Scott Valentine (actor)

{{short description|American actor (born 1958)}} {{multiple issues| {{More footnotes|date=July 2009}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2009}} }}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Scott Valentine | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Scott Eugene Valentine | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|6|3}} | birth_place = Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | children = 4 | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1982 - present | spouses = {{plainlist| * {{Marriage|Kym Valentine|1985|2012|reason=divorced}} * {{Marriage|Jennifer Wood (née Malchow)|2021}} }} }}

'''Scott Eugene Valentine''' (born June 3, 1958)<ref>{{cite news|work=Salisbury Post |date=June 3, 2012|page=2 |title=Today's celebrity birthdays}}</ref> is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Moore on the series ''Family Ties''.

==Life and career== Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann (née Hanna) and Edward Eugene Valentine.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{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."<ref name=CJAD>{{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}}</ref>

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, and the character was employed at a juvenile detention center. The scripts written were considered not good enough to film a pilot by NBC. 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.<ref name=CJAD/> The episode aired on August 27, 1987, just prior to the new television season beginning in September.

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''.<ref>{{cite journal| title=Scott Valentine: Credits| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/scott-valentine/credits/174078/| journal=TV Guide| access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life== 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.<ref>{{cite web| title=Our Team| url=https://excelsiorcap.com/our-staff/| website=Excelsior Capital| access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1982 |''Waitress!'' |Swingdog Dope Busboy | |- |rowspan=2|1986 |''Deadtime Stories'' |Peter | |- |''True Stories'' |Member of Air Band | |- |1987 |''My Demon Lover'' |Kaz | |- |1988 |''Going to the Chapel'' |Jeff | |- |rowspan=2|1990 |''Without Her Consent'' |Jason Barnes | |- |''After the Shock'' |Gerry Shannon | |- |1991 |''Killer Instinct'' |Tim Casey | |- |1994 |''The Unborn 2'' |John Edson | |- |1995 |''Object of Obsession'' |Blaze | |- |1996 |''Carnosaur 3: Primal Species'' |Colonel Rance Higgins | |- |2001 |''Black Scorpion Returns'' |rowspan=2|Detective Steve Rafferty | |- |2002 |''Sting of the Black Scorpion'' | |- |2003 |''Black Ball'' |Kevin | |- |2005 |''Frostbite'' |Jack Schitt | |- |2007 |''Harpies'' |Vorian | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1985 |''Knight Rider'' |Colton |Episode: "The Wrong Crowd" |- |1985–1989 |''Family Ties'' |Nick Moore |44 episodes |- |1986 |''Matlock'' |Danny Blaster |Episode: "The Angel" |- |1987 |''The Art of Being Nick'' |Nick Moore | |- |rowspan=3|1990 |''Write to Kill'' |Clark Sanford | |- |''Dangerous Pursuit'' | | |- |''Midnight Caller'' |Frankie Killian |Episode: "Three for the Money" |- | |Without Her Consent |Jason Barnes | |- |1991 |''The Hitchhiker'' |Joe |Episode: "Living a Lie" |- |rowspan=3|1992 |''Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing'' |Damien Blakely | |- |''The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton'' |Robert Clayton Jr. | |- |''Lady Boss'' |Ron | |- |1992–1994 |''Batman: The Animated Series'' |The Chemist, Raymond Bell |Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Scott Valentine (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Scott-Valentine/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> |- |1993 |''To Sleep with a Vampire'' |Jacob | |- |rowspan=4|1994 |''Till the End of the Night'' |John Davenport | |- |''Whit & Charm'' | | |- |''Double Obsession'' |Steve Burke | |- |''Sirens'' |Jake Bryer |Episode: "Family Secrets" |- |1993–1995 |''Murder, She Wrote'' |Darman H. Keene |2 episodes |- | rowspan="5" |1995 |''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' |John Corben / Metallo |Episode: "Metallo" |- |''Out of Annie's Past'' |Michael Carver | |- |''Yakuza Connection'' |Mark Rictus | |- |''Silk Stalkings'' |Elliot Hammond |Episode: "Pulp Addiction" |- |''Iron Man'' |Dark Aegis |Voice, episode: "Distant Boundaries"<ref name="btva" /> |- | rowspan="4" |1996 |''Phantom 2040'' |Kit Walker, Jr. / 24th Phantom |Voice, main role (35 episodes)<ref name="btva" /> |- |''Superman: The Animated Series'' |Sam Coralli |Voice, episode: "A Little Piece of Home"<ref name="btva" /> |- |''Renegade'' |Bruce Cassidy |Episode: "Five Minutes to Midnight" |- |''Walker, Texas Ranger'' |Ben Bodine |Episode: "The Brotherhood" |- | rowspan="5" |1997 |''Black Scorpion II: Aftershock'' |Dick | |- |''NewsRadio'' |Producer |Episode: "Planbee" |- |''Mars'' |Pete, The Hermit | |- |''Promised Land'' |Coach Belmont |Episode: "Mr. Muscles" |- |''Pinky and the Brain'' |Spike |Voice, episode: "The Real Life"<ref name="btva" /> |- | rowspan="4" |1998 |''The Waterfront'' |Vinnie Etchabara | |- |''Paranoia'' |Warren | |- |''Mike Hammer, Private Eye'' |Maxwell Davidoff |Episode: "The Long Road to Nowhere" |- |''Animaniacs'' |Jacobi Myers |Voice, episode: "The Christmas Tree"<ref name="btva" /> |- |rowspan=3|1999 |''Fallout'' |Captain George Tanner, Gateway Station Commander | |- |''Martial Law'' |Brad Cavanaugh |Episode: "Breakout" |- |''Batman Beyond'' |Coe |Voice, episode: "Joyride"<ref name="btva" /> |- |2000 |''JAG'' |Baxter Stark |Episode: "People v. Gunny" |- |2001 |''Black Scorpion'' |Detective Steve Rafferty |22 episodes |- |2004 |''CSI: NY'' |Dr. Steven Rydell |Episode: "Night, Mother" |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0884306|name=Scott Valentine}}

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