Biography
Despite often playing irreverent and smarmy characters in critically acclaimed films and on television, actor Adam Scott never lost the ability to connect with an audience due to equal parts charm and skill. He enthralled as one-half of a barren couple pushed to desperation on the provocative and sexually charged HBO drama series "Tell Me You Love Me" (2007), while his sad sack character on "Party Down" (Starz, 2009-2010), about wannabe actors …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Cast alongside Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Rebel Wilson in "Bachelorette" |
2012 | Cast in the ensemble comedy "Friends with Kids," written and directed by co-star Jennifer Westfeldt |
2010 | Co-starred opposite Elisabeth Shue in the action thriller "Piranha 3-D" |
2010 | Joined the cast of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" |
2009 | Cast in Starz' ensemble comedy "Party Down" |
2010 | Cast as Amy Adams' boyfriend in the romantic comedy "Leap Year" |
2009 | Nominated for the 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead ("The Vicious Kind") |
2009 | Co-starred in the independent drama "The Vicious Kind" with Brittany Snow and Alex Frost; earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead |
2009 | Played a cocaine-addicted, delirious Tampa Bay Rays representative on the first season of the HBO series "Eastbound & Down" |
2008 | Had a supporting role in the comedy film "Step Brothers," starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly |
2008 | Co-starred as one of two brothers who fight to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the drama "August" |
2007 | Cast as one half of a married couple who struggle with their attempts to conceive on the controversial HBO series "Tell Me You Love Me" |
2007 | Played a male nurse in the Judd Apatow comedy "Knocked Up" |
2006 | Appeared in Terry Zwigoff's "Art School Confidential" with John Malkovich and Anjelica Huston |
2005 | Featured in the romantic comedy "Monster-In-Law," starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda |
2004 | Portrayed Johnny Meyer, Howard Hughes' smarmy press agent in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" |
2004 | Played an FBI Agent in "Torque," starring Ice Cube and Monet Mazur |
2003 | Played the lead in the independent black comedy "Two Days" |
2002 | Played David's (Michael C. Hall) love interest Ben Cooper on two episodes of HBO's acclaimed drama "Six Feet Under" |
2002 | Appeared in Carl Franklin's "High Crimes," starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman |
1999 | Played a recurring role on the short-lived ABC series "Wasteland" |
1998 | Had a recurring role on "Party of Five" (Fox) as Josh Macon |
1997 | Co-starred in "Payback," an ABC movie-of-the-week with Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner |
1996 | Featured in the film 'Star Trek: First Contact" |
1995 | Appeared on several episodes of the ABC drama "Murder One" |
1994 | Had a recurring role on ABC's "Boy Meets World" |
1994 | Made film debut in movie debut in "Cityscrapes: Los Angeles" |
Awards
2010 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in The Vicious Kind |