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.
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Acting History
2026
Hokum as Ohm Bauman
2026Strip Law as Lincoln Gumb (voice)
2025The Studio as Adam Scott
2025The Monkey as Captain Petey Shelborn
2025Bianca by Night as Self - Guest (video link)
2024Madame Web as Ben Parker
2024Hot Ones Versus as Self
2024Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
2023Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2023First Time Female Director as Acting Coach (uncredited)
2022Loot as John Novak
2022Severance as Mark Scout
2021Inside Job as Ron Staedtler (voice)
2020Don't 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 as Nick (voice)
2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Adam Scott
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019The Twilight Zone as Justin Sanderson
2018Nailed It! as Self - Judge
2018The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
2017Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
2017Ghosted as Max Jennifer / Max Allison
2017Big Mouth as Mr. Dylan Keating (voice)
2017Little Evil as Gary Bloom
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Ben
2017Fun Mom Dinner as Tom
2017I'm Sorry as Dr. Steve Goldberg
2017The F Word as Self
2017The Most Hated Woman in America as Jack Ferguson
2017Flower as Will Jordan
2017The Disaster Artist as Adam Scott
2017Big Little Lies as Ed Mackenzie
2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Adam Scott
2016The Good Place as Trevor
2016My Blind Brother as Robbie
2016The Adult Swim Golf Classic as Adam Scott
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ as Johnny Dunne
2016Angie Tribeca as Surgeon
2015Krampus as Tom
2015Black Mass as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 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 as Self
2014They Came Together as Sound Engineer
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013Timms Valley as US Marshal Lonny
2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Ted Hendricks
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
2013A.C.O.D. as Carter Spencer
2013Talking Bad as Self
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013Drunk History as John Wilkes Booth
2012The Guilt Trip as Andrew Margolis Jr.
2012The Greatest Event in Television History as Henry / Hildy
2012The Greatest Event in Television History as A.J. Simon
2012The Greatest Event in Television History as Jonathan Hart
2012The Greatest Event in Television History as Monroe Ficus
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Plumber Pierre
2012Burning Love as Damien Assante
2012Veep as Tonight Show Host
2012See Girl Run as Jason
2012Friends with Kids as Jason Fryman
2012Bachelorette as Clyde Goddard
2012All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2011The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
2011Our Idiot Brother as Jeremy
2011NTSF:SD:SUV:: 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 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 as Self - Guest
2009Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt
2009Party Down as Henry Pollard
2009Eastbound & Down as Pat Anderson
2009Trust Me as Josh Burkett
2008Childrens Hospital 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 as Palek
2007Knocked Up as Samuel
2007The Sarah Silverman Program. as Agent Schroeder
2006The Return as Kurt
2006The One Show as Self
2006First Snow as Tom Morelane
2006Art School Confidential as Marvin Bushmiller
2006Who Loves the Sun as Daniel Bloom
2005Monster-in-Law as Remy
2005The Matador as Phil Garrison
2005American Dad! as Marshall (voice)
2004The Aviator as Johnny Meyer
2004Veronica Mars as Mr. Chuck Rooks
2004The Soup as Self
2004Off the Lip as David
2004Torque as Jay McPherson
2003Two Days as Stu
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2002CSI: Miami as Danny Cato
2002High Crimes as Lieutenant Terrence Embry
2002Glory Days as Howard Dichotsky
2002Ronnie as Ronnie Schwann
2001Six Feet Under 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 as Sidney Schneider
1994Party of Five as Josh Macon
1993Boy Meets World as Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins
1990Law & Order as Robbie Howell
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
—The Whisper Man as Tom Kennedy
—A Sprinkle of History as Irv Robbins
—Double Booked
—The Saviors as Sean Harrison