Scott Michael Foster Biography

Scott Michael Foster (born March 4, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Captain John Paul "Cappie" Jones in the ABC Family comedy-drama series, Greek (2007-2011) and as Leo Hendrie in the ABC Family drama Chasing Life (2014"?2015). Foster also had the recurring roles on Californication, Halt and Catch Fire and Once Upon a Time. In 2015, he starred as Wick Briggs in the ABC prime time soap opera, Blood & Oil.

Early life

Foster was born in Winfield, Illinois, at Central DuPage Hospital. He is the only boy in his family and has two sisters. He later moved to Highland Village, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he became interested in acting as early as elementary school. He went to Briarhill Middle School, and later attended Edward S. Marcus High School where he was involved in theater until he graduated in 2003. He attended Collin County Community College for one semester with a focus on acting, but soon left his studies to pursue a professional career in that field. He plays guitar and is the lead singer of his indie rock band "Siren's Eye". They released their first EP on iTunes, entitled "Red Room" on 15 December 2009.

Career

Foster has appeared in the small indie film The Beautiful Flowers, before landing the regular role in the ABC Family comedy-drama series, Greek. The series ran from 2007 to 2011. During his days on Greek, Foster also had the leading role in the independent film, Teenage Dirtbag. He later guest-starred on Law & Order: LA, Melissa & Joey, Friends with Benefits, The Closer, and Parenthood.

In 2012, Foster had the recurring roles in the fifth season of Showtime comedy-drama series, Californication, and short-lived ABC paranormal horror series, The River. In 2013, he had the regular role in another short-lived ABC series, Zero Hour opposite Anthony Edwards and Carmen Ejogo. In 2014, Foster had the recurring roles in AMC period drama, Halt and Catch Fire, and later in that year began appearing in the ABC Family drama series, Chasing Life as a love interest for the lead character. His character dies in the seventh episode of the second season. Also in 2014, he played the role of Kristoff in the fourth season of ABC fantasy series, Once Upon a Time.

In 2015, Foster began starring in the ABC prime time television soap opera, Blood & Oil alongside Don Johnson and Amber Valletta. In 2015, he was listed one of Variety"?s "10 Actors to Watch".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Horrible Flowers	Billy
2009	Teenage Dirtbag	Thayer Mangeres
2010	Ashley's Ashes	Kern
2014	The Pact 2	Officer Meyer
2015	Must Feed and Water	Alex	Short film
2015	My Dead Boyfriend

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	'	Brandon	Episode: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
2007	Women's Murder Club	Milo Bishop	Episode: "Blind Dates and Bleeding Hearts"
2007-2011	Greek	Captain John Paul "Cappie" Jones	Series regular, 74 episodes
2008	Quarterlife	Jed Berland	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2011	Parenthood	Gary	Episodes: "Taking the Leap" and "Slipping Away"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Roger	Episode: "Runyon Canyon"
2011	Melissa & Joey	George	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2011	Friends with Benefits	Daniel	Episode: "The Benefit of Friends"
2012	Californication	Tyler	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2012	The River	Jonas	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2012	The Closer	Luke	Episode: "Armed Response"
2013	Zero Hour	Arron Martin	Series regular, 13 episodes
2014	Halt and Catch Fire	Hunt Whitmarsh	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2014-2015	Chasing Life	Leo Hendrie	Recurring role, 26 episodes
2014	Once Upon a Time	Kristoff	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2015	Blood & Oil	Wick Briggs	Series regular, 10 episodes