Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973 in Santa Cruz, California) is a native Californian entertainer best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation. He has a good number of big screen credits such as supporting roles in films like Step Brothers and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and he's starred in a few smaller-budgeted off-beat comedies like A.C.O.D., which also serves as one of his few producing endeavors.
Notable film roles:
- High Crimes (2002) as First Lt. Terence Embry
- The Aviator (2004) as Johnny Meyer
- Monster-in-Law (2005) as Remy
- The Matador (2005) as Phil Garrison
- Step Brothers (2008) as Derek Huff
- Piranha 3D (2010) as Novak Radzinsky
- Friends with Kids (2012) as Jason Fryman
- A.C.O.D. (2013) as Carter
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) as Ted Hendricks
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) as Adam Yates, Jr.
- Black Mass (2015) as Robert Fitzpatrick
- Krampus (2015) as Tom Engel
- Sleeping With Other People (2015) as Dr. Matthew Sobvechik
- Flower (2017) as Will Jordan
- Little Evil (2017) as Gary Bloom
Notable TV roles:
- Party Down (2009-2010, 2023) as Henry Pollard
- Parks and Recreation (2010-2015, 2020) as Ben Wyatt
- Big Little Lies (2017-2019) as Ed Mackenzie
- The Good Place (2016-2018) as Trevor
- Ghosted (2017-2018) as Max
- The Twilight Zone (2019)
- Nightmare at 30,000 Feet as Justin Sanderson
- Don't (2020), host
- Big Mouth (2021) as Mr. Keating (voice role)
- Severance (2022-present) as Mark Scout
- Inside Job (2022) as Ron Staedtler (voice role)
