Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott is the kind of actor I always recognize before I can place the name. The Massachusetts native broke through as the drummer in That Thing You Do!, and that boy-next-door warmth has quietly carried him for decades. What I appreciate is his refusal to chase one lane: film, television, stage, and voice work all appear on his resume, from An American Werewolf in Paris to a small turn in La La Land. That's a working actor's career, not a celebrity's, and I respect it more for that. The Syracuse training shows in his reliability. He feels like someone directors trust to simply get it right.

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Name (English)

Tom Everett Scott

Name (Japanese)

トム・エヴェレット・スコット

Reading

とむ・えゔぇれっと・すこっと

Born

September 7, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / stage actor / voice actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

High school

East Bridgewater High School

University

Syracuse University

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Everett%20Scott
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494393

Tags

• Massachusetts
• television actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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