American film actor Adam Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, on April 3, 1973. Parents taught in high school, older brothers and sister finished school when Adam first entered school.
Study
After school, the young man submitted documents to the Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles. After graduation, Adam Scott got a job on television. At first, his participation in popular series was reduced to the performance of episodic roles, but soon a charismatic actor with a characteristic appearance attracted the attention of producers, and they began to trust him in the supporting roles.
Adam Scott is an talented actor with a good theater education. He successfully starred in the TV series: New York Police, Law and Order, Ambulance, Five of Us, Client Is Always Dead, One Murder, Miami Crime Scene, Veronica Mars , "Miracle."
Popularity
However, the following series brought him fame:
- Step Brothers, the role of Derek Huff.
- "Parks and Recreation", a character of Ben.
- "Say you love," the role of Palek.
- "Kings of the parties", the character of Henry Pollard (main role).
For ten years, from 1996 to 2006, Adam Scott played many roles, among which were different fries: comedies, action films, thrillers and science fiction. Especially successful are: the comedy film “If the mother-in-law is a monster”, the epic film “The Aviator” directed by Martin Scorsese, the thrillers “Particularly Serious Crimes” and “Lesser Evil”, the fantastic film “Star Trek”, the action movie “Torque”.
Producing
At some point, the actor wanted to expand his activities. Since 2009, Adam Scott, in addition to participating in productions as an actor, began to engage in producing individual projects. In this difficult matter, he was helped by a special education received at the Academy. In the production of the film "Passenger Seat," Adam Scott participated as an executive producer.
The series “Kings of Parties”, in which the actor played a major role, was also partially produced by Scott. Seventy episodes fell to his lot. After finishing work, Adam left the project and after a short break he joined the crew of the series Parks and Recreation. At the same time, Adam Scott, films with the participation of which did not bring tangible income, began to appear in sports advertisements on ESPN.
In 2007-2008, Scott took part in the film "A little pregnant." Then he played character brother Will Farrell in the series "Step Brothers". In 2011, the actor appeared in the comedy film "My asshole", playing the character Jeremy.
Two awards were brought to Adam by the film "Evil Type", where he starred in his most dramatic role, playing Synopsis Caleb, a construction worker from a small provincial town.
Diverse characters
The characteristic roles that Adam Scott performed allowed the actor to create a universal role for himself. He easily coped with the most complex characters, played lively and realistically. In a 2004 film called Veronica Mars, Scott played a teacher whom all students loved and respected. However, as it turned out, the teacher was on his mind and dreamed of getting close to one of his students.
In 2007, Adam took part in the film "Tell Me What You Love." The series abounded with sex scenes in which Scott had to participate involuntarily. The bed episodes were so frank that employees from the moral department banned the show.
One of Adam's roles was the character of Pat Anderson, the cocaine-dependent hero of the drama Eastbound & Down. The image that the actor was to create, deeply psychological, multifaceted, required a special approach. Nevertheless, the actor coped with the task with dignity and received a prize for his work.
Adam Scott: filmography
During his career, the actor starred in more than thirty films and several television series. Below is a selected list of films with his participation.
- Star Trek, (1996);
- "Fan", (1998);
- The Lesser Evil, (1998);
- "Particularly serious crimes", (2002);
- "Torque", (2004);
- Aviator, (2004);
- "If the mother-in-law is a monster", (2005);
- "Step Brothers", (2008);
- The Evil Type, (2009);
- "Passenger's seat", (2009);
- "Bachelors", (2012);
- "The Drunk Story", (2013);
- "Time Machine", (2014);
- Black Mass, (2015);
- Krampus, (2015).
Personal life
In 2005, Adam Scott proposed Naomi Sablan, with whom he had close friendships. They worked together on film projects and eventually decided to get married. The couple has two children.