Education
Scott Wills studied at Massey University in Palmerston North and completed a Bachelor of Arts in English and Media Studies in 1992. Then he attended the Toi Whakaari for two years.
Scott Wills studied at Massey University in Palmerston North and completed a Bachelor of Arts in English and Media Studies in 1992. Then he attended the Toi Whakaari for two years.
He had his start on television in 1997 with an apparition in the soap opera Shortland Street. The same year, he was awarded the Chapman Tripp Best Newcomer award for his role in Mojo. In 2000, he is named for New Zealand Award of the best actor in a supporting role for his role in the romantic comedy Hopeless.
He returned to television in different television series and, in 2006, he co-starred in Perfect Creature.
In 2009, he played the Head of Security of a mysterious cult in the television series The Cult. In 2013, he staged his first play, Business Stop.
He won twice the price of the best actor in New Zealand film and television awards. In 2001 he starred in his first major film, Stickmen, a comedy that achieved commercial success in New Zealand and for which he won the New Zealand Film Award of the best actor. In 2008, he won his second New Zealand Film Award of the best actor for his role in Apron Strings, a familial drama.