Scott King

Scott King is an award winning actor, screenwriter and producer who was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee by two very theatrical parents. The youngest of two boys, his parents divorced at an early age then remarried in his late teens. His mother was June King and his father Bill King fought in Patton's 3rd Army in WWII retiring with the rank of Major. Scott had an older brother Brent King who was a critically acclaimed jazz tenor saxophone musician.Attending Lookout Mountain Christian School, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster known as the class clown often acted out characters once impersonating his absent British Latin teacher over a multi-school radio network so convincingly that he called roll for ten minutes until the real teacher arrived. Scott spent his childhood filming movies with friends around Lookout Mountain National Park using his father's camera.He attended the University of Tennessee, where he majored in Art with a minor in Theater. Scott moved to Los Angeles at age 22 to attend The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute where he studied under Amnon Meskin and Dolores Dorn. He also attended Playhouse West where he studied with Jeff Goldblum, and Mark Pellegrino', and UCLA Film Studies. His acting career was interrupted many times due to his fierce devotion and love for his family, often relocating to be close to his parents during illness and death.Also known as Scott Anthony King, he played minor roles throughout the 1980s and 90s and performed regional theater. He was nominated for the film Marked (2007) and won two best actor awards for his portrayal of a young stroke victim in Still Me (2008). Known for playing bad guys with subtle cruelty and multi-layered characters, Scott played lead villain SS Commandant Heinrich Moebius, in Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012) and Jake, in the multi award winning Indy film Intersection (2016). As a screenwriter, Scott was nominated as Quarter Finalist and Semi Finalist in the Motion Picture Academy's The Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.Scott is married to Sandra King with 21st Century Fox, parent company for 20th Century Fox. They have two children,Wolfgang King lead singer and guitarist in the band Melted Vinyl and Natalia King. In 2012, Scott created a production company, Lion Crest Pictures to develop independent films. Show less «