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Ridley Scott

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 30, 1937 (87 years)
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024.

An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising as a director of commercials. He made his film directorial debut with The Duellists (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, Alien (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Rome in Gladiator (2000) and its 2024 sequel, 12th-century Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), medieval England in Robin Hood (2010), ancient Memphis in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), contemporary Mogadishu in Black Hawk Down (2001), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982) and extraterrestrial worlds in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017).

Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Directing for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture and received a nomination in the same category for The Martian. In 1995, Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Scott's films Alien, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise were each selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2004 BBC poll, Scott was ranked 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture. Scott also works in television and has earned 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won twice, for Outstanding Television Film for the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002) and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the History Channel's Gettysburg (2011). He was Emmy-nominated for RKO 281 (1999), The Andromeda Strain (2008), and The Pillars of the Earth (2010).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Taboo (2017)
  • Before I Go to Sleep
  • Child 44
  • The Terror
  • Newness
  • Tell Tale
  • Crimes of the Century
  • AFP: American Fighter Pilot
  • Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Known For

  • Gladiator
  • The Martian
  • Alien
  • Blade Runner
  • Prometheus
  • American Gangster
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Alien: Covenant
  • Hannibal
  • Robin Hood
  • Thelma & Louise
  • Body of Lies
  • The Last Duel
  • Exodus: Gods and Kings
  • Matchstick Men
  • The Grey
  • The Counselor
  • A Good Year
  • Concussion
  • Raised by Wolves (2020)
  • G.I. Jane
  • Legend
  • Napoleon

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2026
    2025
    2025
    Trap House · as Executive Producer
    2025
    Alien: Earth (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
    2025
    Dope Thief (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2025
    Prime Target (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    2024
    2024
    At Witt's End: The Hunt for a Killer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2024
    2023
    2023
    2023
    Great Expectations (2023) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2023
    2023
    Still Missing Morgan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2023
    Kaleidoscope (2023) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2022
    Choose or Die · as Executive Producer
    2022
    2021
    2021
    2021
    Naked Singularity · as Executive Producer
    2021
    Kipchoge: The Last Milestone · as Executive Producer
    2021
    Life in a Day 2020 · as Executive Producer
    2020
    2020
    The Donut King · as Executive Producer
    2020
    Raised by Wolves (2020) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2020
    Switzerlanders · as Executive Producer
    2019
    Jungleland · as Executive Producer
    2019
    FX's A Christmas Carol · as Executive Producer
    2019
    A Christmas Carol (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2019
    2019
    The Last Vermeer · as Executive Producer
    2019
    Our Friend · as Executive Producer
    2019
    The Hot Zone (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2019
    The Aftermath · as Executive Producer
    2019
    The Passage (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2018
    Zoe · as Executive Producer
    2018
    Strange Angel (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2018
    2018
    The Terror (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2017
    2017
    2017
    Newness · as Executive Producer
    2017
    Blade Runner 2049 · as Executive Producer
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2017
    2017
    The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2017
    Taboo (2017) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2016
    India in a Day · as Executive Producer
    2016
    Killing Reagan · as Executive Producer
    2016
    Mindhorn · as Executive Producer
    2016
    2016
    Jean-Claude Van Johnson (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2016
    BrainDead (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2016
    Mercy Street (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2015
    2015
    2015
    Zero! · as Executive Producer
    2015
    Equals · as Executive Producer
    2015
    2015
    Killing Jesus · as Executive Producer
    2015
    The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Get Santa · as Executive Producer
    2014
    2014
    Halo: Nightfall (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Italy in a Day · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Before I Go to Sleep · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Galyntine · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Halo: Nightfall · as Executive Producer
    2014
    Klondike (2014) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2013
    2013
    Killing Kennedy · as Executive Producer
    2013
    2013
    Springsteen and I · as Executive Producer
    2013
    2013
    Crimes of the Century (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2013
    Welcome to the Punch · as Executive Producer
    2013
    2013
    Killing Lincoln · as Executive Producer
    2013
    The Vatican · as Executive Producer
    2012
    2012
    Labyrinth (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2012
    2012
    2012
    2012
    World Without End (TV Series)
    2012
    Coma (2012) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2012
    Loom · as Executive Producer
    2012
    Britain in a Day · as Executive Producer
    2012
    2012
    2011
    2011
    Call of Duty ELITE: Friday Night Fights (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2011
    Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2011
    Gettysburg · as Executive Producer
    2011
    Life in a Day · as Executive Producer
    2010
    Welcome to the Rileys · as Executive Producer
    2010
    The Pillars of the Earth (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2010
    Cyrus · as Executive Producer
    2010
    The A-Team · as Executive Producer
    2010
    2010
    2009
    2009
    Cracks · as Executive Producer
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2009
    Into the Storm · as Executive Producer
    2008
    2008
    The Andromeda Strain (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2007
    2007
    2007
    The Company (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    2007
    Law Dogs · as Executive Producer
    2006
    2006
    Tristan + Isolde · as Executive Producer
    2006
    Orpheus · as Executive Producer
    2005
    2005
    2005
    Numb3rs (TV Series)
    2003
    2002
    Beat the Devil · as Executive Producer
    2002
    Ticker · as Executive Producer
    2002
    Hostage · as Executive Producer
    2002
    The Gathering Storm · as Executive Producer
    2002
    2001
    2001
    2000
    The Last Debate · as Executive Producer
    2000
    Gladiator · as Executive Producer
    2000
    1999
    RKO 281 · as Executive Producer
    1998
    1997
    1997
    The Hunger (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
    1996
    White Squall · as Executive Producer
    1994
    1994
    Monkey Trouble · as Executive Producer
    1992
    1991
    1987
    Someone to Watch Over Me · as Executive Producer
    1982
    Blade Runner · as Co-Producer
    1965
    Blade Runner 2099 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

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