Adam Scott, American film actor, college educated, charismatic and talented

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American actor Adam Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California on April 3, 1973. Parents taught in high school, older brothers and sister graduated when Adam first entered school.

Study

After school, the young man applied to the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Upon graduation, Adam Scott got a job working in television. At first, his participation in popular TV shows was limited to playing episodic roles, but soon the charismatic actor with a characteristic appearance attracted the attention of producers, and they began to trust him with supporting roles.

Adam Scott is a rather talented actor with a good theatrical education. He has successfully starred in TV series: NYPD Blue, Law & Order, ER, Five of Us, The Client Is Always Dead, One Murder, Miami Crime Scene, Veronica Mars, "Wonderfall".

Popularity

However, the following series brought him fame:

• "Stepbrothers", roleDerek Huff.
• "Parks and Recreation", Ben character.
• "Say You Love", Palek's role.
• "Party Kings" by Henry Pollard (lead role).

For ten years, from 1996 to 2006, Adam Scott played a variety of roles, including comedies, action films, thrillers and fantasy. Particularly successful are: the comedy film "If the mother-in-law is a monster", the epic film "The Aviator" directed by Martin Scorsese, the thrillers "Especially serious crimes" and "The Lesser Evil", the fantastic film "Star Trek", the action movie "Torque".

Production

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 produce individual projects. In this difficult matter, he was helped by a special education received at the Academy. Adam Scott was an Executive Producer of the production of The Passenger's Seat.

The series "Kings of the Parties", in which the actor played one of the main roles, was also partially produced by Scott. It ran for seventy episodes. Having finished work, Adam left the project and after a short break joined the crew of the series "Parks and Recreation". At the same time, Adam Scott, whose films did not bring tangible income, began acting in sports commercials on ESPN.

In 2007-2008Scott took part in the film "Knocked Up". Then he played the brother of Will Farrell's character in the TV series Step Brothers. In 2011, the actor appeared in the comedy film My Stupid Brother, playing the character Jeremy.

Two awards came to Adam in The Evil Guy, where he starred in his most dramatic role as Synopsis Caleb, a construction worker from a small provincial town.

Various characters

The characteristic roles played by Adam Scott allowed the actor to create a universal role for himself. He easily coped with the most complex characters, played lively and realistically. In the 2004 film Veronica Mars, Scott played a teacher who was loved and respected by all the students. However, as it turned out, the teacher was on his own 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 was replete with sex scenes, in which Scott reluctantly had to participate. The sex scenes were so explicit that the show was banned by the morality department.

One of Adam's roles was that of Pat Anderson, the cocaine-addicted hero of the drama Eastbound & Down. The image that the actor had to create, deeply psychological, multifaceted, required a special approach. Nevertheless, the actor adequately coped with the task and received an award for his work.

Adam Scott Filmography

During his career, the actor starred in more than thirty films and several television series. Below is a select list of his films.

• "Star Trek", (1996);
• "Fan", (1998);
• "The Lesser Evil", (1998);
• "Especially serious crimes", (2002);
• "Torque", (2004);
• "Aviator", (2004);
• "If the mother-in-law is a monster", (2005);
• "Step Brothers", (2008);
• "Evil Type", (2009);
• "Passenger Seat", (2009);
• "The Bachelorettes", (2012);
• "Drunk Story", (2013);
• "Time Machine", (2014);
• "Black Mass", (2015);
• "Krampus", (2015).

Private life

In 2005, Adam Scott proposed to Naomi Sablan, with whom he had close friendships. They worked together on film projects and eventually decided to get married. The couple have two children.