Scott Valentine (June 3, 1958 in Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American actor. He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He completed their three-year program in one and a half years.
Valentine had gotten as far as a screen test for the 1981 film Lords of Discipline, when he was hit by a truck and his career was halted for three years as he recovered. He moved to Los Angeles and landed the role of Nick Moore on the TV series Family Ties. This led to a pilot episode for a spin-off entitled The Art of Being Nick; the episode was aired but one time. 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 made-for-TV and straight-to-video movies.
He also voiced The Phantom in Phantom 2040.
Scott Valentine was born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York and first discovered acting at age five doing plays in his parents' garage. He appeared in a few high school plays, but didn't pursue acting as a career until his second semester of college. He moved to New York City and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he completed the school's three-year program in a year and a half. He held a few odd jobs such as short order cook and researcher for a publishing firm, and he won a few roles off-off Broadway. He signed a contract for a daytime soap and was about to screen test for a role in the feature film, "Lords of Discipline" but was accidently hit by a truck on September 17, 1981. After three years of convalescing, he left New York for Los Angeles where he landed the part of Nick Moore on the hit series, "Family Ties" (1982).
