Scott Spiegel
Born: 1957-12-24 in Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Died: 2025-08-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Scott Spiegel (December 10, 1957 – August 20, 2025) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for the movie Evil Dead II with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. Spiegel played the role of Scotty in Raimi's Within the Woods, which served as a precursor to The Evil Dead. When Spiegel first moved to Los Angeles, he shared a house in with directors Raimi and Joel Coen, producer Ethan Coen and actresses Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Kathy Bates. He shared yet another house with roommate and film editor Bob Murawski (Spider-Man). In the early 1990s, he introduced film director Quentin Tarantino to producer Lawrence Bender, who helped Tarantino get Reservoir Dogs made. Spiegel grew up in what was then "rural" Birmingham, Michigan. He attended Walnut Lake Elementary school and then went on to attend West Maple Jr. High School. It was here that Scott met Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Spiegel worked at the local grocery market across from Walnut Lake Elementary School and it is from this market that Scott would later draw upon the memories to come up with classic scenes that would eventually be worked into many of the scenes of the movies he would either write or direct. In 1999, Spiegel directed the direct-to-video sequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, Texas Blood Money. Spiegel formed the production company Raw Nerve with film directors Eli Roth, and Boaz Yakin. Raw Nerve produced the film Hostel (2005), directed by Roth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Spiegel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Nightmares ... (Producer)
2022
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Soul of the Damned (voice)
2021
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2019
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
2014
2012
2011
- Hostel: Part III ... (Director)
- Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2 as Self
- Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder as Self
2009
- Drag Me to Hell as Mourner at Death Feast
- Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare as Self
2007
- Hostel: Part II ... (Executive Producer)
- Gimme Skelter ... (Thanks)
- Babysitter Wanted as Dr. Spiegel
- The Cult of Ichi as Self
2006
- Hostel ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- 2001 Maniacs as Strolling Minstrel #2
2004
- Spider-Man 2 as Man on Balcony
- My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure ... (Director)
2002
- Spider-Man as Marine Cop
- Hatred Of A Minute as Bored Party Guest (credited as Peter Perkinson)
- Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self
1999
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Porno Director
1996
- Where Truth Lies as Prison Guard
1995
- The Quick and the Dead as Gold Teeth Man
- Nude Bowling Party as Joe Pornofsky
1994
- Pulp Fiction ... (Thanks)
1993
- Red as The caller
1992
- Wild Malibu Weekend! as Make-Up Shemp #1
- Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion as Himself
- The Nutt House ... (Story)
- The Making of High Noon ... (Sound)
1991
- Shock Cinema: Volume One as Himself
1990
- Lionheart as Pool Fight Bookie
- Darkman as Dockworker
- The Rookie ... (Screenplay)
- Skinned Alive as Phink
- The Girl I Want as Guy 2
1989
- Intruder as Bread Man
- Robot Ninja as Marty Coleslaw
- The Dead Next Door as Richards
- Hit List ... (Writer)
1988
- The Incredibly Strange Film Show as Self
1987
- Evil Dead II as Fake Shemp
1985
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except as Pin Cushion
- The Sappy Sap as Man
1981
- The Evil Dead as Fake Shemp
- Torro. Torro. Torro!
- Torro. Torro. Torro!
1980
1979
- Attack of the Helping Hand! ... (Director)
- Night Crew ... (Director)
1978
- Within the Woods as Scotty
- Acting and Reacting
1977
- It's Murder! as Police Detective
1972
1969
- Inspector Clutz Saves the Day as Igor the Monster