Personal Info
Birth date
1973-04-03 (52 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Also known as
אדם סקוט
亞當·史考特
آدام اسکات
Adam Scott
Biography
Adam 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.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.9
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.American Dad!
6.994
Overview:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".CSI: Miami
7.714
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.3
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.The One Show
4.4
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Severance
8.388
Overview:
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.Parks and Recreation
8.035
Overview:
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.215
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.Loot
6.8
Overview:
After divorcing her husband of 20 years, Molly Novak must figure out what to do with her $87 billion settlement. She decides to reengage with her charitable foundation and reconnect with the real world—finding herself along the way.Veep
7.463
Overview:
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.The Studio
7.637
Overview:
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.Six Feet Under
8.1
Overview:
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Big Mouth
7.7
Overview:
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.Veronica Mars
7.817
Overview:
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.The Soup
6.1
Overview:
With this satirical series, the E! Entertainment Network returns to a format they helped create with the popular '90s show Talk Soup. Only this time instead of just poking fun at talk shows, they're setting their sights on all things in entertainment, reality TV, pop culture, and politics.Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
4.6
Overview:
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.The Monkey
5.969
Overview:
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.The Good Place
7.97
Overview:
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.Childrens Hospital
7.1
Overview:
A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.Boy Meets World
8.255
Overview:
The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.Off Camera with Sam Jones
4
Overview:
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.The Jonathan Ross Show
5.3
Overview:
The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.2
Overview:
Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.Acting
TBAThe Whisper Man as Tom Kennedy
TBAHokum as Ohm Bauman
TBAThe Saviors as Sean Harrison
TBAA Sprinkle of History as Irv Robbins
TBADouble Booked as Unknown
2026Strip Law (10 Episodes) as Lincoln Gumb (voice)
2025The Studio (1 Episode) as Adam Scott
2025The Monkey as Captain Petey Shelborn
2025Bianca by Night (1 Episode) as Self - Guest (video link)
2024Madame Web as Ben Parker
2024Hot Ones Versus (1 Episode) as Self
2024Dinner Time Live with David Chang (1 Episode) as Self
2023Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (1 Episode) as Self
2023First Time Female Director as Acting Coach (uncredited)
2022Loot (7 Episodes) as John Novak
2022Severance (19 Episodes) as Mark Scout
2021Inside Job (5 Episodes) as Ron Staedtler (voice)
2020Don't (8 Episodes) as Himself - Host
2020Celebrity Escape Room as Self
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
2020A Parks and Recreation Special as Ben Wyatt
2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt
2020Duncanville (1 Episode) as Nick (voice)
2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Adam Scott
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2019The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Justin Sanderson
2018Nailed It! (1 Episode) as Self - Judge
2018The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (1 Episode) as Self - Special Guest
2017Do You Want to See a Dead Body? (1 Episode) as Unknown
2017Ghosted (16 Episodes) as Max Jennifer / Max Allison
2017Big Mouth (1 Episode) as Mr. Dylan Keating (voice)
2017Little Evil as Gary Bloom
2017Fun Mom Dinner as Tom
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (8 Episodes) as Ben
2017I'm Sorry (1 Episode) as Dr. Steve Goldberg
2017The F Word (1 Episode) as Self
2017The Most Hated Woman in America as Jack Ferguson
2017Flower as Will Jordan
2017The Disaster Artist as Adam Scott
2017Big Little Lies (14 Episodes) as Ed Mackenzie
2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Adam Scott
2016My Blind Brother as Robbie
2016The Good Place (5 Episodes) as Trevor
2016The Adult Swim Golf Classic as Adam Scott
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (1 Episode) as Johnny Dunne
2016Angie Tribeca (1 Episode) as Surgeon
2015Krampus as Tom Engel
2015Black Mass as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2 Episodes) as Self
2015Sleeping with Other People as Matthew Sobvechik
2015The Overnight as Alex
2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam Yates Stedmeyer Jr.
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2 Episodes) as Self
2014They Came Together as Sound Engineer
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (3 Episodes) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 Episodes) as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones (1 Episode) as Self
2013Timms Valley as US Marshal Lonny
2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Ted Hendricks
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick (1 Episode) as Self
2013A.C.O.D. as Carter Spencer
2013Hollywood Game Night (1 Episode) as Self
2013Drunk History (1 Episode) as John Wilkes Booth
2012The Guilt Trip as Andrew Margolis Jr.
2012The Greatest Event in Television History (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Henry / Hildy, Jonathan Hart, Monroe Ficus, A.J. Simon
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Plumber Pierre
2012Burning Love (6 Episodes) as Damien Assante
2012Veep (1 Episode) as Tonight Show Host
2012See Girl Run as Jason
2012Friends with Kids as Jason Fryman
2012Bachelorette as Clyde Goddard
2012All Star Bowling Trick Shots as Unknown
2011The Jonathan Ross Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2011Our Idiot Brother as Jeremy
2011NTSF:SD:SUV:: (1 Episode) as Van Damm
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cab Driver
2011The Terrys as Narrator (voice)
2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Movie Executive
2010Conan (1 Episode) as Self
2010Piranha 3D as Novak Radzinsky
2010Operation: Endgame as Magician
2010Leap Year as Jeremy
2009The Vicious Kind as Caleb Sinclaire
2009Passenger Side as Michael
2009Lovely, Still as Mike
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2009Parks and Recreation (94 Episodes) as Ben Wyatt
2009Party Down (26 Episodes) as Henry Pollard
2009Eastbound & Down (2 Episodes) as Pat Anderson
2009Trust Me (1 Episode) as Josh Burkett
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Lt. D'Ghor Koru
2008Step Brothers as Derek Huff
2008August as Joshua Sterling
2008The Great Buck Howard as Alan
2008Corporate Affairs as Jack Hightower
2007Tell Me You Love Me (10 Episodes) as Palek
2007Knocked Up as Samuel
2007The Sarah Silverman Program. (1 Episode) as Agent Schroeder
2006The Return as Kurt
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Art School Confidential as Marvin Bushmiller
2006First Snow as Tom Morelane
2006Who Loves the Sun as Daniel Bloom
2005Monster-in-Law as Remy
2005The Matador as Phil Garrison
2005American Dad! (1 Episode) as Marshall (voice)
2004The Aviator as Johnny Meyer
2004Veronica Mars (1 Episode) as Mr. Chuck Rooks
2004The Soup (1 Episode) as Self
2004Off the Lip as David
2004Torque as Jay McPherson
2003Two Days as Stu
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (4 Episodes) as Self
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Danny Cato
2002High Crimes as Lieutenant Terrence Embry
2002Glory Days (1 Episode) as Howard Dichotsky
2002Ronnie as Ronnie Schwann
2001Six Feet Under (2 Episodes) as Ben Cooper
2001Seven and a Match as Peter
1999Winding Roads as Brian Calhoun
1998Girl as Scott
1998The Lesser Evil as Young George
1998Hairshirt as Fan at Bar
1997Payback as Adam Stanfill
1997Dinner and Driving as Larry
1996Star Trek: First Contact as Defiant Con Officer
1996The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Race Track Valet
1996Hellraiser: Bloodline as Jacques
1996Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Joe
1995Murder One (6 Episodes) as Sidney Schneider
1993Boy Meets World (4 Episodes) as Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Robbie Howell
1949The Emmy Awards (1 Episode) as Self
Production
TBAThe Saviors ... Producer
TBADouble Booked ... Producer
2022Severance (19, 10 Episode) ... Producer, Executive Producer
2017Ghosted (16 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2017Fun Mom Dinner ... Executive Producer
2016Other People ... Producer
2015The Overnight ... Executive Producer
2013A.C.O.D. ... Executive Producer
2009Party Down (10, 6 Episode) ... Producer, Executive Producer
Directing
TBADouble Booked ... Director
2011The First A.D. ... Director
2009Parks and Recreation (1 Episode) ... Director
Creator
2012The Greatest Event in Television History ... Creator
Writing
2011The First A.D. ... Writer