Background
Foley was born in Kansas City, Kansas to Connie and Hugh Foley, the first of three boys. He spent part of his childhood in Australia and Japan, due to the career demands of his father, an international banker.
Foley was born in Kansas City, Kansas to Connie and Hugh Foley, the first of three boys. He spent part of his childhood in Australia and Japan, due to the career demands of his father, an international banker.
Foley attended Ladue High School, before graduating from Clayton High School.
Foley is known for roles in television shows such as The Unit, Felicity and Scandal, and in films such as Scream 3. He has also guest starred in series including Dawson"s Creek, House, Scrubs, Grey"s Anatomy and Cougar Town. The family settled in Saint Louis, Missouri when Scott was 10 years old.
His ancestry is German, Irish and Scottish.
Foley"s breakthrough role was playing Noel Crane on Felicity. Foley has had recurring guest appearances on Scrubs as Elliot Reid"s boyfriend, Sean Kelly and on Dawson"s Creek as Cliff.
Aside from acting, Foley directed one episode of Felicity (called "The Graduate"), one episode of Monk, called Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month, in season 3, along with one episode of The Unit.
He also produced the sitcom A.U.S.A., on which he appeared.
He had a starring role in Columbia Broadcasting System military drama The Unit, throughout its entire four season run, as Sergeant First Class Bob Brown. He guest-starred as a drug addicted baseball pitcher on House. Scott Foley appeared in three episodes of American Broadcasting Company"s comedy Cougar Town.
He signed on to play a businessman being shown houses by the show"s resident real estate agent, Jules, played by Courteney Cox, reuniting with her nine (9) years after Scream 3.
Foley and Cox"s characters began dating but it ended quickly as his character wanted a more serious relationship than on-the-rebound Jules. After appearing on Shonda Rhimes" Grey"s Anatomy, Foley appeared as a guest star on the second season of her hit show Scandal as captain Jake Ballard.
News of Foley’s casting was revealed in January 2013. Later that year he was added as a regular to the cast.
Directing
Foley made his feature film writing and directing debut in 2013 with Let"s Kill Ward"s Wife.