Tom Everett Scott Biography

Thomas "Tom" Everett Scott (born September 7, 1970) is an American film, theatre and television actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film That Thing You Do! (1996) and as detective Russell Clarke in Southland for the first three seasons of the show.

Life and career

Scott was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Cindy and Bill Scott. His first notable role was appearing as Matthew on the television situation comedy Grace Under Fire (1995–1997). He played the title character's out-of-wedlock son, whom she had placed for adoption. After several seasons on the show in a recurring role, Scott landed the role of Guy Patterson in That Thing You Do!. He was almost passed over because of his resemblance to the film's director, actor Tom Hanks, but Hanks's wife, Rita Wilson, encouraged Hanks to cast Scott in the role.

Scott had several other notable roles; he was the lead in the film An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) as well as Dead Man on Campus (1998). Scott also had a recurring role on the television series ER (2002–2003), and has played numerous minor parts in other films and television shows. He starred in Saved (2006), a medical-drama series on the TNT cable channel. He appeared as one of Mandy Moore's boyfriends in the comedy Because I Said So (2007). He appeared in a Broadway-theatre production as the closeted film star Mitchell Green in the comedy The Little Dog Laughed, written by Douglas Carter Beane. He also appeared as Zip in an Off-Broadway production of The Country Club, also written by Beane. He starred as Jack Cutting on the ABC television network's brief comedy-drama series Cashmere Mafia (2008). In 2009, he appeared in four episodes of Law & Order playing the fictional Governor of New York, Don Shalvoy. He also played Detective Russell Clarke in the seven episodes of the first season of Southland, which was dropped by NBC and subsequently picked up by TNT. At the start of second season, he became a recurring character appearing in three of six episodes. In the third season of the series, he has continued to appear in selected episodes.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	That Thing You Do	Guy Patterson
1997	An American Werewolf in Paris	Andy McDermott
1998	One True Thing	Brian Gulden
1998	Dead Man on Campus	Josh Miller
1999	The Love Letter	Johnny
2000	Boiler Room	Michael Brantley
2002	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Elliot Grebb
2006	Air Buddies	Buddy
2007	Because I Said So	Jason
2008	Snow Buddies	Buddy
2009	Race To Witch Mountain	Matheson
2009	Tanner Hall	Gio
2011	Mars Needs Moms	Milo's dad	Voice
2012	Parental Guidance	Phil Simmons
2013	Enemies Closer	Henry
2014	Strings		Filming

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Law & Order	Charles Wilson	1 episode
1994	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Matt Hansen	1 episode
1995–1997	Grace Under Fire	Matthew	5 episodes
1999	Inherit the Wind	Bertram Cates	television film
2000–2001	The $treet	Jack T. Kenderson	12 episodes
2001–2002	Philly	Will Froman	11 episodes
2002–2003	Do Over	Joel (voice)	13 episodes (uncredited)
2002–2003	ER	Eric Wyczenski	8 episodes
2003	Will & Grace	Alex	1 episode
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Booster Gold	1 episode
	Karroll's Christmas	Allen Karroll	television film
2006	Saved	Wyatt Cole	main role
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Jack Cutting	3 episodes
	Sons of Anarchy	Rosen	3 episodes
2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Booster Gold	2 episodes
	Southland	Detective Russell Clarke	14 episodes
	Law & Order	Governor Donald Shalvoy	4 episodes
2011	GCB (TV series)	Andrew Remington	3 episodes
2014	Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio	Joe Matthews	television film (filming)