Full Metal is a memorable character on the Paramount+ military drama, but viewers may have a hard time placing exactly where they’ve seen the actor before. While fans wait for the confirmed SEAL Team season 7 to arrive, they can go back to Paramount+ and rewatch previous seasons, and remind themselves of the large ensemble of characters who have come and gone in the series. Starring David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, SEAL Team follows the real-life elite soldiers as they go on various missions.
SEAL Team relies on the likable cast of characters who surround Hayes as they forge bonds over the course of their missions and suffer losses together as well. The core cast of SEAL Team remains the same throughout the show, but there are many recurring characters whose influence on the soldiers lingers even after they’re gone, and that goes double for Scott “Full Metal” Carter (Scott Foxx), who influenced the show both as a character and as a behind-the-scenes contributing to the Emmy-nominated series.
Scott “Full Metal” Carter Was A Navy SEAL On The Bravo Team In SEAL Team
Scott “Full Metal” Carter first appeared in season 1, episode 10, “Pattern of Life”. Full Metal is a Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator of Bravo Team and is sometimes referred to as Alpha 1, as he was previously leader of Alpha Team before he moved to Bravo to replace Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot) after he was injured. A capable and loyal soldier, Full Metal is a helpful addition to Bravo team, obeying commands despite the fact he was, up until recently, a team leader himself.
Full Metal’s time on SEAL Team is cut short, however, and in the season 4 finale, episode 16, “One Life to Live”, Bravo is caught in a massive and unexpected firefight with Boko Haram militants. He died protecting his teammates from an RPG and has to be buried at sea. It’s a shocking and sad end to a character who had been reliable and beloved by his SEAL team. Foxx’s portrayal of Full Metal always brought levity to his scenes; Even though he was a more than capable killer, he still always made time for a joke.
With no family or pets, Alpha Team and then Bravo were his true family, making his death sting just a little less. At least he died protecting the people he loved, the only family he ever knew. Before he passed, Full Metal left a letter for them and no one else, filled with his usual gallows humor, though Bravo couldn’t get themselves to laugh, a sign of how much Full Metal’s death affected them.
Full Metal Actor Scott Foxx Has A Limited Filmography (But Was An Actual Navy SEAL)
If Foxx seemed preternaturally adept at playing a soldier, that’s probably because he was actually a Navy SEAL at one time, (via TVLine). Foxx was stationed in San Diego, California, and served two tours in Iraq in 2005 and 2007 (via Distractify). He’s posted on Instagram about his time in the service and is clearly proud of his former career. Foxx retired after his 2007 tour and began consulting for Hollywood productions about Special Forces units. That’s how he was eventually picked to play Full Metal on SEAL Team.
Just because Full Metal is dead, doesn’t mean Foxx is off the show, however. Series executive producer Spencer Hudnut was quick to tell TVLine,
“I would like to add that Scott Foxx, who plays Metal and is a former SEAL, even though his character is dead he’s going to stick with the show. He’s going to be there every day with us in an advising capacity and a double capacity.”
Foxx’s filmography is limited, with his only other roles coming as Travis Carter alongside Josh Brolin and Miles Teller in Joseph Kosinski’s Only the Brave and in the 2022 short film Innocence as Police Officer #1, but his 51-episode run on SEAL Team was effective enough that he should be appearing in more roles soon. If not, a Hollywood consulting job is an excellent career path as well.
