Early Life & Career
Scott Neeson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. At age 5, he and his family moved to Australia.
He was raised in the industrial city of Elizabeth, South Australia, and never completed high school. Delivering movie posters for a company that operated drive-in movie theatres launched what was to become a successful career in the film business. He quickly climbed the ranks of the Australian film industry, and in 1993 accepted a position with 20th Century Fox International in Los Angeles.
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