Adam Scott Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A native of Santa Cruz, CA, who was born in 1973, actor Adam Scott first encountered acting in elementary school, on a decidedly negative note (thanks to a not-so-pleasant experience in a science play), but by mid-adolescence changed his views about the craft and aggressively pursued a career in...Read More

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Step Brothers

Actors: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott

Synopsis: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with that film's director, Adam McKay, to tell the tale of two pampered best friends whose single parents fall in love and decide to marry. McKay and Ferrell share screenwriting credits, and Judd Apatow Read More

7/25/08
August

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney, Emmanuelle Chriqui

Synopsis: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn, and Adam Scott star in director/co-screenwriter Austin Chick's tale about an ambitious dotcom entrepreneur attempting to stay afloat as the stock market begins to collapse and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks loom ever closer on the horizon. ~ Jason Read More

7/11/08
The Great Buck Howard

Actors: John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Debra Monk

Synopsis: A young man on his way up hitches his wagon to a middle-aged star on his way down in a comedy from writer and director Sean McGinly. Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) is a guy in his early twenties who has dropped out of law school and is pondering his next move. Troy has an interest in working in the Read More

1/1/08
Lovely Still

Actors: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott

Synopsis: Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn topline the debut of writer/director Nik Fackler in Lovely Still, a whimsical romance tale that follows an elderly grocery-store bagger (Landau) who experiences his first pangs of love in the form of Burstyn. Elizabeth Banks portrays the woman's daughter, while Adam Scott Read More

1/1/08
Tell Me You Love Me: Season 02

2008
Knocked Up

Actors: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel

Synopsis: When a one-night stand that should have stayed that way has unexpected consequences, the reluctant odd couple attempts to transform their tentative relationship into a lasting love in this conception comedy. Twenty-four-year-old entertainment journalist Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is on the Read More

6/1/07
First Snow

Actors: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner, J.K. Simmons, Shea Whigham

Synopsis: A man desperately tries to keep a strange prediction from coming true in this independent psychological thriller. Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce) is a traveling salesmen who is in New Mexico on business when he crosses paths with a psychic. The psychic offers to read Jimmy's fortune, and quickly informs Read More

3/23/07
Corporate Affairs

Actors: Breckin Meyer, Laura Harris, Adam Scott, Monica Keena, Melinda Page Hamilton

Synopsis: A devoted family man with a successful career in software unwittingly falls into a hopeless pattern of corporate slacking, lavish business trips, and beautiful prostitutes after being promoted to middle-management in this humorous tale of ambition and redemption starring Breckin Meyer. Ted (Meyer) Read More

2007
Tell Me You Love Me: Season 01

Actors: Jane Alexander, Michelle Borth, Tim DeKay, Aislinn Paul, Adam Scott

2007
The Return

Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, J.C. MacKenzie, Erinn Allison, Sam Shepard

Synopsis: A self-assured Midwestern girl finds her confidence gradually crumbling as a barrage of terrifying visions prompt her to investigate a brutal murder in a supernatural thriller directed by Asif Kapadia and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Joanna Mills (Gellar) is a successful sales representative Read More

11/10/06
Art School Confidential

Actors: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar

Synopsis: Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff and comic artist and screenwriter Daniel Clowes, who collaborated for the acclaimed 2001 comedy-drama Ghost World, team up once again for this offbeat satire. Jerome (Max Minghella) is an aspiring artist who arrives at a prestigious East Coast art institute to study. While Read More

5/5/06
Who Loves the Sun

Actors: Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R.H. Thomson, Wendy Crewson

Synopsis: When the former best friend of a now-successful writer suddenly appears following an extended absence, the confrontation that follows will alter their views of the past and forever transform the future in a simmering tale of lost friendship from director Matt Bissonette. It's been five long years Read More

2006
The Matador

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall

Synopsis: A chance meeting between two middle-aged men leads one into a life of crime in this offbeat comedy. Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is an American businessman whose life has been going through a sour patch after he and his wife, Carolyn (Hope Davis), lost their young son. During a business trip to Read More

12/23/05
Monster-in-Law

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott

Synopsis: It's not unusual to see two women fighting over the same man in a movie, only this time it's his mother and his fiancée vying for his attention in this broad comedy. While Charlotte Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez), known to her friends as Charlie, has never had much luck in her love life, one day her Read More

5/13/05
The Aviator

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale biopic documenting the life and loves one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century, Howard Hughes. The Aviator follows Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving Read More

12/17/04
Off the Lip

Actors: Marguerite Moreau, MacKenzie Astin, David Rasche, Adam Scott, Mark Fite

Synopsis: Directed by Robert Mickelson, Off the Lip follows Kat (Marguerite Moreau), equipped with a spanking new journalism degree, on her first big assignment. Though the job sounds ideal at first -- its only requirements are a positive outlook, good instincts, perseverance, and a willingness to travel to Read More

5/7/04
Torque

Actors: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Adam Scott, Matt Schulze, Jaime Pressly, Jay Hernandez

Synopsis: Shelved for almost a full year, the feature-film debut of acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn, Torque is an action thriller set in the fast-paced, high-adrenaline world of biker gangs. Martin Henderson (The Ring) stars as Cary, a biker who is framed for the murder of a gang leader Trey's (Ice Cube Read More

1/16/04
High Crimes

Actors: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Amanda Peet, Tom Bower

Synopsis: Defense attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) seems to have the perfect life. She has a high profile job at a big firm, a beautiful home outside San Francisco, and a husband, Tom (James Caviezel of The Thin Red Line), who loves her. Claire's biggest problem appears to be that she wants to have a Read More

4/5/02
The Killer Next Door

Actors: Adam Scott

Synopsis: Directed by Chris Haifley, The Killer Next Door centers on Ronnie (Adam Scott), who has recently made his first, fledgling attempt at adulthood and moved out of his childhood house. Unfortunately, the move wasn't exactly a long-distance endeavor -- he lives in the guest house behind his aging Read More

2002
Payback

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Fredric Lane

Synopsis: Mary Tyler Moore is reunited with her onetime sitcom costar Edward Asner in this anything-but-funny TV movie melodrama. While closing down her restaurant late one night, Kathryn Stanfill (Moore) notices a prowler hanging around outside. She quickly summons the police, only to stand by in horror as Read More

1997
NYPD Blue: The Nutty Confessor

Synopsis: Several people offer advice when it looks as though Adrianne (Justine Miceli) is ready for a night of passion with Martinez (Nicholas Turturro). Tracking a suspected serial killer to Atlantic City, Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) goes ballistic when he hears the possible perp's zany "alibi." And when an Read More

1996
ER: Full Moon, Saturday Night

Synopsis: Michael Ironside makes his first appearance as new ER chief Dr. William Swift, who immediately sets the staff on its ear with his bizarre management style and intense perfectionism. Meanwhile, the rivalry between med student Carter (Noah Wyle) and Deb (Ming-Na) reaches a new height of absurdity. Read More

1995
Boy Meets World: Pop Quiz

Synopsis: While delivering past-due book reports to the home of their teacher Mr. Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn), Cory (Ben Savage) and Shawn (Rider Strong) stumble across Turner's class schedule, enabling them to determine when he plans to give the next pop quiz. As a result, the boys are able to cram for Read More

1995
Boy Meets World: The Thrilla' in Philla'

Synopsis: In order to have at least one extracurricular activity to his credit, Cory (Ben Savage) joins the school wrestling team, supremely confident that he won't have to do anything because there's no one else in his weight class. All this changes when school bully Joey "the Rat" (Blake Sennett) joins Read More

1995
Boy Meets World: He Said, She Said

Synopsis: Consulting the school's new guidance counselor Devon (Amy Leland), Shawn (Rider Strong) explains that he's not trying harder because he's not going to college, so what's the use? In an effort to show she understands what he's going through, Devon replies that she once felt the same way and decided Read More

1995
Boy Meets World: Band on the Run

Synopsis: To impress girls (is there ever any other reason?), Cory (Ben Savage) and Shawn (Rider Strong) claim to be members of a nonexistent band called "The Exits". The boys' falsehoods eventually jump up and bite them in the you-know-what when Mr. Feeny (William Daniels) books "The Exits" to play for a Read More

1994