Seann William Scott

I have a soft spot for actors who commit completely to comedy, and Seann William Scott is the textbook case. Stifler could have been a disposable gross-out caricature; Scott played him with such fearless, unembarrassed energy that the character became the engine of an entire franchise. But the performance I keep recommending is Goon, where he plays a gentle, slow-witted enforcer with real tenderness — proof there was always craft underneath the chaos. His voice work in Ice Age shows the same generosity: he serves the joke, never his ego. Comic actors rarely get critical respect, but sustained fearlessness like his is, in my view, a legitimate and underrated form of skill.

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Name (English)

Seann William Scott

Name (Japanese)

ショーン・ウィリアム・スコット

Reading

しょーん・うぃりあむ・すこっと

Born

October 3, 1976 (age 49)

Origin

Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / film producer / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

High school

Park High School

University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seann%20William%20Scott
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193212

Tags

• Minnesota
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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