Scott Foley's Real Name: Scott Kellerman Foley

Quick answer: Scott Foley's documented full name is Scott Kellerman Foley. Encyclopedia.com and TV Insider both use that form and date his birth to July 15, 1972. The place is less settled: Encyclopedia.com lists Kansas City, Kansas, and the body of the TV Insider profile also uses Kansas City, KS, while TV Insider's birth-place field lists Kansas City, Missouri (Encyclopedia.com; TV Insider).

Real name and early life

He is known professionally as Scott Foley. Both publishers use Scott Kellerman Foley and July 15, 1972. Encyclopedia.com names his parents as Hugh, a banker, and Connie Foley, and says he attended high school in St. Louis, Missouri. TV Insider, whose narrative also starts in Kansas City, KS, says he was the oldest of three sons, that his father's work as an international banker took the family around the world, including extended time in Sydney and Tokyo, and that the family later settled in St. Louis when he was a teenager. The same profile says his mother took him to a production of Annie when he was six, that he later sang in a school production of Oliver, and that he acted in community and regional theater in St. Louis. TV Insider records that his mother died when he was 15 and that, after high school, he bought a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. Encyclopedia.com independently notes that he once worked for a cookie manufacturer.

Career highlights

Both sources treat Felicity as an early breakthrough, though they date the run differently: Encyclopedia.com lists Noel Crane on Felicity as 1998–99, while TV Insider gives 1998–2002. Encyclopedia.com also records a recurring role as Cliff Elliot on Dawson's Creek in 1998, later work as Sean Kelly on Scrubs (2002–2004) and Adam Sullivan on A.U.S.A. (2003), and the film role of Roman Bridger in Scream 3 (2000). It adds that he directed the Felicity episode "The Graduate" and served as a producer on A.U.S.A., and that he received Teen Choice Award nominations for Felicity and Scream 3. TV Insider independently notes Scream 3, Scrubs, later work as Staff Sgt. Bob Brown on The Unit (beginning 2006), and Jake Ballard on Scandal (beginning 2012 in that credits list). Encyclopedia.com records a marriage to the actress Jennifer Garner on October 19, 2000, and a divorce dated March 30, 2004.

Name notes for searchers

Scott Kellerman Foley is the documented full name in both Encyclopedia.com and TV Insider; the professional name is Scott Foley. Searchers looking for Noel Crane on Felicity or Jake Ballard on Scandal are usually aiming at the same person.