Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He has also appeared as Derek in the film Step Brothers, Johnny Meyer in The Aviator, Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom Party Down, Ed Mackenzie in the HBO series Big Little Lies and Trevor in the NBC series The Good Place.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Podcasting 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early life

Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California,[1] to Anne (born Quartararo)[1] and Simon Dougald Scott,[2] both of whom are retired teachers.[3][4] He is of one quarter Sicilian descent, on his mother's side.[5] He has two older siblings, Shannon and David.[3] He graduated from Harbor High School[6] and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California.[7]

Career Film Adam Scott at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival

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 3D (2010),[8] 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[9] 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 endeavors, 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.[10]

Scott's film A.C.O.D. premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[11] In 2015, he worked as executive producer on, and portrayed Alex in, the comedy film The Overnight,[12] and also co-starred in the Christmas comedy slasher film Krampus.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15] 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.

Starting in November 2016, Scott took on a recurring guest star role in The Good Place as Trevor.

In 2017, Scott appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies. Scott co-starred with Craig Robinson in the sitcom Ghosted,[16] which premiered on October 1, 2017 on Fox.[17]

Podcasting

With Scott Aukerman, Scott is the co-host and co-creator of the Earwolf podcast U Talkin' U2 To Me, launched in February 2014.[18] 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. In February 2018 Scott and Scott launched another podcast in the same format, this time covering the career and work of the band R.E.M., titled R U Talkin' R.E.M. Re: Me?.

Scott has also been a guest on numerous podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, How Did This Get Made?, and Kevin Pollak's Chat Show.[19]

Personal life

Adam Scott married Naomi Sablan in 2005. They have two children.[20][21]

Scott is a "die-hard" fan of the band R.E.M..[21] In 1992, he appeared as an extra in the music video to their song "Drive".[22]

Scott revealed he invited actor Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars franchise) to his second grade birthday during his Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance on May 4, 2017. Guest host Kristen Bell surprised Scott with the guest appearance of Hamill wielding a lightsaber in observance of Star Wars Day.[23]

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 1999 Winding Roads Brian Calhoun 2001 Date Squad Fred Short film 2001 Seven and a Match Peter 2002 Ronnie Ronnie Schwann 2002 High Crimes Lieutenant 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 Nurse Samuel 2008 The Great Buck Howard Alan Berkman 2008 August Joshua Sterling 2008 Corporate Affairs Jack Hightower 2008 Step Brothers Derek Huff 2008 Lovely, Still Mike Malone 2009 The Vicious Kind Caleb Sinclaire Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead 2009 Passenger Side Michael Brown Also executive producer 2010 Operation: Endgame The Magician 2010 AIDS: We Did It! Man Short film 2010 Leap Year Jeremy Sloane 2010 Piranha 3D Novak Radzinsky 2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited Cab Driver Short film 2011 The Terrys Narrator Short film 2011 Our Idiot Brother Jeremy Horne 2011 Friends with Kids Jason Fryman 2012 Bachelorette Clyde Goddard 2012 HJ Gloves Man #2 Short film 2012 See Girl Run Jason 2012 The Guilt Trip Andrew Margolis, Jr. 2013 A.C.O.D. Carter Also executive producer 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 Dr. Matthew Sobvechik 2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Adam Yates, Jr. 2015 Black Mass Robert Fitzpatrick 2015 Krampus Tom Engel 2016 Other People — Producer 2016 My Blind Brother Robbie 2017 Fun Mom Dinner Tom Also executive producer 2017 The Disaster Artist Himself Cameo 2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Jack Ferguson 2017 Flower Will Jordan 2017 Little Evil Gary Bloom