Adam Scott Biography, Height, Career, Pertner, Family

Adam Scott is an American Actor, a comedian and a producer. He’s mainly known for portraying Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom, Parks and Recreation, for which he was nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He has also appeared in several other Television series such as Burning Love, Pretty Little Lies. Also, he has produced shows like The Greatest Event in Television History. He has appeared in several movies too like The Aviator, Torque, Monster-in-Law and more.

Name: Adam Paul Scott

Date of Birth: April 3, 1973

Birthplace: Santacruz, California, US

Age: 50

Father: Dougals Scott

Mother: Anne Scott

Brother: David Scott

Sister: Shannon Scott

Spouse: Naomi Sablon

Children: Graham Scott, Frankie Scott

Net Worth: 8 Million($)

Hometown: Santacruz, California, US

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nationality: American

Religion: Christianity

Education

School: Harbor High School, California, United States

College / University: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, California, US                           

Education Qualification: Graduate

Physical Appearance

Height: 5 ft 9 in

Weight: 70 kg

Hair Colour: Dark Brown

Eye Colour: Eye Colour

Early Life

On April 3, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California, Scott was born into a hgteacher family, Dougald Scott and Anne Quartararo. When he was a little boy, his parents separated. His mother is half Irish and half Italian (Sicilian), while his father is of Scottish ancestry. Shannon and David, his elder siblings, are his siblings. He received his diplomas from Los Angeles, California's Harbor High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Adam Scott not only did movies, but he is into Television series and production too. He starred in several feature films such as Hellraiser:Bloodline, Star Trek: First Contact, The Lesser Evil, Aviator, Monster-In-Law, Knocked Up, Step Brother and many more.

When Scott got the character of Derek Huff in Step Brothers, he owes his transition from dramatic to humorous parts to having learnt comedic improvisation from his co-stars Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Kathryn Hahn.

Scott has produced and starred in a number of indie movies. In the 2010 movie The Vicious Kind, he played Caleb Sinclaire. Scott received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor for the movie. Positive reviews were given to the movie itself, and he took home two distinct prizes from two different film festivals. He acted in two of Matt Bissonette's films: Passenger Side and Who Loves the Sun Alongside Paul Rudd, he starred in the movies Our Idiot Brother and Leslye Hedland's 2012 Bachelorette. He starred in the lead parts of A.C.O.D. and Friends with Kids. He also produced and starred in the comedy film The Overnight in 2015. Scott again teamed up with Paul Rudd in the Indie comedy Fun Mom Dinner in 2017.

Other than appearing in movies, he has also done several TV series as well as he appeared as a guest in several TV shows too. In the HBO series Eastbound & Down, he played the role of Scott, a cocaine-addictive baseball front-office representative for only the first two seasons.

He starred in the Starz show Party Down from 2009 to 10. In 2010 he appeared in NBC’S comedy series Parks and Recreation, in which he played the role of a state auditor.

As part of Ken Marino's satire of The Bachelor, Burning Love, and on David Wain's Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Scott maintained his run of hilarious parts. Scott played the demon Trevor in four episodes of the critically acclaimed Michael Schur television series The Good Place from 2016 to 2018.

Scott switched to dramatic roles in 2017 and 2019, starring in HBO's Big Little Lies as Ed Mackenzie, the spouse of Reese Witherspoon's lead character Madeline Mackenzie. Ghosted, a sitcom that debuted on Fox on October 1, 2017, starring Scott with Craig Robinson and ran for just one season. The show was executive produced by him and his wife.

Ryan Reynolds served as executive producer of Scott's one-season ABC game program Don't in 2020. In 2022, Scott started appearing in and producing the Ben Stiller-produced Apple TV+ series Severance. His performance received praise from critics. In 2023, the cult hit Party Down was brought back to life, with Scott as Henry Pollard once more. Scott has made multiple guest appearances, such as in HBO’s show Veep, Children’s Hospital and many more.

Other than acting in movies and TV shows, he is involved with podcasting too. He along with Scott Aukerman is the host Earwolf Podcast, U Talkin’ U2 To Me. In 2018 they launched another podcast. He has also appeared as a guest in many podcast shows.