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My Take
Adam Scott is my favorite kind of actor: the one who sneaks up on you. For years he was the reliable comedic presence, Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation, the straight man who made absurdity feel human. Then Severance arrived, and suddenly he was carrying an entire dystopia with little more than a hollowed-out gaze. That range comes not from flash but from craft accumulated quietly over decades, including his parallel work as a podcaster and screenwriter. I love performers who peak in middle age, because it suggests the work itself, not fame, was always the point. Scott embodies that patience beautifully.
Overview
Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2010–2015), for which he was twice nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as Mark Scout in the Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller series Severance, for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards – two for acting and two for producing – and two…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adam Scott
- Name (Japanese)
- アダム・スコット
- Reading
- あだむ・すこっと
- Born
- April 3, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / podcaster / screenwriter / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Harbor High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Time 100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.