Adam Scott
Birthdate: Apr 3, 1973
Birthplace: Santa Cruz, California, USA
Adam Scott (birthname: Adam Paul Scott), best known for his long-running role as Ben in NBC’s hit sitcom, Parks and Recreation (2010-2015, 2020) and the lead role of Mark Scout in Apple TV+’s ground-breaking series, Severance (2022-present), launched his durable movie career with Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (1994) followed by a supporting role in Dimension Films’/Miramax Films’ Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996), directed by Kevin Yaghe, and then smaller roles followed in The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Dinner and Driving (1887), Girl (1998), The Lesser Evil (1998), Hairshirt (1998) and Winding Roads (1999).
Scott landed a more significant supporting role in director/writer Derek Simonds’ comedy-drama, Seven and a Match (2001), and then had the title role in director/co-writer Christopher Haifley’s thriller, Ronnie (2002), followed by his first major role in a studio movie, the Carl Franklin-directed legal thriller, High Crimes (2002), co-starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, with Jim Caviezel and Amanda Peet, grossing $63.8 million for 20th Century Fox.
Scott appeared with Paul Rudd, Donal Logue and Mackenzie Astin in director/co-writer Sean McGinly’s drama, Two Days (2003), and then Scott joined cast mates Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur and Jaime Pressly under Joseph Kahn’s direction in Warner Bros. Pictures’ thriller, Torque (2004). Scott’s first major movie was a supporting role in director Martin Scorsese’s Howard Hughes biopic starring Leo DiCaprio, The Aviator (2004), written by John Logan, co-starring Cate Blanchett (Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress), Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda and Jude Law, winning five Oscars of eleven nominations including Best Picture and Director, and earning $214 million globally for Warner Bros. Pictures/Miramax Films/Initial Entertainment Group.
Adam Scott was cast for a supporting role in director/writer Richard Shepard’s dark crime comedy, The Matador (2006), produced by and starring Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis and Philip Baker Hall, produced and released by Miramax/The Weinstein Company for a $17.3 million return. Scott appeared in the rom com, Monster in Law (2005), starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan and Wanda Sykes under Robert Luketic’s direction, and grossing a robust $155.4 million for New Line Cinema (worldwide except Germany and Austria)/Warner Bros. Pictures (Germany and Austria).
Scott joined the ensemble of director Terry Zwigoff’s second movie collaboration with screenwriter/graphic artist Daniel Clowes and his Art School Confidential (2006), co-starring Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich (who also produced), Angelica Huston and Jim Broadbent, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Scott was cast alongside Guy Peace, Piper Perabo, J.K. Simmons, William Fichtner and Shea Whigham in director/co-writer Mark Fergus’s indie thriller, First Snow (2006), launching at the Tribeca Film Festival before a limited release by Freestyle Releasing, and then Scott had a prominent role in Canadian director/writer Matt Bissonnette’s indie film, Who Loves the Sun (2006), co-starring Lukas Haas, Molly Parker and Wendy Crewson.
Adam Scott had a co-starring role in the Asif Kapadia-directed psychological horror movie, The Return (2006), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O’Brien and Sam Shepard and earned $12 million gross for Rogue Pictures, followed by Scott in a supporting role in director/writer/producer Judd Apatow’s comedy, Knocked Up (2007), starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel and Martin Starr, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival and released by Universal Pictures for a terrific $220 million global gross (based on estimated costs). Scott played a supporting role in director/writer Sean McGinly’s comedy-drama, The Great Buck Howard (2008), produced by Tom Hanks (who was in the cast), and co-starring John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Griffin Dunne and Steve Zahn, launching at the Sundance Film Festival and released by Magnolia Pictures (U.S.)/Summit Entertainment (International).
Scott was cast with star/producer Josh Hartnett along with Naomie Harris, Robin Tunney, David Bowie, Rip Torn and Emmaneulle Chriqui in the indie drama, August (2008), directed by Austin Chick and written by Howard A. Rodman, premiering to a poor reception at the Sundance Film Festival before a limited release by First Look Studios, and then Scott was in director/co-writer Adam McKay’s comedy, Step Brothers (2008), co-starring Will Ferrell (who also co-wrote with McKay) and John C. Reilly, with Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen and Kathryn Hahn, and grossing a solid $128 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing (based on estimated costs). Scott had a major supporting role in director/co-writer Nik Fackler’s romantic drama, Lovely, Still (2008), starring Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn and Elizabeth Banks and was released by Monterey Media after launching at the Toronto Film Festival.
Adam Scott was nominated for Independent Spirit Awards’ Best Male Lead for his acclaimed turn in director/writer/producer Lee Toland Krieger’s comedy-drama, The Vicious Kind (2009), co-starring Brittany Snow, Alex Frost and J.K. Simmons and which was produced and released by 72nd Street Productions after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Scott reunited with Canadian director/writer Matt Bissonnette for his drama, Passenger Side (2009), with Joel Bissonnette and Robin Tunney, and which was released by Strand Releasing and IFC Films (U.S.-Canada)/Axiom Films (U.K.-Ireland), and then Scott joined the ensemble of Joe Anderson, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Maggie Q, Zach Galifianakis, Emilie de Ravin, Bob Odenkirk, Ving Rhames and Jeffrey Tambor under Fouad Mikati’s direction in the black comedy, Operation: Endgame (2010), with Richard Kelly as one of the lead producers and distributed by Anchor Bay Films.
Scott joined co-leads Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in the U.S.-Ireland-produced rom com, Leap Year (2010), with John Lithgow and directed by Anand Tucker, produced by Universal Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment/BenderSpink and released by Universal (U.S.)/Optimum Releasing (Ireland-U.K.) for a global gross over $32 million. Scott joined French horror specialist director/producer Alexandre Aja in the ensemble of the comedy-horror remake of John Sayles’ 1978 original, Piranha 3D (2010), with Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connell, Ving Rhames, Jessica Szohr, Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfuss, earning an excellent $83 million (based on estimated costs) gross for distributor The Weinstein Company.
Adam Scott reunited with lead Paul Rudd for director/co-writer Jesse Peretz’s comedy-drama Our Idiot Brother (2011), co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer, with Steve Coogan, Hugh Dacy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones and Shirley Knight, grossing a robust (based on estimated costs) $26 million for The Weinstein Company after launching at the Sundance Film Festival. Scott led the ensemble of director/writer/producer/co-star Jennifer Westfeldt’s comedy, Friends with Kids (2011), co-starring Jon Hamm (who was also a lead producer), Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and grossing $13 million for Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions.
Scott joined another comedy ensemble for director/writer Leslye Headland’s screen version version of her play, Bachelorette (2012), with Adam McKay and Will Ferrell as two of the lead producers, co-starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden and Rebel Wilson, launching at the Sundance Film Festival before a solid $12 million gross (based on estimated costs) for distributor RADIUS-TWC. Scott once again co-starred with Robin Tunney in director/writer/producer Nate Meyer’s comedy, See Girl Run (2012), with Jeremy Strong, William Sadler and Josh Hamilton, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a limited release by Phase 4 Films.
Adam Scott was part of the supporting ensemble in the Anne Fletcher-directed comedy co-starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen, The Guilt Trip (2012), with Brett Cullen, Ari Graynor, Casey Wilson, Colin Hanks, Miriam Margoyles, Kathy Najimy, Dale Dickey and Nora Dunn, produced by Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn and Evan Goldberg, and released by Paramount Pictures to a disappointing $42 million box office (based on estimated costs). Scott starred and executive produced in his first movie in which he was the face of the poster for director/co-writer Stu Zicherman’s little-seen dark comedy, A.C.O.D. (Adult Children of Divorce) (2013), co-starring Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Clark Duke, Jessica Alba and Jane Lynch, and which was released to little business by The Film Arcade after launching at the Sundance Film Festival.
Scott had a prominent supporting role in star/director/producer Ben Stiller’s rollicking adventure based on the James Thurber story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), written by Steve Conrad, with the colorful cast of Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Kathryn Hahn and Sean Penn, premiering at the New York Film Festival before a $188.3 million release by 20th Century Fox. Scott was star and took an executive producer credit (alongside Mark and Jay Duplass) for director/writer Patrick Brice’s sex comedy, The Overnight (2015), produced by Scott’s wife Naomi Scott, co-starring Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman and Judith Godreche, and which earned a fine $1.1 million gross (based on estimated costs) for distributor The Orchard after launching at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adam Scott reunited with director/writer Leslye Headland and producers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell for the comedy, Sleeping with Other People (2015), starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne and Amanda Peet, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and received better critical reaction than box office via distributor IFC Films. Scott joined comedy performers Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Chevy Chase for the commercial and critically dismissed Steve Pink-directed sequel, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), released and produced (with MGM) by Paramount Pictures.
Scott was a member of the sprawling cast of director/producer Scott Cooper’s true crime epic about Whitey Bulger, Black Mass (2015), based on Dick Lehr’s and Gerard O’Neill’s book, starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, Corey Stoll, David Harbour, Julianne Nicholson, Brad Carter, W. Earl Brown, Juno Temple and Bill Camp, and which delivered $100 million in global returns for Warner Bros. Pictures after launching at the Venice Film Festival. Scott co-starred in the live-action cast of director/co-writer/producer Michael Dougherty’s U.S.-New Zealand-backed Christmas horror movie, Krampus (2015), co-starring Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell and Luke Hawker as the title character, and grossing an excellent $61.5 million box office (based on estimated costs) for Universal Pictures.
Adam Scott was a lead producer with his wife, Naomi Scott, of director/writer Chris Kelly’s semi-autobiographical comedy-drama, Other People (2016), starring Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow, Zach Woods and June Squibb, and after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival received a limited theatrical release by Vertical Entertainment and then a streaming release by Netflix. Scott co-starred with Nick Kroll and Jenny Slate in director/writer Sophie Goodhart’s comedy-drama, My Blind Brother (2016), with Zoe Kazan, launching at the South by Southwest Film Festival and released in a limited theatrical window by Orion Pictures before a streaming release by Starz Digital.
Scott played a supporting role and took an executive producer credit on the Althea Jones-directed comedy, Fun Mom Dinner (2017), with Scott’s wife Naomi Scott as a lead producer, co-starring Katie Aselton, Toni Collette, Bridget Everett, Molly Shannon, Rob Heubel, Adam Levine and Paul Rust, and which was distributed in limited pattern by Momentum Pictures and a streaming Netflix release after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Scott was in the supporting cast of an indie movie in director/co-writer Max Winkler’s comedy-drama, Flower (2017), starring Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn and Tim Heidecker, getting a small release via The Orchard after a Tribeca Film Festival premiere.
Adam Scott was cast in his first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, one of the MCU’s only commercial bombs, Madame Web (2024), directed and co-written by S.J. Clarkson, starring Dakota Johnson (in the title role), Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps and Emma Roberts, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Columbia Pictures, and distributed to disastrous results (based on estimated costs) by Sony Pictures Releasing. Scott joined director/writer and horror specialist Osgood Perkins for his profitable and well-received big-screen version of Stephen King’s 1980 story, The Monkey (2025), produced in part by James Wan, co-starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy and Elijah Wood, and delivering a robust $69 million box office for distributor Neon.
Scott was star/producer (with fellow producer wife Naomi and their Great Scott Productions) of director/co-writer Kevin Hamedani’s dark comedy thriller, The Saviors (2026), co-starring Danielle Deadwyler, Ron Perlman, Colleen Camp, Greg Kinnear, Kate Berlant, Theo Rossi and Daveed Diggs, and premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Scott starred in another South by Southwest premiere and horror movie distributed by Neon, director/writer Damian McCarthy’s Hokum (2026), co-starring Peter Coonan, David Wilmot and Austin Amelio, backed by producers in Ireland, United Arab Emirates and the U.S. and also released by Black Bear Pictures (U.K.-Ireland)/Front Row Filmed Entertainment (U.A.E.).
Personal life
Adam Scott was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, by his parents, including father Dougald (teacher) and his Sicilian-Irish mother Anne (teacher). Scott has two older siblings, David and Shannon. Scott’s parents divorced when he was a child. Scott attended and graduated from Harbor High School, and then studied theater at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Scott has been married to producer Naomi Sablan since 2005; the couple has two children, Graham and Frankie. Scott’s height is 5’ 9”. Scott’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
Adam Scott Movies
actor
Previous (10)
- 2026 |
- 2024 |
Madame Web
asBen Parker
Forced to confront her past, Cassandra Webb, a Manhattan paramedic that may have clairvoyant abilities, forms a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures, if they can survive their threatening present.
- 2018 |
- 2015 |
- 2015 |
Black Mass
asFBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
- 2015 |
The Overnight
asAlex
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
- 2015 |
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
asAdam Jr.
When Lou's shot in the groin, Nick and Jacob drag him in the Hot Tub Time Machine to go back in time and save Lou. The three end up 10 years in the future, where they need to go to find the shooter.
- 2013 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
asTed Hendricks
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
- 2008 |
Step Brothers
asDerek
Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.
- 2005 |
Monster-in-Law
asRemy
Charlotte's love life is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates--until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship.
Facts About Adam Scott
Fanboy: Adam Scott has a reputation as being a major fan of the bands U2 and R.E.M., and co-hosted a 2018 podcast series, R U Talkin’ R.E.M. Re; Me?, about R.E.M..
Shingle: Adam Scott owns his own film and TV production company, Great Scott Productions.
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