Biography

Scott Jaeck

Scott Jaeck is making his second Steppenwolf appearance of the season, after baring almost all for Penelope in the Downstairs Theatre. Previously, he appeared with the company in the Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County. Other Chicago credits include Stage Kiss, Mary, The Seagull, Dinner with Friends, Uncle Vanya, Galileo, A House Not Meant to Stand (Goodman Theatre); Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Henry IV – Parts 1 & 2, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard II (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Inherit the Wind, Red Herring, How I Learned to Drive, Light Up the Sky (Northlight Theatre); Benefactors, Our Town (Writers’ Theatre); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Victory Gardens Theater); and Long Day’s Journey into Night (Court Theatre). Regionally he has appeared at theaters including Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Scott has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon. His many film and television appearances include The Lucky Ones, Washington Square, Boardwalk Empire, Prison Break, Charmed, E.R. and Seinfeld.