Adam Scott
April 3, 1973 (52 years old) in Santa Cruz, California, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Studio as Adam Scott
- 2025 · The Monkey as Captain Petey Shelborn
- 2024 · Madame Web as Ben Parker
- 2024 · Hot Ones Versus as Self
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2022 · Loot as John Novak
- 2022 · Severance as Mark Scout
- 2021 · Inside Job as Ron Staedtler (voice)
- 2020 · Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- 2020 · Duncanville as Nick (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Twilight Zone as Justin Sanderson
- 2018 · Nailed It! as Self - Judge
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Mr. Dylan Keating (voice)
- 2017 · Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Ben
- 2017 · The Most Hated Woman in America as Jack Ferguson
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Ed Mackenzie
- 2016 · The Good Place as Trevor
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Surgeon
- 2015 · Krampus as Tom
- 2015 · Black Mass as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Overnight as Alex
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Ted Hendricks
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2013 · Drunk History as John Wilkes Booth
- 2012 · The Guilt Trip as Andrew Margolis Jr.
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Plumber Pierre
- 2012 · Burning Love as Damien Assante
- 2012 · Veep as Tonight Show Host
- 2012 · Bachelorette as Clyde Goddard
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Piranha 3D as Novak Radzinsky
- 2010 · Operation: Endgame as Magician
- 2010 · Leap Year as Jeremy
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt
- 2009 · Party Down as Henry Pollard
- 2009 · Eastbound & Down as Pat Anderson
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Lt. D'Ghor Koru
- 2008 · Step Brothers as Derek Huff
- 2008 · The Great Buck Howard as Alan
- 2007 · Tell Me You Love Me as Palek
- 2007 · Knocked Up as Samuel
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Agent Schroeder
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Monster-in-Law as Remy
- 2005 · American Dad! as Marshall (voice)
- 2004 · The Aviator as Johnny Meyer
- 2004 · Veronica Mars as Mr. Chuck Rooks
- 2004 · The Soup as Self
- 2004 · Torque as Jay McPherson
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Danny Cato
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Ben Cooper
- 1996 · The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Race Track Valet
- 1995 · Murder One as Sidney Schneider
- 1994 · Party of Five as Josh Macon
- 1993 · Boy Meets World as Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins
- 1990 · Law & Order as Robbie Howell
- Future · The Whisper Man as Tom Kennedy
- Future · A Sprinkle of History as Irv Robbins
- 2026 · Hokum as Ohm Bauman
- 2026 · Strip Law as Lincoln Gumb (voice)
- 2025 · Bianca by Night as Self - Guest (video link)
- 2024 · Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
- 2023 · First Time Female Director as Acting Coach (uncredited)
- 2020 · Don't as Himself - Host
- 2020 · Celebrity Escape Room as Self
- 2020 · A Parks and Recreation Special as Ben Wyatt
- 2020 · The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt
- 2019 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Adam Scott
- 2018 · The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- 2017 · Do You Want to See a Dead Body? as
- 2017 · Ghosted as Max Jennifer / Max Allison
- 2017 · Little Evil as Gary Bloom
- 2017 · Fun Mom Dinner as Tom
- 2017 · I'm Sorry as Dr. Steve Goldberg
- 2017 · The F Word as Self
- 2017 · Flower as Will Jordan
- 2017 · The Disaster Artist as Adam Scott
- 2017 · Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Adam Scott
- 2016 · My Blind Brother as Robbie
- 2016 · The Adult Swim Golf Classic as Adam Scott
- 2016 · Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ as Johnny Dunne
- 2015 · Sleeping with Other People as Matthew Sobvechik
- 2015 · Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam Yates Stedmeyer Jr.
- 2014 · They Came Together as Sound Engineer
- 2013 · Timms Valley as US Marshal Lonny
- 2013 · A.C.O.D. as Carter Spencer
- 2013 · Talking Bad as Self
- 2012 · The Greatest Event in Television History as Henry / Hildy
- 2012 · The Greatest Event in Television History as A.J. Simon
- 2012 · The Greatest Event in Television History as Jonathan Hart
- 2012 · The Greatest Event in Television History as Monroe Ficus
- 2012 · See Girl Run as Jason
- 2012 · Friends with Kids as Jason Fryman
- 2012 · All Star Bowling Trick Shots as
- 2011 · Our Idiot Brother as Jeremy
- 2011 · NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Van Damm
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Cab Driver
- 2011 · The Terrys as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Movie Executive
- 2009 · The Vicious Kind as Caleb Sinclaire
- 2009 · Passenger Side as Michael
- 2009 · Lovely, Still as Mike
- 2009 · Trust Me as Josh Burkett
- 2008 · August as Joshua Sterling
- 2008 · Corporate Affairs as Jack Hightower
- 2006 · The Return as Kurt
- 2006 · First Snow as Tom Morelane
- 2006 · Art School Confidential as Marvin Bushmiller
- 2006 · Who Loves the Sun as Daniel Bloom
- 2005 · The Matador as Phil Garrison
- 2004 · Off the Lip as David
- 2003 · Two Days as Stu
- 2002 · High Crimes as Lieutenant Terrence Embry
- 2002 · Glory Days as Howard Dichotsky
- 2002 · Ronnie as Ronnie Schwann
- 2001 · Seven and a Match as Peter
- 1999 · Winding Roads as Brian Calhoun
- 1998 · Girl as Scott
- 1998 · The Lesser Evil as Young George
- 1998 · Hairshirt as Fan at Bar
- 1997 · Payback as Adam Stanfill
- 1997 · Dinner and Driving as Larry
- 1996 · Star Trek: First Contact as Defiant Con Officer
- 1996 · Hellraiser: Bloodline as Jacques
- Future · Double Booked as
- 1996 · Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Joe
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · The Saviors as Sean Harrison