Adam Scott (actor) Adam Paul Scott is an American film and television
actor.
He is perhaps best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation.
Scott has also appeared as Derek in the movie Step Brothers, Henry Pollard in the Starz
comedy series Party Down, and as Ted Hendricks in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Early life Scott was born on April 3, 1973 in Santa Cruz,
California, the son of Anne (née Quartara) and Douglas Scott.
He has two older siblings, Shannon and David.
Scott has said that his brother 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 he is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic
Arts in Los Angeles, California.
Film One of his earliest roles was in Hellraiser:
Bloodline.
He has appeared in several feature films, including Who Loves the Sun (2006), Monster-in-Law
(2005), The Aviator (2004), Torque (2004), High Crimes (2002), Star Trek: First Contact
(1996), and The Lesser Evil (1998).
In 2007-08, he had a cameo as a nurse in Knocked Up, and played Will Ferrell's biological brother
Derek in Step Brothers, as well as Josh in the dot-com drama August.
Scott played a supporting role in Alexandre Aja's remake Piranha 3-D, playing a character
similar to Bradford Dillman's character from the original.
He also played Jeremy in Leap Year.
Scott's name appears next to Jon Hamm's in the movie Anchorman in one of the broadcast's
credits.
In an appearance on G4's Attack of the Show program on April 21, 2011, Scott 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 in the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".
He appeared in the films Our Idiot Brother (2011) as Jeremy and Bachelorette.
He also starred as Jason Fryman in Friends with Kids (2012) alongside real-life friends
Jennifer Westfeldt and Hamm.
Alongside recurring Party Down guest star J.K.
Simmons, Scott starred as Caleb Sinclaire in the 2009 film The Vicious Kind in a more
dramatic role than his previous comedic endeavors.
Though the film itself was met with mixed reviews, Scott's own performance was held
in much higher regard.
For his efforts, Scott won two individual awards at two separate film festivals, with
writer and director Lee Toland Krieger winning one as well.
Scott starred in the film Passenger Side, released on DVD on October 26, 2010.
Who Loves The Sun, the film was his second collaboration with writer-director Matt Bissonnette.
Adam Scott's film A.C.O.D. which co-stars Amy Poehler premiered at the 2013 Sundance
Film Festival.
Scott was quoted saying that Poehler "is one of my favorite people in the world.
She's the best" about his television and now, movie co-star.
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, created by Rob Thomas.
His role as Henry Pollard in Party Down earned him an Entertainment Weekly Ewwy nomination
for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009.
In 2010 he left Party Down and joined the cast of NBC's Parks and Recreation.
He 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.
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
podcast U Talkin' U2 To Me? with Scott Aukerman.
Though the series is introduced at the outset of each episode as "the comprehensive and
encyclopedic compendium of all things U2," it is in fact largely devoted to conversations
and anecdotes that have nothing to do with the Irish rock band.
While Scott and Aukerman's quite intentional avoidance of performing the sole task they
have set for themselves forms the comedic backbone of U Talkin' U2 To Me, most episodes
do in fact contain some portion where the hosts actually discuss their mutual love of
U2, and each individual record in the band's discography.
Scott has been a guest on numerous podcasts, including Comedy Bang Bang, How Did This Get
Made, and Who Charted.