Scott Neal

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.

Scott Neal
Born (1978-06-10) 10 June 1978
Islington, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Notable workBeautiful Thing (1996)
The Bill (1997–99; 2002–03)
EastEnders (2015)
PartnerPhilip O'Ferrall

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.[1]

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.[2]

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).[3]

In 2010 Neal was cast in Hollyoaks by former executive producer of The Bill Paul Marquess.[4]

Personal life

Scott Neal is openly gay. He is in a relationship with British media executive and businessman Philip O'Ferrall.[5]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015EastEndersJason Adams4 episodes
2012Crime StoriesAndrew Frank1 episode
2012EmmerdaleSolicitor for Aaron Livesy3 episodes
2011We Need to Talk About KieranAlistairfilm
2010–2012HollyoaksTrevor (a.k.a. Alphonse)6 episodes
2010EmmerdaleSolicitor9 episodes
2008EmmerdaleBob Hope's Solicitor4 episodes
2006Tug of WarMaxshort
2003The Saturday Show, BBC One[6]On-screen participant1 episode
2003SM:TV, ITV 1[7]Guest star1 episode
2002–2003The BillLuke Ashton3 episodes
2002The Wonderland ExperienceCharliefilm
2001London's BurningLuke Jones6 episodes
1999Lily Savage's Blankety Blank, BBC One[8]On-screen participant1 episode
1998The VIBE, Channel 4[9]On-screen participant1 episode
1998Light Lunch, Channel 4[10]On-screen participant1 episode
1997–1999The BillLuke Ashton3 episodes
1996Beautiful ThingSte Pearcefilm
1996The BillRyan Keating1 episode
1995London's BurningNeil6 episodes
1995The BillCarl Simms
1995The SmithsWayne SmithTV movie
1995BramwellWilf4 episodes
1995Prime SuspectGeoff1 episode
1991The Listening
1997 The Knock Gang Member 1 episode

References
  1. Chris Hughes (1 March 2004). "Gay Kiss on the Archers". The Mirror. p. 7.
  2. Burrow, Lisa (15 February 1998). "'Ello 'Ello 'Ello to the Brand New Bill Boys". The People. 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.'
  3. "Michael Gieleta". Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. "Inside Soap Meets The Producers – Hollyoaks". Inside Soap. (Hachette Filipacchi UK). September 2010. p. 44. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "Scott Neal's Instagram". Instagram; Lawson, Alex (30 May 2023). "Sex Pistols, screens and big brands: Philip O'Ferrall on his vision for media venture Outernet". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. "BBC – Press Office – the Saturday Show 8 February 2003".
  7. "Absolutely Brian - SM:tv (25th January 2003)/25th-jan-02-23". Archived from the original on 20 October 2003.
  8. "Lily Savage's Blankety Blank[25/09/99] (1999)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  9. "The Vibe[24/10/98] (1998)". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011.
  10. "Good They've Been to the Gym". IMDb.
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