Scott Lawrence (born September 27, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role as
Cmdr. Sturgis Turner on the
CBS series ''
JAG''. Lawrence played the role from 2001 until 2005, when the series ended. He is also known for being the major audio double for
James Earl Jones, voicing
Darth Vader in
Star Wars
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video games since 1995.
Career
Lawrence began his career in
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in the late 1980s with supporting TV and film appearances. He debuted as a perpetrator defended by
James Earl Jones in
LA Law. He had a recurring role on ''
Murphy Brown
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'' and in the early 1990s was a semi-regular on the
Whoopi Goldberg series ''
Bagdad Cafe''.
In film, his first appearance was in the 1990 thriller ''
The First Power'' with
Lou Diamond Phillips. He next appeared in the
Drew Barrymore 1993 horror film ''
Doppelganger.'' Other credits include the
Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle ''
Timecop'' and
Howard Stern's ''
Private Parts''.
From 1994 to 2006, Lawrence voiced
Darth Vader in the ''
Star Wars
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'' video game series produced by
LucasArts. After his performance in ''
Star Wars: Empire at War'', he was succeeded by
Matt Sloan. Lawrence returned to the role in the game ''
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'' in 2019.
In 2011, Lawrence made an appearance in ''
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'', a spin-off of ''JAG'' in the Season 8 episode, "
A Man Walks Into a Bar..." albeit as a different character.
His film appearances include the blockbuster film ''
Avatar'' and 2010's ''
The Social Network''.
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In 2019, Lawrence appeared as Special Agent Billy Taggart in the critically acclaimed Netflix series '' Unbelievable''.
In 2020, Lawrence appeared as a guest on the '' Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' marathon fundraiser episode of '' The George Lucas Talk Show.''
Selected filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
*
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1963 births
Living people
Male actors from Los Angeles
African-American male actors
American male television actors
American male film actors
American male voice actors
American male video game actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American people