Scott Schiaffo

Biography

Scott Schiaffo was born in Passaic, New Jersey. Independent film fans know him best as the "Chewlies Gum Guy" from Kevin Smith's 1994 independent cult classic "Clerks".

Schiaffo is an actor/musician who plays guitar, keyboards, bass, and harmonica. Schiaffo has appeared in several feature films as well as many shorts since his big screen debut in the seminal cult comedy "Clerks".

He's appeared alongside Michael DeLorenzo in "The Garden State", Selma Blair in "The Broccoli Theory" and Ethan Suplee in "Vulgar" He was featured in the View Askew produced - Lions Gate distributed motion picture "Vulgar". "Vulgar" has gone on to become a cult classic and one of Lions Gate's most controversial releases to date.

Schiaffo played the lead, Mike Tobin in Tom Zanca's crime thriller "Linger" which enjoyed a winning response at many film festivals.

Scott played the lead "Mo Fletcher" in the independent comedy feature "Idiots Are Us" which won Best Comedy Feature at the 2006 New York Film and Video Festival.

He can be seen in the B & W short "I Got Stuff" and the live Jule Carey DVD "Love It Live"

Schiaffo and many of his Clerks cast mates were featured in AMC's Comic Book Men Season 3 EP 11 "Pinheads".

Schiaffo released a book of collected poetry and short stories called "Vicious Dogs Attack Me in Sleepless Nights of Summer" and in 2020 the Audible version read by the author was released worldwide.

Schiaffo released an audio CD called "The Shoestring Serenade" which is a collection of instrumental film music culled from over 2 decades of original film music he composed & produced. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Angels of Animals rescue in Clifton, New Jersey.

In 2021 Schiaffo was tapped to reprise his role as the Chewlies Gum Rep in Kevin Smith's much anticipated sequel film Clerks III. See less

Known For

Comic Book Men

Self

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Cast Member of Clerks

Clerks

Chewlie's Rep

Wit’s End

Steve

Clerks III

Chewlie's Rep

Darkness Waits

Mayor Scruggs

The Clerks 3 Documentary

Vulgar

Travis Lee

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Clerks III	Chewlie's Rep
2022	The Clerks 3 Documentary
2020	Wit’s End	Steve
2020	Darkness Waits	Mayor Scruggs
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	Cast Member of Clerks
2016	Shooting Clerks	Don Smith
2005	Linger	Detective Mike Tobin
2003	Creepy Tales: Girls Night Out	Mo / Ronald McGrail
2002	Vulgar	Travis Lee
1996	The Broccoli Theory	Eric (cheesy new boyfriend)
1994	Clerks	Chewlie's Rep

Year	TV Show	Role
2012	Comic Book Men	Self