Andrew Scott returns this week in Oslo, A TV movie about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the pivotal 1990s Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Ahead of its premiere Friday (May 28), here are some things you might not know about the charming Irish actor known for his roles in Sherlock, Fleabag and Modern Love.

1. As a kid, he appeared in a TV commercial for Irish porridge brand Flahavan's.

Prepare to say "awww!"

2. He started a drama degree at Trinity College Dublin – the school from Normal People – but dropped out after six months.

Instead, Scott decided to hone his craft "on the job" at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. "I was ferocious back then," he told The Observer. "I was absolutely sure that I knew best about everything."

3. If you ever end up sitting opposite him on the tube in London, he might just draw your portrait.

Scott revealed his fondness for subway sketching in an interview with The Observer. "It's a really nice way of not focusing on the fact that somebody else may be looking at you," he said, "plus there's a generosity in it because I always go up to them at the end of my journey and give them the portrait that I’ve done. Usually, they're really pleased, and that feels nice."

4. He first spoke about his sexuality in a 2013 newspaper interview.

"Mercifully, these days people don't see being gay as a character flaw," he told The Independent. "But nor is it a virtue, like kindness. Or a talent, like playing the banjo. It's just a fact. Of course, it's part of my make-up, but I don't want to trade on it."

"I am a private person," Scott continued. "I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person. Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that."

5. Though he played a deeply disturbed ride-share driver in the Black Mirror episode "Smithereens," he can't actually drive.

During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Scott described how the show's production team made it look as though he was really in control of the car. Warning: This anecdote contains shedloads of Scott's self-deprecating charm.

6. Despite all his success and his outward-facing profession, he says he's "still a little bit shy."

"I got into drama initially because I was really shy and had a lisp, and I would be terrified… and then something would happen," he told The Independent in 2019. "[Now] it depends on the day. Sometimes you want to look out, don’t you? You want to observe and not be observed. That's sometimes difficult. I always find it really weird, you do a play, and people know who you are, and there's 200 people outside the stage door, and then you walk round the corner and you go home."

7. He's not on social media publicly... but does have a private Instagram account.

"The reason I don’t have a public one is because communication with people is really important to me," he told Dazed in 2019. "I really like people and it’s really nice to meet people on the street so I think if I have social media as well it might just be a bit overwhelming."

8. Scott was 17 when homosexuality was finally decriminalized in Ireland, but is clearly thrilled by how progressive his home country has since become.

"The emancipation of Ireland has been one of the great joys of my life, genuinely," he told The Big Issue in 2017. "Because when I left, I didn’t feel like I could live there. Mercifully I wasn’t a victim of abuse, but I certainly felt I wasn’t accepted and that wasn’t just a flight of fancy or paranoia. The law wasn’t there. And if you don’t have laws to back you up, of course you feel vulnerable."

9. The popularity of his "Hot Priest" character from Fleabag makes him blush.

As we saw on The Graham Norton Show, when singer Paloma Faith revealed just how much she had enjoyed Scott's performance.

10. Having kids isn't necessarily a priority for him.

"I love children, genuinely, and I had a very happy childhood. But I also feel, if I don’t have kids, that’s all right," he told The Times last year. "I think I would’ve attached a lot of shame beforehand, with not living a particularly heteronormative life… Even with being gay, there's a sort of way of being gay that's acceptable. And I don’t feel that any more."

Do you have a favorite thing about Andrew Scott?