Scott Neal (born 10 June 1978) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in ''The Bill'', first in guest roles as Ryan Keating and Carl Simms and later as a regular cast member as PC Luke Ashton, and for his breakout role in landmark LGBT film '' Beautiful Thing''. He is also known for his role in ''EastEnders'' as Jason Adams.

Career

He entered the

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School in 1989. He debuted in The Listening on

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. He has participated in other TV shows such as ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'', Emmerdale, ''Bramwell (TV series), Bramwell'', ''Prime Suspect (UK TV series), Prime Suspect'', and ''London's Burning (TV series), London's Burning''. He later became a regular appearance on the British television police drama ''The Bill'', playing PC Luke Ashton, a character coming to terms with his own sexuality. PC Ashton and Sgt. Craig Gilmore (The Bill), Craig Gilmore, played by Hywel Simons, shared the first romantic gay kiss between uniformed police officers on ITV (TV network), ITV (Episode No. 48 on 22 August 2002), prompting 160 complaints. He is widely recognised for having appeared in the 1996 gay drama film '' Beautiful Thing'', where he played an abused teenager who falls for the unpopular boy next door played by Glen Berry, also a student at Anna Scher Theatre School. Scott Neal is featured in ''Isolation'' and portrays Charlie, the lead male character in ''The Wonderland Experience'', a feature film directed by Ben Hardyment and shot on location in southern India. In addition, he has participated in the plays ''Yours Fondly'', ''Zekk Baxter'' and ''Morning Glory'' (2001) as well as in the musical ''Last Song of the Nightingale'' (2001). In 2010 Neal was cast in ''Hollyoaks'' by former executive producer of ''The Bill'' Paul Marquess.

Personal life

Scott Neal is in a relationship with British media executive and businessman Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall, Philip O'Ferrall.;

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, Scott 1978 births 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English LGBTQ people 21st-century English male actors Actors from the London Borough of Islington Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School English gay actors English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors LGBTQ people from London Living people Male actors from London People from Islington (district)