Scott Michael Foster is an American actor who was born around 1985. He is best known for his roles as Captain John Paul "Cappie" Jones in the

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comedy-drama series ''

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'' (2007–11), Leo Hendrie in the ABC Family drama '' Chasing Life'' (2014–15) and as Nathaniel Plimpton III in '' Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2017–19). Foster has also had recurring roles on ''

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'' (2012), '' Halt and Catch Fire'' (2014), ''

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'' (2014), and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Foster was born in

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, at Central DuPage Hospital. He has two sisters. He later moved to

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, a suburb of

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, where he became interested in acting as early as elementary school. He went to Briarhill Middle School, and later attended Edward S. Marcus High School where he was involved in theater until he graduated in 2003. He attended

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for one semester with a focus on acting, but soon left his studies to pursue a professional career in that field. He plays guitar and is the lead singer of his indie rock band "Siren's Eye". They released their first EP on iTunes, entitled "Red Room" on 15 December 2009.

Career

Foster appeared in the small indie film ''The Horrible Flowers'', before landing the regular role in the

comedy-drama series, ''

''. The series ran from 2007 to 2011. During his days on ''Greek'', Foster also had the leading role in the independent film, ''

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''. He later guest-starred on '' Law & Order: LA'', ''

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'', '' Friends with Benefits'', ''

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'', and '' Parenthood''. In 2012, Foster had recurring roles in the fifth season of Showtime comedy-drama series, ''

'', and short-lived ABC paranormal horror series, '' The River''. In 2013, he had the regular role in another short-lived ABC series, '' Zero Hour'' opposite Anthony Edwards and Carmen Ejogo. In 2014, Foster had recurring roles in

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period drama, '' Halt and Catch Fire'', and later in that year began appearing in the ABC Family drama series, '' Chasing Life'' as a love interest for the lead character. Also in 2014, he played the role of Kristoff in the fourth season of ABC fantasy series, ''

''. In 2015, Foster began starring in the ABC prime time television soap opera, '' Blood & Oil'' alongside

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and Amber Valletta. In 2015, he was listed one of '' Variety''’s "10 Actors to Watch". In 2017, Foster began appearing as Nathaniel Plimpton III on the CW comedy-musical series '' Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. In January 2021, it was announced that Foster had been cast in the recurring role of Ryan Goodwin on the third season of the

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thriller series ''

''. In 2023, he played the main character's boyfriend Paul in the Netflix interactive romcom film '' Choose Love''.

Personal life

From 2008 to 2013, Foster was in a relationship with actress

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. Since 2019, Foster has been in a relationship with actress Carson Fagerbakke, daughter of actor

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. They became engaged in December 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Scott Michael Male actors from Dallas American male television actors Living people People from Winfield, Illinois American male film actors American male soap opera actors 21st-century American male actors Edward S. Marcus High School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)