Scott Michael Foster
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Born in Illinois and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area of Texas, Foster knew from an early age that he wanted to be an
actor. He grew up just outside of Chicago until he was 12 years old,
where his family lived on a farm and he was home schooled. When
Foster's older sisters started to dabble in theatre he immediately
became interested in the entertainment industry. Soon after moving to
Dallas with his family he chose theatre as an elective in middle
school, pursued the arts in high school, and went on to study at the
Quad C Theatre Program at Collin County Community College. In 2004
Foster decided to make the big move to Los Angeles. Once in LA, Foster
joined an acting class, met his manager, and started booking
commercials. In 2005 he landed several independent films, and in 2007
he booked what would become his regular acting gig for the next five
years: a series regular role starring as "Cappie" on the hit series
"Greek" for ABC Family. While putting in time on "Greek" Foster wrote,
produced, and starred in his own script that he sold to Comedy Central
entitled "Neighbros." The show sold in the fall of 2010 for fall's 2011
pilot season. Although the experience of putting together a show was
something Foster loved, he decided to put all side projects on hold and
focus on booking new acting roles. By the time "Greek" had ended its
run in 2011 Foster had made his mark at ABC through his work on the
show, and his relationship with the network would continue to grow over
the next several years. Foster went on to score a handful of guest star
roles including appearances on: TNT's "The Closer," NBC's "Friends with
Benefits," "Law and Order: LA," and "Parenthood," and ABC Family's
"Melissa & Joey." He also held a recurring role on "Quarterlife" for
NBC and starred in the 2009 fan favorite independent feature TEENAGE
DIRTBAG. In 2012 Foster had the opportunity to play characters that
were far from the happy go lucky teen he portrayed on "Greek." First,
he was seen in 10 episodes of the hit Showtime series Californication (2007)
starring opposite David Duchovny as "Tyler," and went on to play "Jonas
Beckett" in five episodes of ABC's Emmy Nominated series "The River."
Soon after filming "The River," ABC enlisted Foster once again, casting
him in "Zero Hour" [2013] opposite Anthony Edwards, Jacinda Barrett,
Addison Timlin, and Carmen Ejogo. When not acting Foster is an active
supporter of The Sue Weaver Cause, an organization that promotes
consumer awareness of unsafe service employment - their quest is to
require proper annual criminal background checks on all workers sent to
people's homes. Foster is also a musician, making music for over nine
years and released an EP in 2009 with his band Siren's Eye. He recently
became a certified scuba diver, and currently lives in the Los Angeles
area with his two dogs, Oliver and Charlie.