Scott Valentine (actor)

Scott Eugene Valentine (born June 3, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Moore on the series Family Ties.

Scott Valentine
Born	Scott Eugene Valentine (1958-06-03) June 3, 1958 (age 66) Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982 - present
Spouses	Kym Valentine ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2012)​ Jennifer Wood (née Malchow) ​ ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	4

Life and career

Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann (née Hanna) and Edward Eugene Valentine.^{[1][irrelevant citation]} He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He completed the three-year program in one and a half years. He got as far as a screen test for the film The Lords of Discipline when he was hit, run over, and dragged by a truck on September 17, 1981 and his career was halted for three years as he recovered. He moved to Los Angeles and landed a recurring role on the TV series Family Ties as Nick Moore, the loveable but dim-witted boyfriend of Mallory Keaton from 1985 to 1989, for seasons 4 through 7.

During an interview for Montreal radio station CJAD, Valentine thought the role was not challenging enough for the money he was receiving, saying: "I'm so glad I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and to all the other fine acting institutions so I could grunt on primetime television. The primal dig, the date from hell. It was a lot of fun, but literally there were times where I only had to utter two guttural utterances in a show and they paid me a bundle of cash for it. I felt bad at times."^[2]

Valentine's success as Nick Moore on Family Ties led to three separate spin-offs. The first starred Valentine and actor Herschel Bernardi called Taking It Home. Filming was canceled when Bernardi died in 1986. The second spin-off placed Valentine's character in a Friends-like environment in New York City. The third was a pilot episode for a spin-off titled The Art of Being Nick; the episode aired once and co-starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus. "It came in number two and they still didn't pick it up," recalled Valentine.^[2]

He has appeared since then as a guest actor in several hit television series such as CSI: NY, NewsRadio, and JAG; his first major motion picture, My Demon Lover; and numerous TV and direct-to-video films. He also voiced The Phantom in Phantom 2040. He portrayed Metallo in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series.^[3]

Personal life

On September 29, 1985, in Los Angeles, Valentine married actress Kym Denyse (Fisher) Stephenson. Valentine and Stephenson divorced February 14, 2012. Valentine has four sons from the marriage; Trevin John (1986), Shayler Stephenson (1988), Jesstin Jay-Owen (1992) and Caden Edward (1998).^{[citation needed]}

On November 7, 2021, Valentine married Jennifer (Malchow) Wood, another Saratoga Springs native, in their hometown of Saratoga Springs.^{[citation needed]}

Valentine is a partner in Excelsior Capital Partners, a boutique investment firm that focuses on the renewable and sustainable energy sector.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Waitress!	Swingdog Dope Busboy
1986	Deadtime Stories	Peter
	True Stories	Member of Air Band
1987	My Demon Lover	Kaz
1988	Going to the Chapel	Jeff
1990	Without Her Consent	Jason Barnes
	After the Shock	Gerry Shannon
1991	Killer Instinct	Tim Casey
1994	The Unborn 2	John Edson
1995	Object of Obsession	Blaze
1996	Carnosaur 3: Primal Species	Colonel Rance Higgins
2001	Black Scorpion Returns	Detective Steve Rafferty
2002	Sting of the Black Scorpion
2003	Black Ball	Kevin
2005	Frostbite	Jack Schitt
2007	Harpies	Vorian

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Knight Rider	Colton	Episode: "The Wrong Crowd"
1985–1989	Family Ties	Nick Moore	44 episodes
1986	Matlock	Danny Blaster	Episode: "The Angel"
1987	The Art of Being Nick	Nick Moore
1990	Write to Kill	Clark Sanford
	Dangerous Pursuit
	Midnight Caller	Frankie Killian	Episode: "Three for the Money"
1991	The Hitchhiker	Joe	Episode: "Living a Lie"
1992	Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing	Damien Blakely
	The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton	Robert Clayton Jr.
	Lady Boss	Ron
1992–1994	Batman: The Animated Series	The Chemist, Raymond Bell	Voice, 2 episodes[5]
1993	To Sleep with a Vampire	Jacob
1994	Till the End of the Night	John Davenport
	Whit & Charm
	Double Obsession	Steve Burke
	Sirens	Jake Bryer	Episode: "Family Secrets"
1993–1995	Murder, She Wrote	Darman H. Keene	2 episodes
1995	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	John Corben / Metallo	Episode: "Metallo"
	Out of Annie's Past	Michael Carver
	Yakuza Connection	Mark Rictus
	Silk Stalkings	Elliot Hammond	Episode: "Pulp Addiction"
	Iron Man	Dark Aegis	Voice, episode: "Distant Boundaries"[5]
1996	Phantom 2040	Kit Walker, Jr. / 24th Phantom	Voice, main role (35 episodes)[5]
	Superman: The Animated Series	Sam Coralli	Voice, episode: "A Little Piece of Home"[5]
	Renegade	Bruce Cassidy	Episode: "Five Minutes to Midnight"
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Ben Bodine	Episode: "The Brotherhood"
1997	Black Scorpion II: Aftershock	Dick
	NewsRadio	Producer	Episode: "Planbee"
	Mars	Pete, The Hermit
	Promised Land	Coach Belmont	Episode: "Mr. Muscles"
	Pinky and the Brain	Spike	Voice, episode: "The Real Life"[5]
1998	The Waterfront	Vinnie Etchabara
	Paranoia	Warren
	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Maxwell Davidoff	Episode: "The Long Road to Nowhere"
	Animaniacs	Jacobi Myers	Voice, episode: "The Christmas Tree"[5]
1999	Fallout	Captain George Tanner, Gateway Station Commander
	Martial Law	Brad Cavanaugh	Episode: "Breakout"
	Batman Beyond	Coe	Voice, episode: "Joyride"[5]
2000	JAG	Baxter Stark	Episode: "People v. Gunny"
2001	Black Scorpion	Detective Steve Rafferty	22 episodes
2004	CSI: NY	Dr. Steven Rydell	Episode: "Night, Mother"

References

1. Johnson, Allan (February 14, 1995). "Scott Valentine Is A Sweetheart: He Put Up With Teacher's Lame Idea, Now He Likes His Name". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
2. Holder, Peter (October 3, 1994). "Transcript of the interview with actor SCOTT VALENTINE". CJAD 800 AM. Montreal. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
3. "Scott Valentine: Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
4. "Our Team". Excelsior Capital. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
5. "Scott Valentine (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 6, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Scott Valentine at IMDb