Adam Scott

Adam Scott

Known for
Acting
Born
April 3, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Santa Cruz, California, USA

Biography

Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, director and podcaster. He is best known for his roles as Ben Wyatt in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, Henry Pollard in the Starz comedy series Party Down, Palek in the HBO drama Tell Me You Love Me and Derek Huff in the 2008 film Step Brothers. He has appeared in the Adult Swim comedy Childrens Hospital. He was also on the show NTSF:SD:SUV::, and the annual Adult Swim special The Greatest Event in Television History, which he also created and produced. Scott is the co-host and co-creator of the Earwolf podcast U Talkin' U2 To Me? with Scott Aukerman.

Known For

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Filmography

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Double Booked

Double Booked

Movie

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The George Lucas Talk Show: Live poster

The George Lucas Talk Show: Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2027
A Sprinkle of History

A Sprinkle of History

Movie · as Irv Robbins

2027
The Saviors

The Saviors

Movie · as Sean Harrison

2026
Hokum poster

Hokum

Movie · as Ohm Bauman

2026
The Whisper Man poster

The Whisper Man

Movie · as Tom Kennedy

2026
Strip Law poster

Strip Law

TV · as Lincoln Gumb (voice) · 10 eps

2025
The Monkey poster

The Monkey

Movie · as Captain Petey Shelborn

2025
Bianca by Night poster

Bianca by Night

TV · as Self - Guest (video link) · 1 ep

2025
The Studio poster

The Studio

TV · as Adam Scott · 1 ep

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2024
Madame Web poster

Madame Web

Movie · as Ben Parker

2024
Dinner Time Live with David Chang poster

Dinner Time Live with David Chang

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
First Time Female Director poster

First Time Female Director

Movie · as Acting Coach (uncredited)

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Loot poster

Loot

TV · as John Novak · 9 eps

2022
Severance poster

Severance

TV · as Mark Scout · 19 eps

2021
Inside Job poster

Inside Job

TV · as Ron Staedtler (voice) · 5 eps

2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics poster

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Movie · as Self

2020
A Parks and Recreation Special poster

A Parks and Recreation Special

Movie · as Ben Wyatt

2020
Celebrity Escape Room poster

Celebrity Escape Room

Movie · as Self

2020
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation poster

The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation

Movie · as Ben Wyatt

2020
Duncanville poster

Duncanville

TV · as Nick (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Don't poster

Don't

TV · as Himself - Host · 8 eps

2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie poster

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Movie · as Adam Scott

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Justin Sanderson · 1 ep

2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale poster

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep

2018
Nailed It! poster

Nailed It!

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2017
The Most Hated Woman in America poster

The Most Hated Woman in America

Movie · as Jack Ferguson

2017
Little Evil poster

Little Evil

Movie · as Gary Bloom

2017
Flower poster

Flower

Movie · as Will Jordan

2017
Fun Mom Dinner poster

Fun Mom Dinner

Movie · as Tom

2017
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special poster

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Movie · as Adam Scott

2017
The Disaster Artist poster

The Disaster Artist

Movie · as Adam Scott

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as Mr. Dylan Keating (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Big Little Lies poster

Big Little Lies

TV · as Ed Mackenzie · 14 eps

2017
Ghosted poster

Ghosted

TV · as Max Jennifer / Max Allison · 16 eps

2017
The F Word poster

The F Word

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? poster

Do You Want to See a Dead Body?

TV · 1 ep

2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later poster

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

TV · as Ben · 8 eps

2017
I'm Sorry poster

I'm Sorry

TV · as Dr. Steve Goldberg · 1 ep

2016
My Blind Brother poster

My Blind Brother

Movie · as Robbie

2016
The Adult Swim Golf Classic poster

The Adult Swim Golf Classic

Movie · as Adam Scott

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Surgeon · 1 ep

2016
The Good Place poster

The Good Place

TV · as Trevor · 5 eps

2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ poster

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

TV · as Johnny Dunne · 1 ep

2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 poster

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Movie · as Adam Yates Stedmeyer Jr.

2015
Black Mass poster

Black Mass

Movie · as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick

2015
Sleeping with Other People poster

Sleeping with Other People

Movie · as Matthew Sobvechik

2015
The Overnight poster

The Overnight

Movie · as Alex

2015
Krampus poster

Krampus

Movie · as Tom

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
They Came Together poster

They Came Together

Movie · as Sound Engineer

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
A.C.O.D. poster

A.C.O.D.

Movie · as Carter Spencer

2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Movie · as Ted Hendricks

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as John Wilkes Booth · 1 ep

2013
Talking Bad poster

Talking Bad

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Maron poster

Maron

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2012
Friends with Kids poster

Friends with Kids

Movie · as Jason Fryman

2012
Bachelorette poster

Bachelorette

Movie · as Clyde Goddard

2012
See Girl Run poster

See Girl Run

Movie · as Jason

2012
The Guilt Trip poster

The Guilt Trip

Movie · as Andrew Margolis Jr.

2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots poster

All Star Bowling Trick Shots

Movie

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Self, Plumber Pierre · 2 eps

2012
Burning Love poster

Burning Love

TV · as Damien Assante · 8 eps

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as Tonight Show Host · 1 ep

2012
The Greatest Event in Television History poster

The Greatest Event in Television History

TV · as Henry / Hildy, Jonathan Hart, Monroe Ficus, A.J. Simon · 1 ep

2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited poster

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Movie · as Cab Driver

2011
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren poster

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren

Movie · as Movie Executive

2011
The Terrys

The Terrys

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Our Idiot Brother poster

Our Idiot Brother

Movie · as Jeremy

2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: poster

NTSF:SD:SUV::

TV · as Van Damm · 1 ep

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2010
Leap Year poster

Leap Year

Movie · as Jeremy

2010
Operation: Endgame poster

Operation: Endgame

Movie · as Magician

2010
Piranha 3D poster

Piranha 3D

Movie · as Novak Radzinsky

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
The Vicious Kind poster

The Vicious Kind

Movie · as Caleb Sinclaire

2009
Passenger Side poster

Passenger Side

Movie · as Michael

2009
Lovely, Still poster

Lovely, Still

Movie · as Mike

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Ben Wyatt · 94 eps

2009
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

TV · as Josh Burkett · 1 ep

2009
Party Down poster

Party Down

TV · as Henry Pollard · 26 eps

2009
Eastbound & Down poster

Eastbound & Down

TV · as Pat Anderson · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2008
Step Brothers poster

Step Brothers

Movie · as Derek Huff

2008
August poster

August

Movie · as Joshua Sterling

2008
The Great Buck Howard poster

The Great Buck Howard

Movie · as Alan

2008
Corporate Affairs poster

Corporate Affairs

Movie · as Jack Hightower

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Lt. D'Ghor Koru · 1 ep

2007
Knocked Up poster

Knocked Up

Movie · as Samuel

2007
Tell Me You Love Me poster

Tell Me You Love Me

TV · as Palek · 10 eps

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program poster

The Sarah Silverman Program

TV · as Agent Schroeder · 1 ep

2006
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · as Kurt

2006
Who Loves the Sun poster

Who Loves the Sun

Movie · as Daniel Bloom

2006
Art School Confidential poster

Art School Confidential

Movie · as Marvin Bushmiller

2006
First Snow poster

First Snow

Movie · as Tom Morelane

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Monster-in-Law poster

Monster-in-Law

Movie · as Remy

2005
The Matador poster

The Matador

Movie · as Phil Garrison

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Marshall (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Torque poster

Torque

Movie · as Jay McPherson

2004
The Aviator poster

The Aviator

Movie · as Johnny Meyer

2004
Off the Lip poster

Off the Lip

Movie · as David

2004
Veronica Mars poster

Veronica Mars

TV · as Mr. Chuck Rooks · 1 ep

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Two Days poster

Two Days

Movie · as Stu

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - "Mean Tweets" · 5 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
High Crimes poster

High Crimes

Movie · as Lieutenant Terrence Embry

2002
Ronnie poster

Ronnie

Movie · as Ronnie Schwann

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Danny Cato · 1 ep

2002
Glory Days poster

Glory Days

TV · as Howard Dichotsky · 1 ep

2001
Seven and a Match poster

Seven and a Match

Movie · as Peter

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Ben Cooper · 2 eps

1999
Winding Roads poster

Winding Roads

Movie · as Brian Calhoun

1998
The Lesser Evil poster

The Lesser Evil

Movie · as Young George

1998
Hairshirt poster

Hairshirt

Movie · as Fan at Bar

1998
Girl poster

Girl

Movie · as Scott

1997
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Adam Stanfill

1997
Dinner and Driving poster

Dinner and Driving

Movie · as Larry

1996
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly poster

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

Movie · as Race Track Valet

1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline poster

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Movie · as Jacques

1996
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles poster

Cityscrapes: Los Angeles

Movie · as Joe

1996
Star Trek: First Contact poster

Star Trek: First Contact

Movie · as Defiant Con Officer

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Murder One poster

Murder One

TV · as Sidney Schneider · 6 eps

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Josh Macon · 7 eps

1993
Boy Meets World poster

Boy Meets World

TV · as Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins · 4 eps

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Robbie Howell · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep