Rodney Scott makes his television starring debut as a series regular on "Young Americans."

Born in Washington, D.C., Rodney cherished his childhood in the beach resort town of Ocean City, Md. An athletic teenager, he enjoyed playing basketball, football and especially golf. A cousin got him hooked on the latter, and he honed his skills and competed in the state finals during his sophomore year in high school. However, his attention was diverted by drama in his senior year, when he took a class on a lark and wound up starring in three school plays, including "Romeo and Juliet."

Upon graduation, he enrolled in a community college, but after one semester, he set his sights on a show business career. At 19, to his mother's dismay, he decided to take the scenic cross-country trip to Hollywood with three friends.

Soon after his arrival, Rodney found representation and began auditioning for roles, while working as an usher at the Mann's Chinese Theater. When funds ran low, he went home to Maryland for the summer and worked as a waiter. With untarnished optimism and money in his pocket, he returned to Los Angeles in the fall of 1998, and immediately was cast as a runaway teen on the series "Promised Land." He also guest starred on an episode of "X-Files," and played David Cassidy in the NBC TV movie "Come on, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story," prior to landing "Young Americans."

In his leisure time, Rodney enjoys playing golf and attending baseball and football games. An avid traveler, he has visited most major U.S. cities and hopes to venture to Egypt one day to see the pyramids.