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My Take
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.
Overview
Seann William Scott (born October 3, 1976) is an American actor. In film, Scott is best known for his breakout role as Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series (1999–2012). He also starred in a lead role as Doug Glatt in Goon (2011) and its sequel, Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / film producer / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Park High School
- University
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Ice Age | — |
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.