With three hit shows, Scott Speedman proves hes comfortable in the fast lane

Scott Speedman is becoming a virtuoso at time management.“I’m just finishing work in North Carolina, and then after I talk to you, I jump on a plane to see my kids for 36 hours, then I fly back and continue,” says the actor, on the phone from the set of “R.J.

Decker.” This trip home to LA is a stealth one, he adds.“My wife knows, obviously, but I’m gonna sneak back and surprise my kids.” As it happens, his production team may not be in on it either.

“They don’t even know I’m leaving tonight,” he says.“They probably won’t love that.”The “R.J.

Decker” star, who’s simultaneously shooting parts on two other shows, has gone rogue because he’s feeling sentimental; his 4-year-old daughter is starting school.“She has this great teacher, Miss Molly, and they’re starting to learn how to read and all that kind of stuff.

She loves it.It’s super cute.” The doting dad, who got engaged to his longtime love Lindsay Rae Hofmann in 2023 and calls her his wife, marvels at his current work-life pace.

“It’s truly wild,” he says.“It’s fun, too, but it’s definitely a challenge.”He’s not kidding: “When I finish [shooting] this, I go right on to ‘Running Point,’” he says, referring to the Kate Hudson-led Netflix sports comedy on which he plays hockey team owner Luke McShay.

“I’ll do like three episodes, and then I’ll go over to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for a bit to do that.” Speedman joined “Grey’s” in 2021 as transplant surgeon Nick Marsh, who became a romantic interest for Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo).The 51-year-old actor, whose boyish grin and disarming good looks made him a household name in the late ’90s/early aughts as college heartthrob Ben Covington on J.J.Abrams’ series “Felicity,” is embracing the chaos of his current lifestyle.

“I spent a lot of years not, not working, just sort of not having both feet in the river, in a sense,” he says.“Now I’m kind of going for it, and tha...