Portrait of Scoot McNairy

Scoot McNairy

Acting

Biography

John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy (born November 11, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles in films such as Monsters (2010), Argo, Killing Them Softly (both 2012), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Speak No Evil, and Nightbitch (both 2024). On television, McNairy starred as Gordon Clark in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017), Bill McNue in the Netflix miniseries Godless(2017), Walt Breslin on Netflix's Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021), Tom Purcell on the third season of True Detective (2019), and Rod Rosenstein in the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). His accolades include an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scoot McNairy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: November 11, 1977

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA

Filmography

2025
Fairyland

as Steve Abbott

2025
East of Wall

as Roy Waters

2024
A Complete Unknown

as Woody Guthrie

2024
Nightbitch

as Husband

2024
The Line

as Detective

2024
Speak No Evil

as Ben Dalton

2024
Other Other

as Spyro

2024
2022
Taurus

as Ray

2022
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

as Joseph Primm

2022
Luckiest Girl Alive

as Andrew Larson

2022
Blonde

as Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman

2022
Pantheon

as Cody / Kurt (voice)

2022
Pantheon

as Soldier (voice)

2022
Pantheon

as Cody (voice)

2021
2021
2021
2021
INVINCIBLE

as King Lizard (voice)

2020
The Comey Rule

as Rod Rosenstein

2020
Love Life

as Bradley Field

2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as 'Lancer' - 'Business Bob' Gilbert

2019
2019
2018
Destroyer

as Ethan

2018
Narcos: Mexico

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2018
Narcos: Mexico

as Walt Breslin

2017
Godless

as Bill McNue

2017
War Machine

as Sean Cullen

2017
Aftermath

as Jacob "Jake" Bonanos

2017
Sleepless

as Rob Novak

2015
Lamb

as Jesse

2015
2014
Black Sea

as Daniels

2014
Gone Girl

as Tommy O'Hara

2014
The Rover

as Henry

2014
Halt and Catch Fire

as Gordon Clark

2014
Frank

as Don

2014
Fargo

as Maurice LeFay

2014
Non-Stop

as Tom Bowen

2014
True Detective

as Tom Purcell

2013
2013
Touchy Feely

as Jesse

2013
Dragon Day

as Phil

2012
Argo

as Joe Stafford

2012
Promised Land

as Jeff Dennon

2012
2012
The Napkin

as Pete

2011
2011
A Night in the Woods

as Brody Cartwright

2011
2010
2010
Wreckage

as Frank Jeffries

2010
Monsters

as Andrew Kaulder

2009
Mr. Sadman

as Stevie

2008
Eleventh Hour

as Rudy Callistro

2007
Marcus

as Charles

2007
Blind Man

as Sparky Collins

2006
2006
Bobby

as Beatnik

2006
2006
Murder 101

as Panache (uncredited)

2005
My Name Is Earl

as Bed Bug

2005
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Fast Food Worker

2005
Bones

as Noel Liftin

2005
D.E.B.S.

as Stoner

2004
Sleepover

as DJ at Club

2003
Wonderland

as Jack

2002
The Shield

as Doug Obermyer

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