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.

Known For

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Plumber Pierre

Conan

Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	A Sprinkle Of History	Irv Robbins
2025	The Monkey	Capt. Petey Shelburn
2024	Madame Web	Ben Parker
2023	First Time Female Director	Acting Coach (uncredited)
2020	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics	Self
2020	A Parks and Recreation Special	Ben Wyatt
2020	Celebrity Escape Room	Self
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation	Ben Wyatt
2019	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Adam Scott
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America	Jack Ferguson
2017	Little Evil	Gary
2017	Flower	Will
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Tom
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Adam Scott
2017	The Disaster Artist	Adam Scott
2016	My Blind Brother	Robbie
2016	The Adult Swim Golf Classic	Adam Scott
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Adam Jr.
2015	Black Mass	FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick
2015	Sleeping with Other People	Matthew Sobvechik
2015	The Overnight	Alex
2015	Krampus	Tom Engel
2014	They Came Together	Sound Engineer
2013	A.C.O.D.	Carter
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Ted Hendricks
2013	Timms Valley	US Marshal Lonny
2012	Friends with Kids	Jason
2012	Bachelorette	Clyde Goddard
2012	See Girl Run	Jason
2012	The Guilt Trip	Andrew Margolis Jr.
2012	All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited	Cab Driver
2011	When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren	Movie Executive
2011	The Terrys	Narrator (voice)
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Jeremy
2010	Leap Year	Jeremy
2010	Operation: Endgame	Magician
2010	Piranha 3D	Novak Radzinsky
2009	The Vicious Kind	Caleb Sinclaire
2009	Passenger Side	Michael
2009	Lovely, Still	Mike
2008	Step Brothers	Derek
2008	August	Joshua Sterling
2008	The Great Buck Howard	Alan
2008	Corporate Affairs	Jack Hightower
2007	Knocked Up	Samuel
2006	The Return	Kurt
2006	Who Loves the Sun	Daniel Bloom
2006	Art School Confidential	Marvin Bushmiller
2006	First Snow	Tom Morelane
2005	Monster-in-Law	Remy
2005	The Matador	Phil Garrison
2004	Torque	McPherson
2004	The Aviator	Johnny Meyer
2004	Off the Lip	David
2003	Two Days	Stu
2002	High Crimes	Lieutenant Embry
2002	Ronnie	Ronnie Schwann
2001	Seven and a Match	Peter
1999	Winding Roads	Brian Calhoun
1998	The Lesser Evil	Young George
1998	Hairshirt	Fan at Bar
1998	Girl	Scott
1997	Payback	Adam Stanfill
1997	Dinner and Driving	Larry
1996	The Last Days of Frankie the Fly	Race Track Valet
1996	Hellraiser: Bloodline	Jacques
1996	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	Joe
1996	Star Trek: First Contact	Defiant Con Officer
	Double Booked
	The Saviors	Sean Harrison
	Hokum
	The Whisper Man	Tom Kennedy

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Bianca by Night	Self - Guest (video link)
2025	The Studio	Adam Scott
2025	Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2024	Dinner Time Live with David Chang	Self
2024	Hot Ones Versus	Self
2023	Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter	Self
2022	Loot	John Novak
2022	Severance	Mark Scout
2021	Inside Job	Ron Staedtler (voice)
2020	Duncanville	Nick (voice)
2020	Don't	Himself - Host
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019	The Twilight Zone	Justin Sanderson
2018	The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Self - Special Guest
2018	Nailed It!	Self - Judge
2017	Big Mouth	Mr. Keating (voice)
2017	Big Little Lies	Ed Mackenzie
2017	Ghosted	Max Jennifer / Max Allison
2017	The F Word	Self
2017	Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Ben
2017	I'm Sorry	Dr. Steve Goldberg
2016	Angie Tribeca	Surgeon
2016	The Good Place	Trevor
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Johnny Dunne
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self
2013	@midnight with Chris Hardwick	Self
2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self
2013	Drunk History	John Wilkes Booth
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Plumber Pierre
2012	Burning Love	Damien Assante
2012	Veep	Tonight Show Host
2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	Henry / Hildy
2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	A.J. Simon
2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	Jonathan Hart
2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	Monroe Ficus
2012	Honest Trailers	Ben Parker (archive footage)
2011	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Van Damm
2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	Self - Guest
2010	Conan	Self
2009	Parks and Recreation	Ben Wyatt
2009	Party Down	Henry Pollard
2009	Trust Me	Josh Burkett
2009	Eastbound & Down	Pat Anderson
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2008	Childrens Hospital	Lt. D'Ghor Koru
2007	Tell Me You Love Me	Palek
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program.	Agent Schroeder
2006	The One Show	Self
2005	American Dad!	Marshall (voice)
2004	Veronica Mars	Mr. Rooks
2004	The Soup	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2002	CSI: Miami	Danny Cato
2002	Glory Days	Howard Dichotsky
2001	Six Feet Under	Ben Cooper
1995	Murder One	Sidney Schneider
1993	Boy Meets World	Griffin "Griff" Hawkins
1990	Law & Order	Robbie Howell