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Scott Christopher (born Scott Christopher-Claflin, January 13, 1967) is an American actor and author.^[1] He is best known for his roles as Lt. Frank Quincy in Granite Flats, Kyle Harrison in The Best Two Years, and Brigadier General Alexander Doniphan in the religious biopic Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration.^[2] He is well known for his roles in Mormon cinema.^[3]

Christopher was born Scott Christopher-Clafin on January 13, 1967 in Ferndale, Michigan.^[2][4] He attended Brigham Young University where he won the Irene Ryan Award in 1991 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., an award annually presented to the nation’s top collegiate actor. He was the first student from BYU to have won it.^[5]

Christopher made his screen acting debut as Chuck Lundgreen in a 1990 film At Gunpoint. In the early parts of his career, he primarily played supportingf or guest roles in various films and television programs. From 2002 to 2003, he had a recurring role as Coach Austin in Everwood.^[2]

In 2002, he played two cameo roles in The Singles Ward which began his career in Mormon cinema for which he is best known today. He starred as Kyle Anderson in The Best Two Years and as Michael Jaymes in Mobsters and Mormons. In 2011, he had a supporting role as Brigadier General Alexander Doniphan in Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration, a biopic about the life of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. He portrayed Joseph Smith III, founder of the Community of Christ, in the film In Emma’s Footsteps. In 2016, he narrated Hidden in the Heartland, a documentary series investigating the Heartland Model, a proposed theory about the geographic setting of the Book of Mormon. He portrayed Peter Whitmer Sr. in two unrelated history films about early Mormonism.^[2]

From 2011 to 2015, he starred in Granite Flats as Lt. Frank Quincy, a hospital patient who is being used as a test subject for MKUltra.^[2] Since the 2020s, he has played in various Hallmark films and other lifestyle movies.

He is married to Elizabeth Christopher and they have 5 sons.^[4] He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a proselyting mission to Barcelona and surrounding areas in Spain. He speaks fluent Spanish.^[1]