Adam Scott Biography

Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, and podcaster. He is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. He has also appeared as Derek in the film Step Brothers, and Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom Party Down.

Early life

Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, the son of Anne (ne Quartara) and Douglas Scott. Following the release of the film The Lost Boys, Adam relocated in Santa Cruz from ages 9 to 18. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. Scott has said that David "looks like me but is far more cerebral and inherited the intellect of our parents", both of whom are retired teachers. He graduated from Harbor High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California.

Career

Film

Scott has appeared in several feature films, including Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), The Lesser Evil (1998), High Crimes (2002), The Aviator (2004), Torque (2004), Monster-in-Law (2005), Who Loves the Sun (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Step Brothers (2008), August (2008), Piranha 3-D (2010), and Leap Year (2010).

Scott's name appears next to Jon Hamm's name in the film Anchorman in one of the broadcast's credits. In an appearance on G4's Attack of the Show program on April 21, 2011, he confirmed that this was due to his and Hamm's friendship with producer Shauna Robertson, who put their names in the credits as an Easter egg. He played Ted Hendricks, Walter Mitty's detestable corporate boss, in the 2013 remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Scott appeared in the films Our Idiot Brother (2011) as Jeremy and Bachelorette. He also starred as Jason Fryman in Friends with Kids (2012). He starred as Caleb Sinclaire in the 2010 film The Vicious Kind, a more dramatic role than his previous comedic endeavours, for which Scott was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best actor. The film itself received positive reviews, and he won two individual awards at two separate film festivals. He starred in the film Passenger Side, released on DVD on October 26, 2010.

Scott's film A.C.O.D. premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2015, he worked as executive producer on, and portrayed Alex in, the comedy film The Overnight, and also co-starred in the Christmas comedy slasher film Krampus.

Television

On television, he appeared as Griff Hawkins in the series Boy Meets World and Josh on Party of Five, as well as David's love interest, Ben Cooper, on Six Feet Under. He played Palek on the HBO drama Tell Me You Love Me (2007). Scott played a cocaine-addicted, delirious baseball front office representative in the first and second seasons of the HBO series Eastbound & Down. From 2009 to 2010 he appeared on the Starz network show Party Down. His role in Party Down earned him an Entertainment Weekly Ewwy nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009.

In 2010, Scott joined the cast of NBC's acclaimed comedy series Parks and Recreation, in which he played Ben Wyatt, a state auditor who arrives in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana to evaluate the town's funds. He appeared as a guest star along with Rob Lowe in the second season before becoming a main character for the remainder of the series. The show's seventh and final season concluded in February 2015.

Scott has appeared in the Adult Swim comedy Childrens Hospital. He was also on the show NTSF:SD:SUV::, in the episode "The Risky Business of Being Alone in Your Home", and the annual Adult Swim special The Greatest Event in Television History, which he also created and produced. Scott has also appeared in the Comedy Central television show Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, as a newscaster in the episode "Relapse into Refreshment". He has appeared in a series of commercials for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.

Podcasting

Scott is the co-host and co-creator of the Earwolf podcast U Talkin' U2 To Me? with Scott Aukerman. The series is introduced at the outset of each episode as "the comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things U2," but it generally uses discussion of the band as a jumping off point for improv and absurdist humor. Scott has also been a guest on numerous podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, How Did This Get Made?, and Kevin Pollak's Chat Show.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	Joe
1996	Hellraiser: Bloodline	Jacques
1996	The Last Days of Frankie the Fly	Race Track Valet
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Defiant Conn Officer
1997	Dinner and Driving	Larry
1998	Girl	Scott
1998	The Lesser Evil	Young George
1998	Hairshirt	Fan at Bar
2001	Date Squad	Fred	Short film
2001	Seven and a Match	Peter
2002	Ronnie	Ronnie Schwann
2002	High Crimes	Lt. Terrence Embry
2002	Bleach	Fulton	Short film
2003	Something More	Saul	Short film
2003	Two Days	Stu
2004	Torque	FBI Agent McPherson
2004	Off the Lip	David
2004	The Aviator	Johnny Meyer
2005	The Matador	Phil Garrison
2005	Monster-In-Law	Remy
2006	Art School Confidential	Marvin Bushmiller
2006	First Snow	Tom Morelane
2006	Who Loves the Sun	Daniel Bloom
2006	The Return	Kurt
2007	Knocked Up	Samuel
2008	The Great Buck Howard	Alan Berkman
2008	August	Joshua Sterling
2008	Corporate Affairs	Jack Hightower
2008	Step Brothers	Derek
2008	Lovely, Still	Mike Malone
2009	The Vicious Kind	Caleb Sinclaire	Nominated"?Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
2009	Passenger Side	Michael	Also executive producer
2010	Operation: Endgame	Magician
2010	AIDS: We Did It!	Man	Short film
2010	Leap Year	Jeremy
2010	Piranha 3-D	Novak
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited	Cab Driver	Short film
2011	The Terrys	Narrator	Short film
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Jeremy
2011	Friends with Kids	Jason Fryman
2012	Bachelorette	Clyde
2012	HJ Gloves	Man #2	Short film
2012	See Girl Run	Jason
2012	A.C.O.D.	Carter	Also executive producer
2012	The Guilt Trip	Andrew Margolis, Jr.
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Ted Hendricks
2014	They Came Together	Sound Engineer	Cameo
2015	The Overnight	Alex	Also executive producer
2015	Sleeping with Other People	Matthew
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Adam Yates, Jr.
2015	Black Mass	Robert Fitzpatrick
2015	Krampus	Tom
2016	Other People	"?	Producer
2016	My Blind Brother	Robbie
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America		Filming
2017	Fun Mom Dinner		Filming; also executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Dead at 21	Dan	Episode: "Pilot"
1994-95	Boy Meets World	Band Member/Griffin Hawkins	4 episodes
1995	ER	David Kerstetter	Episode: "Full Moon, Saturday Night"
1995	Murder One	Sydney Schneider	6 episodes
1996	NYPD Blue	Gordon Puterbaugh	Episode: "The Nutty Confessor"
1997	Payback	Adam Stanfill	Television film
1998-1999	Party of Five	Josh Macon	7 episodes
1999	Wasteland	Phillip the Coffee Boy	7 episodes
1999	Sagamore	Alex	Television film
1999	Winding Roads	Brian Calhoun	Television film
2002	Glory Days	Howard Dichotsky	Episode: "Everybody Loves Rudy"
2002	Six Feet Under	Ben Cooper	2 episodes
2004	CSI: Miami	Danny Cato	Episode: "Stalkerazzi"
2005	Veronica Mars	Mr. Rooks	Episode: "Mars vs. Mars"
2006	Law & Order	Robbie Howell	Episode: "America, Inc."
2007	Tell Me You Love Me	Palek	10 episodes
2009-2010	Eastbound & Down	Pat Anderson	2 episodes
2009-2010	Party Down	Henry Pollard	20 episodes Also producer
2010	Childrens Hospital	Lt. D'Ghor Koru	Episode: "Joke Overload"
2010	The Wonderful Maladys	Alice's Ex-Boyfriend	Pilot
2010	American Dad!	Marshall	Voice Episode: "The People vs. Martin Sugar"
2010-2015	Parks and Recreation	Ben Wyatt	97 episodes Nominated"?Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2013-2014)
2011	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Van Damm	Episode: "The Risky Business of Being Alone in Your Home"
2012	Burning Love	Damien Assante	6 episodes
2012-2014	The Greatest Event in Television History	Himself	4 episodes also creator, director and executive producer
2012-2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself / Plumber Pierre	3 episodes
2013	Robot Chicken	Care Bear / Father	Voice Episode: "Botched Jewel Heist"
2013	Drunk History	John Wilkes Booth	Episode: "Washington D.C."
2013	Timms Valley	US Marshal Lonny	Voice Pilot
2016	Angie Tribeca	Surgeon	Episode: "The Wedding Planner Did It"
2016	Animals.	Shane	Voice Episode: "Cats."
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Johnny Dunne	Episode: "Meet Platinum"
2016	The Adult Swim Golf Classic	Adam Scott	TV special
2016	Big Little Lies	Ed Mackenzie