Darran Scott

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Darran Scott (born Darren Scott Page on December 1, 1963) is an Australian actor, comedian, radio announcer, film and television writer and producer. He began working as an actor as a young teenager and appeared in such Australian TV shows as Special Squad, Carson's Law, The Henderson Kids and the World War I mini-series Anzacs. He has written and produced various films and television and appears as a TV presenter in various TV series and radio.

He is Executive Producer of Filmpoets Studios, Melbourne, Australia, which have developed the children's television series Making a Splash, A Day In The Life and the feature film Prisoners of Society as well as the TV series The Surfers Life.

In 1985, he was the target of an attempted kidnapping while backpacking through the US state of Washington, managing to escape by jumping from the moving vehicle. He sustained minor injuries.

Scott captured worldwide attention after applying to Cricket Australia in late 2003 for the Test Captaincy to replace Steve Waugh upon his retirement, citing his credentials as "my team mates describe my bowling as 'nippy'". The application and resultant reply from CEO James Sutherland created a national media story.^[1]^[2]

An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he married his American wife on 30th November 2006 at the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.