Benedict Freeman (born 8 April 1980) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Scott Windsor in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
[1] After leaving Grange Hill, Emmerdale decided to cast Freeman in the role of Scott Windsor, taking over from previous actor Toby Cockerell.
[2] Following Emmerdale in 2007, Freeman took his career to the stage, playing the Prince in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Warner in the final cast of Legally Blonde[3] and Norman in Dreamboats and Petticoats, both in West End theatre.
He left the show on 16 November 2013,[5] and joined the British touring cast of a musical version of the American sitcom Happy Days, playing the role of The Fonz.
[8] In May 2018, Freeman played the lead role of Ed Leighton in an independent British film Hooligan Escape the Russian Job.