Scott Neal
{{short description|British actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Scott Neal
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|06|10}}
| birth_place = Islington, London, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1991–present
| notable_works = Beautiful Thing (1996)
The Bill (1997–99; 2002–03)
EastEnders (2015)
| domesticpartner = Philip O'Ferrall
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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, and for his breakout role in landmark LGBT film Beautiful Thing. He is also known for his role in EastEnders as Jason Adams.
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. 48 on 22 August 2002), prompting 160 complaints.{{cite news|work=The Mirror|date=1 March 2004|title=Gay Kiss on the Archers|page=7|author=Chris Hughes}}
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.{{cite news|publisher=The People|date=15 February 1998|title='Ello 'Ello 'Ello to the Brand New Bill Boys|author=Burrow, Lisa|quote="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.' "}}
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).{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelgieleta.com/page1.html |title=Michael Gieleta |accessdate=11 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122004031/http://www.michaelgieleta.com/page1.html |archivedate=22 January 2011 }}
In 2010 Neal was cast in Hollyoaks by former executive producer of The Bill Paul Marquess.{{cite magazine|magazine=Inside Soap|date=September 2010|publisher=(Hachette Filipacchi UK)|title=Inside Soap Meets The Producers – Hollyoaks|pages=44}}
Personal life
Scott Neal is in a relationship with British media executive and businessman Philip O'Ferrall.{{cite web |title=Scott Neal's Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvdJpCIjGf/?hl=es |publisher=Instagram|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Lawson|first=Alex|title=Sex Pistols, screens and big brands: Philip O'Ferrall on his vision for media venture Outernet|work=The Guardian|date=30 May 2023|accessdate=10 June 2023|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/30/philip-oferrall-of-outernet-the-screen-king-with-a-vision-for-multimedia-venues}}
Filmography
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Islington
Category:Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:LGBTQ people from London