Ex-spouse Kym Denyse Stephenson Role Actor | Name Scott Valentine Years active 1982–2007 Children Trevin John Valentine | |
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Scott Eugene Valentine (born June 3, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Moore on the hit NBC series Family Ties.
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Life and career
Valentine was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Beverly Ann (née Hanna) and Edward Eugene Valentine and Lucien Koenig. He began to pursue acting one year into his college education, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He completed the three-year program in one and a half years.
Valentine had gotten as far as a screen test for the 1981 film The Lords of Discipline when he was hit by a truck and his career was halted for three years as he recovered. He moved to Los Angeles and landed the recurring role on the TV series Family Ties. Valentine starred as Justine Bateman's on-screen boyfriend Nick Moore from 1985-1989 for seasons 4 through 7.
In an interview for CJAD 800 AM, Montreal radio, Valentine thought the role was not challenging enough for the money he was receiving, saying: "I'm so glad I went to the [American Academy of Dramatic Arts] and to all the other fine acting institutions so I could grunt on primetime television. The primal dig, the date from hell. It was a lot of fun, but literally there were times where I only had to utter two guttural utterances in a show and they paid me a bundle of cash for it. I felt bad at times.”
Valentine's success as Nick Moore on Family Ties led to 3 separate spin-offs. The first starred Valentine and actor Herschel Bernardi called Taking It Home. Filming was canceled when Bernardi died in 1986. The second spin-off placed Valentine's character in a daycare center. The third was a pilot episode for a spin-off titled The Art of Being Nick; the episode was aired one time and co-starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus. “It came in number two and they still didn't pick it up,” recalled Valentine.
He has appeared since then as a guest actor in several hit television series such as CSI: NY, NewsRadio, and JAG; his first major motion picture, My Demon Lover; and numerous made-for-TV and straight-to-video movies. He also voiced The Phantom in Phantom 2040.
He portrayed Metallo in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series.
On September 29, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, Valentine married actress Kym Denyse (Fisher) Stephenson. They have one son, Trevin John Valentine, born May 8, 1986, in Los Angeles, California.
Valentine is now a partner in Excelsior Capital Partners, a boutique investment firm that focuses on the renewable and sustainable energy sector. He continues to be involved with movie and television production as a producer and financier.