10 Scott Speedman movies and TV shows that remind us why he’s a total fan favorite

Scott Speedman is a versatile actor whose characters always manage to surprise his fans. Whether he becomes a part of his family’s criminal activities, plays an NSA agent, a detective, or even a human becoming a Lycan-Vampire hybrid, Speedman has proved that he can portray different kinds of roles every time he appears on screen.

Here’s a list of 10 Scott Speedman movies and TV shows that prove why he is among the fan favorite actors.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers and is based on the writer's opinion. Readers’ discretion is advised.

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10 best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows

10) The Vow

The romantic narrative tells the story of Rachel McAdams’ Paige, who suffers from amnesia after a car accident and forgets that she ever married her husband, Leo, played by Channing Tatum. Due to the memory loss, she goes back to living her life that she had left behind and gradually discovers why she had left her life and might have married Leo.

Speedman played the character of Jeremy, Paige’s ex-fiance, whom she goes back to after her amnesia, thinking they are still together, as he provides the familiarity of her past. But in reality, Paige had broken off her engagement with him, which he does not reveal to her, as he still harbored feelings for her and came between Leo and Paige’s reunion.

The Vow is one of the most popular films in this Scott Speedman movies and TV shows list due to his nuanced portrayal of Jeremy.

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9) XXX: State of the Union

After an almost negative role, Speedman played a character with good intentions in XXX: State of the Union, making it another of his best roles in the list of Scott Speedman movies and TV shows. Speedman played NSA Agent Kyle Steele, who initially didn’t trust but later worked with Ice Cube’s Darius Stone to save President Sanford from being attacked by Willem Dafoe’s Deckert.

Aside from Ice Cube and Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson is also part of this film, giving it another reason to be put in this list of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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8) Dark Blue

Apart from playing an NSA Agent, Speedman has also portrayed the character of a detective in Dark Blue. The film narrates the story of corruption in the LAPD during the Rodney King trial and the LA riots. It focuses on police, where Michael Michele’s Sgt. Williamson begins doubting and finds signs of corruption in his department.

Speedman plays Detective Bobby Keough, who finds himself in the middle of some high-ranking corrupt police officers, but after being forced to kill an innocent man, he is terrified to continue the same life and tells everything to Williamson everything, also revealing the corrupt officers. Aside from Michael Michele, the film also stars Kurt Russell and Brendan Gleeson, making it another film in the list of Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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7) The Strangers

The first film in the The Strangers series narrates the story of a couple, James and Kirsten, played by Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler, who get trapped in James’s childhood home and are stalked by a masked man and later attacked by a woman and the masked man.

The psychological horror film is filled with jump scares and gruesome brutality, making it one of the most terrifying films in this list of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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6) Felicity

This 1998 drama series is regarded as Speedman’s breakthrough role, which is why it is part of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows list. Felicity narrates the story of a group of college students who navigate their lives while facing difficulties and learn to move forward.

Speedman plays Ben, due to whom the main character, Felicity, changes her education plan and enrolls herself in Ben’s college in New York. She discovers that Ben might be one of the reasons, but she wants to leave home to find herself as well. Coming from a troubled household, Speedman's character Ben goes through several changes in his life and relationship with Felicity, which is the central story of the series.

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5) Teacup

The Strangers was not the only best horror project in the list of Scott Speedman movies and TV shows, as this latest series is also one of Speedman's best works. Based on Robert R. McCammon’s Stinger, this eight-part drama series narrates the story of the Chennoweth’s whose son comes back from the woods as a changed person, and with the appearance of a man with a gas mask on, the quiet neighborhood of the Georgia farm finds itself terrified.

Speedman plays James Chennoweth, whose son goes into the woods unattended while following one of their goats. This terrifying series is sure to give you nightmares at night and has a well-earned spot in this list of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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4) You

Netflix's psychological thriller is one of the most popular series that came out in the recent past and narrates the story of Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg, who has been traveling around and killing people in search of the one. At one point, he marries Victoria Pedretti’s Love, who, just like him, can go to extreme lengths to keep her marriage intact.

However, in season 3, their secret gets busted after they kill Speedman’s character, Matthew Engler, Joe, and Love’s neighbor’s wife, Natalie. Matthew’s investigation and due to several problems in their marriage, they get caught, but Joe again flees, and Love is poisoned. This is one of the best roles of Scott Speedman.

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3) Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy has time and again introduced smart and handsome doctors. Speedman joined the cast of one of the longest-running Shonda Rhimes shows in season 14 as Nick Marsh. Marsh is a transplant surgeon and has worked at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Due to Meredith’s traveling to Minnesota for her Alzheimer’s project, they both became close.

Speedman’s Nick also helped Meredith when she hired him as the Residency Program director and became her love interest. Nick’s character is a wholesome and easygoing person with whom Meredith could enjoy small getaways. His character is now one of the fan favorite characters from Grey’s Anatomy, and hence is in the list of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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2) Underworld

Speedman’s role in the Underworld franchise might be one of his biggest roles and, therefore, is a part of the list of Scott Speedman movies and TV shows. He played the character of Michael Corvin, a human who gets bitten by a Lycan. It is later discovered that he comes from a Lycan-Vampire hybrid bloodline, making him the heir to the Corvinus bloodline, but also putting his life in danger.

He is helped by Kate Beckinsale’s Selene in protecting his life as they also begin to grow closer. The Underworld films are considered to be cult classics in the Vampire genre, earning them a spot in this list of the best Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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1) Animal Kingdom

This crime drama has made Speedman more popular in the recent past due to his role as Barry ‘Baz’ Blackwell. The series narrates the story of Cody, who engages in various criminal activities like conducting heists to make a living. Speedman’s Baz is the one who makes the major decisions related to the activities, but later begins questioning the way of life they live.

Speedman appeared in the series for three seasons and guest-starred in season 6. Inspired by the real-life story of the Pettingill crime family, Animal Kingdom is one of the iconic shows due to its twisted and intriguing tale about a unique family, making it one of the best in this list of Scott Speedman movies and TV shows.

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