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Date of Birth

1 September 1975, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Robert Scott Speedman

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Mini Biography

Scott Speedman was born in London, England, however, he grew up in Toronto, Canada. He was an aspiring swimmer and held a record amongst the best for distance freestyle, unfortunately, an accident put that career path on hold forever. He went to Earl Haig High School in Toronto and went to the University of Toronto in 1994 - 1996. On a dare, he went on a show called "Speakers Corner" and later went to audition for the role of Robin in Batman Forever (1995). When the part went to Chris O'Donnell, he managed to land an agent. Other movies he has done include Kitchen Party (1997) and Duets (2000) starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The show "Felicity" (1998) introduced Scott to the world and has formed quite a standing amongst fans. When the show ended in 2002, Scott's movie career took off with his breakthrough role in _Underworld (2003/I)_ starring Kate Beckinsale and Bill Nighy.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Suzey

Trivia

Once aspired to be a swimmer for the Canadian team.

He was raised in Canada, which is where he got his start in acting.

Tried out for the role of Robin in Batman Forever (1995)

Attended, with many other celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Jackson, the grand opening of the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island. This event was full of music, food, belly dancers and, of course, fireworks.

His mother was an Olympic athlete.

Attends David Rothenberg's on-camera acting class with fellow actors Rachel McAdams, Kenneth Mitchell and Polly Shannon.

Attended Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto with fellow actors 'Sarah Polley' and Kenneth Mitchell.

Sometimes confused with Creed's frontman Scott Stapp

Ex-boyfriend of actress Heather Graham (2006).

Personal Quotes

Sexy is a girl who's comfortable with herself. Long legs are beautiful...and also a nice neck.

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've played a lot of guys, dudes, boys in a sense and this was a challenge for me just to play that official character.

I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.

It's an interesting time that way. It's hard to meet good girls down here. It seems like they're all after something and interested in their own lives.

I'm pretty picky about what I want to do.

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