Scott Neal

Scott Neal (born 10 June 1978) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in The Bill, first in guest roles as Ryan Keating and Carl Simms and later as a regular cast member as PC Luke Ashton. He is also known for his role in EastEnders as Jason Adams.

Scott Neal
Born (1978-06-10) 10 June 1978
Islington, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Notable work
Beautiful Thing (1996)
The Bill (1997–99; 2002–03)
EastEnders (2015)

Career

He entered the Anna Scher Theatre School in 1989. He debuted in The Listening on Channel Four. He has participated in other TV shows such as EastEnders, Emmerdale, Bramwell, Prime Suspect, and London's Burning. He later became a regular appearance on the British television police drama The Bill, playing PC Luke Ashton, a character coming to terms with his own sexuality. PC Ashton and Sgt. Craig Gilmore, played by Hywel Simons, shared the first romantic gay kiss between uniformed police officers on ITV (Episode No. 37 on 22 August 2002), prompting 160 complaints.[1]

He is widely recognised for having appeared in the 1996 gay drama film Beautiful Thing, where he played an abused teenager who falls for the unpopular boy next door played by Glen Berry, also a student at Anna Scher Theatre School.[2] Scott Neal is featured in Isolation and portrays Charlie, the lead male character in The Wonderland Experience, a feature film directed by Ben Hardyment and shot on location in southern India. In addition, he has participated in the plays Yours Fondly, Zekk Baxter and Morning Glory (2001) as well as in the musical Last Song of the Nightingale (2001).[3]

In 2010 Neal was cast in Hollyoaks by former executive producer of The Bill Paul Marquess.[4]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2018EastEndersJason Adams
2012Crime StoriesAndrew Frank
2012EmmerdaleSolicitor for Aaron Livesy6 episodes
2011We Need to Talk About KieranAlistair
2010–2012HollyoaksTrevor (a.k.a. Alphonse)
2010EmmerdaleSolicitor9 episodes
2008EmmerdaleBob Hope's Solicitor4 episodes
2006Tug of WarMax
2003The Saturday Show, BBC One[5]On-screen participant
2003SM:TV, ITV 1[6]Guest star
2002–2003The BillLuke Ashton
2002The Wonderland ExperienceCharlie
2001London's BurningLuke Jones5 episodes
1999Lily Savage's Blankety Blank, BBC One[7]On-screen participant
1998The VIBE, Channel 4[8]On-screen participant
1998Light Lunch, Channel 4[9]On-screen participant
1997–1999The BillLuke Ashton
1996Beautiful ThingSte Pearce
1996The BillRyan Keating
1995London's BurningNeil
1995The BillCarl Simms
1995The SmithsWayne Smith
1995BramwellWilf4 episodes
1995Prime SuspectGeoff1 episode
1991The Listening

References
  1. Chris Hughes (1 March 2004). "Gay Kiss on the Archers". The Mirror. p. 7.
  2. Burrow, Lisa (15 February 1998). "'Ello 'Ello 'Ello to the Brand New Bill Boys". The People. When he was just 17, Scott became a gay icon after appearing in Beautiful Thing – a film about two teenage lads from a low-rise estate in South London who fall in love. 'I did get a lot of attention for that film,' says Scott, who's quick to point out that he's a red-blooded heterosexual. 'It was nerve-racking at the time. But at the end of the day it was just a job.'
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Inside Soap Meets The Producers – Hollyoaks". Inside Soap. (Hachette Filipacchi UK). September 2010. p. 44. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "BBC – Press Office – the Saturday Show 8 February 2003".
  6. http://www.briandowling.biz/photogallery/displayimage.php?album=38&pos=15
  7. "Lily Savage's Blankety Blank[25/09/99] (1999)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  8. "The Vibe[24/10/98] (1998)". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011.
  9. "Good They've Been to the Gym".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.