How much is Scott Speedman worth?
| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional actor |
| Date of Birth: | 1 September 1975 |
| Country: | United Kingdom (British-Canadian) |
| Height: | 1.8 m |
About Scott Speedman
Following the conclusion of his time on Felicity, which spanned four years, Speedman achieved immediate success in the film industry. In the year 2002, he was cast in his first significant starring part in a feature film. He played an inexperienced LAPD investigator who became entangled in a web of corruption in the film Dark Blue, which starred Kurt Russell.
Following that, Speedman played the role of the husband of a lady who was nearing the end of her life in the independent drama My Life Without Me, opposite fellow Canadian and high school classmate Sarah Polley. As a result of his efforts on the movie, Speedman was presented with a “Golden Wave Award”. During this time, Speedman was seeing Lindsay Rae Hofmann. In May of 2021, Hofmann made the happy announcement that she was expecting the couple’s first child. On October 26, 2021, the couple welcomed their daughter into the world.
In his younger years, he competed successfully in swimming. He participated in the gifted athlete program that is no longer offered at Earl Haig Secondary School. At the Olympic trials in 1992, Speedman earned a position on the ninth podium as a member of the Canadian Junior National Swim Team. Soon after that, he sustained an injury to his neck, which ultimately led to his retirement from the sport. Speedman became interested in acting as a means of finding a new concentration outside of the realm of athletics. Following that, he furthered his education by attending the University of Toronto and York University in order to hone his profession.
His big break came when he got a call from a casting agent in America who wanted him to audition for a new series called Felicity. This was the beginning of his successful career. Speedman garnered a lot of praise for his performance as the gloomy college student Ben Covington on the famous series Felicity, which also starred the overnight celebrity Keri Russell as Felicity. As soon as Felicity was introduced, Speedman started receiving offers for more major roles while he was still working on the series. In the year 2000, the film Duets starred Speedman and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Speedman was cast in the part of Billy Hannan.
In the supernatural thriller picture Underworld, which was released in 2003, Miles Speedman featured opposite Kate Beckinsale. Speedman received a Saturn Award in the category “Cinescape Face of the Future Award” for his performance in the stylish picture about a vampire and a werewolf. Audiences were left with a favorable impression of him. After that, he went on to star in the suspense film The 24th Day with James Marsden and XXX: State of the Union with Ice Cube, both of which were critically acclaimed.
In July of 2009, it was reported that Speedman will play a role in the film adaptation of Barney’s Version, which would also include Dustin Hoffman and a number of other actors. The filming of the project started in Rome, New York, and Canada in August 2009, while pre-production work began that same month. Alongside Lizzy Caplan and Dwight Yoakam, Speedman also had a role in the independent Western The Last Rites of Ransom Pride.
In his most recent role, Speedman played XO Sam Kendal in the military drama series Last Resort, which made its debut on September 27, 2012, on the ABC network. It was announced in June 2013 that Speedman would be starring alongside Wes Bentley in the upcoming HBO production Open directed by Ryan Murphy.
In the 2014 suspense film Out of the Dark directed by Luis Qulez Sala, he appeared alongside Julia Stiles in a co-starring role. He had roles in a number of different indie films, including Barefoot, The Captive, and The Monster, among others. In the crime thriller series Animal Kingdom on TNT, he played the role of Barry “Baz” Blackwell up until the first episode of the third season.
In 2018, he appeared on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy as a guest star, playing the role of Dr. Nick Marsh. The following year, in season 18, he was promoted to a series regular. The news that Speedman had been cast in the recurring role of Matthew Engler on the third season of the Netflix thriller series You was released in October of 2020.
