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Scott Wolf
Wolf in 2010
Born
Scott Richard Wolf

(1968-06-04) June 4, 1968 (age 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Kelley Marie Limp
(m. 2004)
Children3
RelativesJosh Wolf (cousin)

Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. In television, he is known for his roles as Bailey Salinger in Party of Five (1994–2000), as Jeremy Kates in The Nine (2006–2007), as Donnie Ryan in Perception (2013–2015) and as Carson Drew in Nancy Drew (2019–2023). In film, he is best known for starring in Go (1999) and voicing Scamp in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001).

Early life

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Wolf was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the son of Susan (née Levy) and Steven Wolf, a health care executive.[1][2][3] Wolf was raised in a Reform Jewish family.[4] He grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, and graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School.[5] His cousin is comedian and scriptwriter Josh Wolf.[6]

Wolf attended George Washington University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance in 1991.[7] He also became a Brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.[8]

Career

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Wolf is known for his role as Bailey Salinger on Party of Five. On both Everwood and the short-lived The Nine, he portrayed a doctor; and he portrayed Dr. Scott Clemmens on NBC's The Night Shift. He made guest appearances as himself on Action and Kids Inc. His sole Broadway theatre credit to date is Side Man. He has also made a few brief appearances on Voltron: Legendary Defender, as Rax, a Balmeran.

In 2019, Wolf was cast in the lead role of Carson Drew in The CW drama series Nancy Drew. He took over the role from Freddie Prinze Jr., who played the character in the original unaired pilot episode.[9]

Personal life

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Wolf was engaged to Alyssa Milano in 1993,[10] but they separated after a year and a half.[11]

In 2002, he began dating Kelley Marie Limp, an alumna of MTV's The Real World: New Orleans, after meeting her in New York City through a mutual friend. They married on May 29, 2004, before temporarily living in Santa Monica, California.[12] They have three children – sons born in February 2009[13] and November 2012;[14][15][16] and a daughter born in 2014.[17][18] The family resides in Vancouver in western Canada.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Thug Uncredited
1991 All I Want for Christmas Choir
1993 Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde Clyde Barrow
1994 Double Dragon Billy Lee
1996 White Squall Charles 'Chuck' Gieg / Narrator
The Evening Star Bruce Burgess
1998 Welcome to Hollywood Actor
1999 Go Adam
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Scamp (voice) Direct-to-video
2002 Emmett's Mark Emmett Young
Snow Dogs Demon Jr. Voice
2005 Love Thy Neighbor Kenny
2013 Imagine John Morris Short film
The Volunteer Jimmy
2014 Such Good People Jake
37 Sean Raydo
2015 Meet My Valentine Tom Bishop

Television films

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Jenifer Jenifer's Date
2003 Rubbing Charlie Charlie
Picking Up & Dropping Off Will
2004 Kat Plus One Josh
2007 Making It Legal Josh
2012 Joey Dakota Franklin Morgan
2019 A Christmas Love Story Greg Scanton
2022 Rescued by Ruby[19] Matt Zarrella Netflix film
2023 A Merry Scottish Christmas Brad Morgan Hallmark film

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Saved by the Bell Glee Club Member Episode: “The Glee Club”
1990–1992 Max Waiter 7 episodes
1991 Movie patron Episode: “The Aftermath”
Kids Incorporated Billy / Bobby Episode: "Double Trouble"
1993 The Commish Todd Clements Episode: "Dead Cadet's Society"
Parker Lewis Can't Lose Brian Sommerville Episode: "The Rocky Kohler Picture Show"
Evening Shade David 2 episodes
1994 Blossom Gordon 'Gordo' McCain Episode: "Double Date"
1994–2000 Party of Five Bailey Salinger Lead Role; 142 episodes
1995 Mad TV Bailey Salinger Episode: "1.6"
1998 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Scott Wolf/Natalie Imbruglia"
1999 Action Himself Episode: "Twelfth Step to Hell"
Time of Your Life Bailey Salinger 2 episodes
2001 Spin City Tim Connelly 4 episodes
2004–2006 Everwood Dr. Jake Hartman 36 episodes
2006–2007 The Nine Jeremy Kates 13 episodes
2008 CSI: NY MacQuinn Taylor Episode: "My Name Is Mac Taylor"
2009–2011 V Chad Decker 22 episodes
2011–2012 NCIS Casey Stratton / Jonathan Cole 3 episodes
2012–2013 Kaijudo Raiden Pierce-Okamoto (voice) 52 episodes
2013–2015 Perception Donnie Ryan 25 episodes
2014–2017 The Night Shift Dr. Scott Clemmens 35 episodes
2015 BoJack Horseman Himself (voice) Episode: "Hank After Dark"
2016 Voltron: Legendary Defender Rax (voice) 4 episodes
2016–2017 Live with Kelly Himself 10 episodes
2019–2023 Nancy Drew Carson Drew Main role
2025 Doc Richard Miller Recurring role

References

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  1. ^ "Scott Wolf". People. May 8, 1995. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Scott Wolf Biography (1968)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Kaplan/Metter/Rosenberg/Hochberg/Mossowitz/and in laws:Information about Scott Wolf". Familytreemaker.genealogy.com. August 15, 1996. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Great Scott". The Forward. February 23, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "THE ULTIMATE NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK: T-Z AND ALSO..." The Star-Ledger. June 27, 1999. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  6. ^ "Comedian Josh Wolf and Actor Scott Wolf at The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil". Vegasnews.com. July 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  7. ^ "Alumni Profiles". The George Washington University. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "Notable Alumni". Alpha Epsilon Pi. 8 March 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (May 9, 2019). "Nancy Drew: Scott Wolf Replacing Freddie Prinze Jr. as Nancy's Dad". TVLine. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  10. ^ Schindehette, Susan (March 28, 1994). "Who'll Be the Boss?". People. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Avasthi, Surabhi (April 14, 1996). "Q and A TV-Kid-Turned-Movie-Star Alyssa Milano". Daily News (New York). Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  12. ^ Rogers, Steve (May 31, 2004). "'Real World New Orleans' castmember Kelly Limp marries actor Scott Wolf". realitytvworld.com.
  13. ^ Lehner, Marla (April 1, 2009). "Scott Wolf Welcomes Son Jackson Kayse". People. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "Scott Wolf Expecting Baby No. 2". People. May 21, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  15. ^ Wolf, Scott [@scottwolf] (May 19, 2012). "Just between the 10,149 of you and me, my wife and I are expecting our second child. We are expecting that because she's pregnant. Happy us" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Scott Wolf Welcomes Son Miller William". People. November 12, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "Scott Wolf & Wife Kelley Expecting Third Child". Access Hollywood. November 20, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  18. ^ "Scott Wolf Welcomes Daughter Lucy Marie". People. May 28, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  19. ^ Shea, Katt (2022-03-17), Rescued by Ruby (Biography, Drama, Family), Fezziwig Studios, retrieved 2022-03-17
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