Adam Scott
Biography
Adam Paul 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.
Filmography
Severance
2022 · 8.4
Boy Meets World
1993 · 8.3
Six Feet Under
2001 · 8.1
Inside Job
2021 · 8.1
Parks and Recreation
2009 · 8.0
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
2020 · 8.0
Winding Roads
1999 · 8.0
The Good Place
2016 · 8.0
Big Little Lies
2017 · 7.9
Veronica Mars
2004 · 7.8
The Studio
2025 · 7.8
Murder One
1995 · 7.7
Duncanville
2020 · 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002 · 7.7
Big Mouth
2017 · 7.6
Veep
2012 · 7.5
Party Down
2009 · 7.5
A Parks and Recreation Special
2020 · 7.4
Eastbound & Down
2009 · 7.4
Burning Love
2012 · 7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 · 7.2
The Aviator
2004 · 7.2
Strip Law
2026 · 7.2
The Greatest Event in Television History
2012 · 7.2
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
2017 · 7.2
The Disaster Artist
2017 · 7.1
Party of Five
1994 · 7.0
American Dad!
2005 · 7.0
Childrens Hospital
2008 · 7.0
Glory Days
2002 · 7.0
Drunk History
2013 · 6.9
Leap Year
2010 · 6.9
The Whisper Man
2026 · 6.8
Hokum
2026 · 6.8
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011 · 6.8
I'm Sorry
2017 · 6.8
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011 · 6.8
Payback
1997 · 6.8
The Twilight Zone
2019 · 6.7
Dinner and Driving
1997 · 6.7
Loot
2022 · 6.6
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016 · 6.6
Lovely, Still
2009 · 6.6
Step Brothers
2008 · 6.6
Black Mass
2015 · 6.5
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017 · 6.5
Tell Me You Love Me
2007 · 6.5
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011 · 6.5
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · 6.4
Angie Tribeca
2016 · 6.4
Ghosted
2017 · 6.4
Knocked Up
2007 · 6.3
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · 6.3
High Crimes
2002 · 6.3
The Matador
2005 · 6.3
Flower
2017 · 6.3
Girl
1998 · 6.3
Sleeping with Other People
2015 · 6.3
Monster-in-Law
2005 · 6.2
Krampus
2015 · 6.2
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · 6.2
The Vicious Kind
2009 · 6.2
Trust Me
2009 · 6.1
Art School Confidential
2006 · 6.1
Our Idiot Brother
2011 · 6.1
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996 · 6.1
First Snow
2006 · 6.1
The Great Buck Howard
2008 · 6.0
The Return
2006 · 6.0
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017 · 6.0
The Adult Swim Golf Classic
2016 · 6.0
Seven and a Match
2001 · 6.0
The Monkey
2025 · 6.0
Friends with Kids
2012 · 5.9
The Overnight
2015 · 5.9
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019 · 5.9
The Lesser Evil
1998 · 5.8
My Blind Brother
2016 · 5.8
Fun Mom Dinner
2017 · 5.7
The Guilt Trip
2012 · 5.6
Little Evil
2017 · 5.6
Two Days
2003 · 5.6
They Came Together
2014 · 5.6
A.C.O.D.
2013 · 5.5
Piranha 3D
2010 · 5.4
Bachelorette
2012 · 5.4
Torque
2004 · 5.3
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996 · 5.3
Who Loves the Sun
2006 · 5.3
Passenger Side
2009 · 5.3
Madame Web
2024 · 5.3
August
2008 · 5.2
The Terrys
2011 · 5.2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015 · 5.2
See Girl Run
2012 · 5.1
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
1996 · 5.0
Operation: Endgame
2010 · 4.9
First Time Female Director
2023 · 3.8
Corporate Affairs
2008 · 3.8
Hairshirt
1998 · 3.5
Ronnie
2002 · 3.2
Off the Lip
2004 · 2.8
The Saviors
2027 · 0.0
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012 · 0.0
Double Booked
— · 0.0
A Sprinkle of History
2027 · 0.0