot Williams
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Scot Williams is a British stage and film actor and producer.
Williams made his film debut in the 1994 Iain Softley film Backbeat, in which he played the role of The Beatle's original drummer Pete Best. In 1995 he played the lead role of Shaun Caine in the Jonathan Harvey play Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club. The play premiered at London's Donmar Warehouse before later transferring to The Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly.
In 1996 Williams played the role of Joe Glover in the television drama Hillsborough. Written by Jimmy McGovern, Hillsborough was based on the football stadium disaster of 1989 in which 96 Liverpool Football Club supporters died. Hillsborough went on to win the 1997 Best Single drama Bafta award.
In 2004 Williams featured in a trilogy of films written and directed by Peter Greenaway, called The Tulse Luper Suitcases. The first of which "The Moab Story" was an official selection for the Palm D'or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Williams' television credits include Meadowlands (Cape Wrath in the UK), Lilies, Liverpool 1, Nice Guy Eddie and Merseybeat. Williams is also a company director of A Bard Day's Night Ltd and co-writer of the forthcoming stage musical A Bard Day's Night.
