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Adam Paul Scott 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, Adam Yates, Jr. in Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Trevor in the NBC series The Good Place.
Birth Name
Adam Paul Scott
Born
Tuesday, 03 April 1973
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| First Time Female Director | Acting Coach | 2024 |
| Madame Web | Ben Parker | 2024 |
| Loot | John Novak | 2022 |
| Severance | Mark Scout | 2022 |
| Inside Job | Ron Staedtler / Ron Stadler | 2021 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self | 2020 |
| Don't | Self - Host | 2020 |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Self / Self - Participant | 2020 |
| Have a Good Trip | After School Special Host / Self | 2020 |
| A Parks and Recreation Special | Ben Wyatt | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| First Time Female Director | Acting Coach | 2024 |
| Madame Web | Ben Parker | 2024 |
| Loot | John Novak | 2022 |
| Severance | Mark Scout | 2022 |
| Inside Job | Ron Staedtler / Ron Stadler | 2021 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self | 2020 |
| Don't | Self - Host | 2020 |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Self / Self - Participant | 2020 |
| Have a Good Trip | After School Special Host / Self | 2020 |
| A Parks and Recreation Special | Ben Wyatt | 2020 |
| Duncanville | Nick | 2020 |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Adam Scott | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| The Twilight Zone | Justin Sanderson | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Nailed It! | Self - Guest Judge | 2018 |
| The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Self - Special Guest | 2018 |
| The Disaster Artist | Adam Scott | 2017 |
| Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Adam Scott | 2017 |
| I Love You, America | George Washington | 2017 |
| Ghosted | Max Jennifer | 2017 |
| Big Mouth | Mr. Keating | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Little Evil | Gary | 2017 |
| Teen Choice Awards 2017 | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Fun Mom Dinner | Tom | 2017 |
| Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Ben | 2017 |
| I'm Sorry | Dr. Steve Goldberg | 2017 |
| The Most Hated Woman in America | Jack Ferguson | 2017 |
| Flower | Will / Will Jordan | 2017 |
| Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special | Adam Scott / Himself | 2017 |
| Big Little Lies | Ed Mackenzie | 2017 |
| My Blind Brother | Robbie | 2016 |
| The Good Place | Trevor | 2016 |
| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Johnny Dunne | 2016 |
| Animals. | Shane | 2016 |
| The IMDb Studio at Sundance | Self | 2016 |
| Angie Tribeca | Surgeon | 2016 |
| Krampus | Tom / Tom Engel | 2015 |
| Black Mass | FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Sleeping with Other People | Matthew / Matthew Sobvechik | 2015 |
| The Overnight | Alex | 2015 |
| Red Nose Day | 2015 | |
| Pop Culture Underground | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
| Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam Jr. | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self - Interviewee / Interviewer | 2014 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| They Came Together | Sound Engineer | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| Unscripted | Self | 2014 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Ted Hendricks | 2013 |
| @midnight | Self | 2013 |
| A.C.O.D. | Carter | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Talking Bad | Self | 2013 |
| Hollywood Game Night | Self - Panelist | 2013 |
| Drunk History | John Wilkes Booth | 2013 |
| Maron | Adam Scott | 2013 |
| See Girl Run | Jason | 2013 |
| Weekend Ticket | Self | 2013 |
| The Guilt Trip | Andrew Margolis, Jr. / Andrew Margolis Jr. | 2012 |
| Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings | Self | 2012 |
| The Greatest Event in Television History | Monroe Ficus / Jonathan Hart / Henry / Hildy / A.J. Simon | 2012 |
| 2012 Do Something Awards | Self | 2012 |
| Bachelorette | Clyde / Clyde Goddard | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self / Plumber Pierre | 2012 |
| Burning Love | Damien Assante | 2012 |
| Veep | Tonight Show Host | 2012 |
| Friends with Kids | Jason Fryman / Jason | 2012 |
| The Chew | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Next Time on Lonny | Richard Chicken | 2011 |
| NTSF:SD:SUV | Van Damm | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited | Cab Driver | 2011 |
| When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren | Movie Executive #1 | 2011 |
| Our Idiot Brother | Jeremy | 2011 |
| The Terrys | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education | Self | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Pretend Time | News Anchor | 2010 |
| Piranha 3D | Novak / Novak Radzinsky | 2010 |
| Operation: Endgame | Magician | 2010 |
| Lovely, Still | Mike / Mike Malone | 2012 |
| Funny or Die Presents... | Narrator (segment "The Terrys") | 2010 |
| Leap Year | Jeremy | 2010 |
| Passenger Side | Michael | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest / Self | 2009 |
| Parks and Recreation | Ben Wyatt | 2009 |
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Self | 2009 |
| Party Down | Henry Pollard | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Eastbound & Down | Pat Anderson | 2009 |
| Trust Me | Josh Burkett | 2009 |
| The Vicious Kind | Caleb Sinclaire | 2009 |
| Childrens Hospital | Lt. D'Ghor Koru | 2008 |
| Step Brothers | Derek | 2008 |
| August | Joshua Sterling | 2008 |
| The Great Buck Howard | Alan Berkman / Alan | 2008 |
| Corporate Affairs | Jack Hightower | 2008 |
| Tell Me You Love Me | Palek | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Ted Hendricks in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' / Self - Guest / Jason Fryman | 2007 |
| Knocked Up | Samuel - Male nurse / Samuel | 2007 |
| First Snow | Tom Morelane | 2007 |
| The Sarah Silverman Program. | Agent Schroeder | 2007 |
| The Return | Kurt | 2006 |
| Art School Confidential | Marvin Bushmiller | 2006 |
| Who Loves the Sun | Daniel Bloom | 2006 |
| The Matador | Phil Garrison | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | 2005 |
| Monster-in-Law | Remy | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Marshall | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| The Aviator | Johnny Meyer | 2004 |
| Veronica Mars | Mr. Rooks | 2004 |
| The Insider | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The Soup | Self - Guest / Self | 2004 |
| Off the Lip | David | 2004 |
| Torque | McPherson | 2004 |
| Two Days | Stu | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2003 |
| CSI: Miami | Danny Cato | 2002 |
| High Crimes | Lt. Terrence Embry / Lieutenant Embry | 2002 |
| Glory Days | Howard Dichotsky | 2002 |
| Ronnie | Ronnie Schwann | 2002 |
| Six Feet Under | Ben Cooper | 2001 |
| Seven and a Match | Peter | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Care Bear / Father | 2001 |
| Winding Roads | Brian Calhoun | 2000 |
| Wasteland | Phillip The Coffee Boy | 1999 |
| Stingers | Dale Larkins | 1998 |
| Too Smooth | Fan at Bar | 1998 |
| The Lesser Evil | Young George | 1998 |
| Girl | Scott | 1998 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| Payback | Adam Stanfill | 1997 |
| Dinner and Driving | Larry | 1997 |
| Star Trek: First Contact | Defiant Conn Officer / Defiant Con Officer | 1996 |
| The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Race Track Valet | 1996 |
| Hellraiser: Bloodline | Jacques | 1996 |
| Murder One | Sydney Schneider | 1995 |
| ER | David Kerstetter | 1994 |
| Party of Five | Josh Macon | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Dead at 21 | Dan Bird | 1994 |
| Boy Meets World | Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins / Senior | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Gordon Puterbaugh | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Law & Order | Robbie Howell | 1990 |
| Good Morning America: Weekend Edition | Self - Guest | 1975 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Severance | 2022 |
| Don't | 2020 |
| Ghosted | 2017 |
| Fun Mom Dinner | 2017 |
| Other People | 2016 |
| The Overnight | 2015 |
| A.C.O.D. | 2013 |
| The Greatest Event in Television History | 2012 |
| Passenger Side | 2009 |
| Party Down | 2009 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
