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Scott Spiegel

Acting

Born December 24, 1957 · Birmingham, Michigan, USA

Died August 20, 2025

Also known as Peter Perkinson · Scott Spiegal · Scott Speigel

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.

Filmography27 titles

Pulp Fiction

1994Thanks

Evil Dead II

1987as Fake Shemp

Spider-Man 2

2004as Man on Balcony

Spider-Man

2002as Marine Cop

The Evil Dead

1981as Fake Shemp

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022as Soul of the Damned (voice)

QT8: The First Eight

2019as Self

Lionheart

1990as Pool Fight Bookie

Drag Me to Hell

2009as Mourner at Death Feast

The Quick and the Dead

1995as Gold Teeth Man

Darkman

1990as Dockworker

Intruder

1989as Bread Man

Hostel

2005Executive Producer

Hostel: Part II

2007Executive Producer

The Rookie

1990Screenplay

Babysitter Wanted

2007as Dr. Spiegel

2001 Maniacs

2005as Strolling Minstrel #2

Hostel: Part III

2011Director, Producer

Skinned Alive

1990as Phink

The Dead Next Door

1989as Richards

Robot Ninja

1989as Marty Coleslaw

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

1985as Pin Cushion

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999as Porno Director

My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure

2004Director

Shock Cinema: Volume One

1991as Himself

Where Truth Lies

1996as Prison Guard

Wild Malibu Weekend!

1995as Make-Up Shemp #1