I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered me from something years before, and she called my mom wanting me to audition for this thing.

He was a competitive swimmer who attended Earl Haig Secondary School's now defunct gifted athlete program. After appearing in several small TV roles Speedman decided to go to New York City to study for a short time at the Neighborhood Playhouse before dropping out and returning home to Toronto. Suffering a neck injury soon after he was forced to leave the sport.

Robert Scott Speedman (born September 1 1975) better known as Scott Speedman is a Canadian film and television actor.