[citation needed] In 2002, he won the lead role in the Fox pilot With You in Spirit, for which he received his Screen Actors Guild card.

He appeared in an episode of Bones, on The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Dr. Jeff Tseguay, as Mike in Motorcity and in CSI: NY as Seth Riggin.

In June 2014, it was reported that Scott had joined the Nancy Meyers film The Intern, as a "smooth-talking, cocky young businessman.

[10] In 2020, Scott played the lead role of David in the NBC drama pilot Echo which was written by JJ Bailey.

[12] In November 2023, it was announced that Scott would join Law & Order as Detective Vincent Riley for season 23, after replacing former star Jeffrey Donovan, who exited the show over creative differences.