Scott Major

Scott Ian Major (born 4 July 1975) is an Australian actor and TV and film director, known for his roles as Peter Rivers in the 1994 television teen drama series Heartbreak High and Lucas Fitzgerald in soap opera Neighbours. After leaving Neighbours in 2013, Major returned to direct over 200 episodes of the serial. He has since gone on to direct episodes of Playing for Keeps, and two miniseries Lie With Me and Riptide. Major reprised his role as Rivers in the 2022 reboot of Heartbreak High.

Early life and education Scott Ian Major was born on 4 July 1975. His father was Melbourne radio sports broadcaster Ian Major.

Major appeared in the 1993 Australian romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid, with Alex Dimitriades and Claudia Karvan. Major reprised his role as Peter Rivers in Heartbreak High from 1994 to 1995. After finishing up on Heartbreak High in April 1995, Major filmed guest roles in Cody: The Wrong Stuff, which he described as the most challenging of his career, and Police Rescue. He also took a presenting role on the ABC's school series Inside Out,

In 1998, he appeared in an episode of All Saints (Season 2 – "If These Walls Could Talk"). Major also guested on Home and Away that year as Murray, a criminal, for five episodes. In 1999, he was cast in the Australian film Envy (titled as The New Girlfriend in the United States). Two years later, he had a small role as a welfare officer in the film adaptation of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, a movie based on the novel by John Birmingham.

Major played Tom Morgan in the Australian drama Always Greener, which was shown on the Seven Network between 2001 and 2003. In April 2004, Major guested in an episode of Blue Heelers. He also wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own play called Both Sides of the Bar at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Spending two years in the UK, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap Doctors in 2007, and also starred in the first episode of the second series of Love Soup, a BBC comedy starring Tamsin Greig.

After Major returned to Australia, he was cast as Lucas Fitzgerald in the soap opera Neighbours in July 2008. He subsequently made a number of returns in a guest capacity. He reprised his role for the 30th anniversary in 2015. Further appearances occurred in March 2016, February 2019, and in April 2021. Major reprised the role for a brief appearance during the show's then-final episode in July 2022. In November 2025, it was reported that Major would briefly return as Lucas in December for the final episode of its revival series.

Major reprised his role of Rivers in Netflix's 2022 reboot of Heartbreak High. In 2025, he appeared in Alice Maio Mackay's romantic horror film The Serpent's Skin as record shop owner Buzz.

Directing

During his time in Neighbours, Major directed the 2009 stage production of The Subtle Art of Flirting, which starred his former co-stars Caitlin Stasey and Fletcher Humphrys. The following year, he directed his first episode of Neighbours, which aired in November 2010.

In December 2010, Major told Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy that he had directed further episodes of Neighbours with the help of an existing television director. Major admitted that he finds the directing part of his job "very tough to fit it in with the acting" because he is "running from location to location and getting the scene shot and then putting a different hat on and directing a scene." In 2019, he won Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Serial for his work on "Episode 7776A" of Neighbours at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards. He was nominated in the same category for "Episode 7776B". He directed over 200 episodes of Neighbours. The following year, he directed Herbison's psychological thriller series Riptide. He also directed the indie thriller film Line of Fire (also known as Darklands),

Personal life Major is also a musician and plays bass guitar.

Filmography

Actor

Director