James Wyatt Scott

James Wyatt Scott was born James Deloy Scott II on August 23, 1992 in Jackson Mississippi. He is the son of Angie Scott (an accountant) and James Scott I (salesman). He had an older brother, Jason, who tragically passed from cancer at 41. Wyatt m picked up a camera at the age of 10, filming anything an everything he could and writing nonstop as well. He spent his adolescence attending school in Mississippi and spending his summers with family in the French Quarter of New Orleans. While at Brandon High School, James was a starting Safety on the football team but was most passionate about public speaking and became a writer for the school paper. He held down a job on the weekends standing shirtless in front of a Hollister at the NorthPark Mall in Jackson, Mississippi. He then attended Mississippi State University where he studied acting, writing, journalism, and even architecture. While in his sophomore year at MSU, Wyatt got heavily involved in college theatre and was scouted in a play by a local agent who was in the crowd. He signed the contract the next day, picking up his first representation. Days after getting an agent, Wyatt managed to book a few modeling gigs (including a promo for Hollister) and small parts in local films and commercials filming around Mississippi and New Orleans. After a few gigs, Wyatt decided it was time to commit and move to Los Angeles. Before his boxes were unpacked, Wyatt enrolled in Anthony Meindl's Actors Workshop when it was still a small acting studio on Melrose, before it became internationally prestigious. Wyatt's earliest role was on the Hello Herman (2012) starring Norman Reedus. He bounced around TV gigs here doing days on The Mindy Project (2012) and Anger Management (2012) under the invaluable tutelage of Charlie Sheen. After that Wyatt saw his biggest break yet when he was cast as an evil Nazi in War Pigs directed by Ryan Little and starring Luke Goss Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke Wyatt's keeping up the tradition of toting guns through the action in a project that is under wraps at the moment! Wyatt continues to explore his craft in the pursuit of greatness, keeping in mind that this industry is a marathon, not a race.