Scott Valentine (actor)

Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann (née Hanna) and Edward Eugene Valentine.{{cite news| title=Scott Valentine Is A Sweetheart: He Put Up With Teacher's Lame Idea, Now He Likes His Name| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| date=February 14, 1995| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/02/14/scott-valentine-is-a-sweetheart/| access-date=November 13, 2010| first=Allan| last=Johnson}}{{Irrelevant citation|date=December 2017}} He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He completed the three-year program in one and a half years. He got as far as a screen test for the film The Lords of Discipline when he was hit, run over, and dragged by a truck on September 17, 1981 and his career was halted for three years as he recovered. He moved to Los Angeles and landed a recurring role on the TV series Family Ties as Nick Moore for seasons 4 through 7.

During an interview for Montreal radio station CJAD, Valentine thought the role was not challenging enough for the money he was receiving, saying: "I'm so glad I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and to all the other fine acting institutions so I could grunt on primetime television. The primal dig, the date from hell. It was a lot of fun, but literally there were times where I only had to utter two guttural utterances in a show and they paid me a bundle of cash for it. I felt bad at times."{{cite web| url=http://peteranthonyholder.com/Archives/2016/cjad01.htm|title=Transcript of the interview with actor SCOTT VALENTINE| last=Holder| first=Peter| date=October 3, 1994| website=CJAD 800 AM| location=Montreal| access-date=September 18, 2017}}

Valentine's success as Nick Moore on Family Ties led to three separate spin-offs. The first, Taking It Home, starred Valentine and Herschel Bernardi. Filming was canceled following Bernardi's death in 1986. The second spin-off placed Valentine's character in a Friends-like environment in New York City. The third was a pilot episode for a spin-off titled The Art of Being Nick; the episode aired once and co-starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus. "It came in number two and they still didn't pick it up," recalled Valentine.

He has appeared since then as a guest actor in several hit television series such as CSI: NY, NewsRadio, and JAG; his first major motion picture, My Demon Lover; and numerous TV and direct-to-video films. He also voiced The Phantom in Phantom 2040 and portrayed Metallo in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.{{cite journal| title=Scott Valentine: Credits| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-valentine/credits/174078/| journal=TV Guide| access-date=December 19, 2020}}

On September 29, 1985, in Los Angeles, Valentine married actress Kym Denyse (Fisher) Stephenson. Valentine and Stephenson divorced February 14, 2012. Valentine has four sons from the marriage; Trevin John (1986), Shayler Stephenson (1988), Jesstin Jay-Owen (1992) and Caden Edward (1998).{{fact|date=December 2022}}

On November 7, 2021, Valentine married Jennifer (Malchow) Wood, another Saratoga Springs native, in their hometown of Saratoga Springs.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

Valentine is a partner in Excelsior Capital Partners, a boutique investment firm that focuses on the renewable and sustainable energy sector.{{cite web| title=Our Team| url=https://excelsiorcap.com/our-staff/| website=Excelsior Capital| access-date=December 19, 2020}}

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