Acting credits
86
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Scoot McNairy
Acting
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Movies: 71Series: 19Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 59233
IMDb ID: nm1058940
Known for: Acting
Born: November 11, 1977
Age: 48
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2026
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q566037
Also known as
John Marcus Scoot McNairy • John Marcus Mcnairy • John 'Scoot' McNairy • John McNairy • Scooter • 스쿳 맥네이리 • Скут МакНэйри • Скут Макнейрі • 史考特·麥奈利 • اسکات مکنِیری • +1 more
Other jobs
Producer (4)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with Scoot McNairy.
Family Movie
2026 Movie
5.7
Fairyland
as Steve Abbott
2025 Movie
6.1
East of Wall
as Roy Waters
2025 Movie
8.0
On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
as Self
2025 Movie
7.1
A Complete Unknown
as Woody Guthrie
2024 Movie
5.8
Nightbitch
as Husband
2024 Movie
5.4
The Line
as Detective
2024 Movie
7.1
Speak No Evil
as Ben Dalton
2024 Movie
5.0
Other Other
as Spyro
2024 Movie
5.9
Blood for Dust
as Cliff
2024 Movie
5.8
Taurus
as Ray
2022 Movie
7.0
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
as Joseph Primm
2022 Movie
6.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
as Andrew Larson
2022 Movie
5.9
Blonde
as Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman
2022 Movie
7.2
C'mon C'mon
as Paul
2021 Movie
2.0
Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR
as Narrator (voice)
2021 Movie
7.4
A Quiet Place Part II
as Marina Man
2021 Movie
7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Lancer' - 'Business Bob' Gilbert
2019 Movie
Carl's Motel
as Jack
2019 Movie
6.7
The Parts You Lose
as Ronnie
2019 Movie
5.9
Destroyer
as Ethan
2018 Movie
6.6
Long Way Back Home
as Red
2018 Movie
5.2
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
as Greg
2018 Movie
5.6
War Machine
as Sean Cullen
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Scoot McNairy.
In 4 weeks
Man on Fire
as Henry Tappan • 7 eps
2026 Series
7.0
The Santa Stories
as Nate • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.1
Pantheon
as Cody / Kurt (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.6
Invincible
as King Lizard (voice) • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.9
The Comey Rule
as Rod Rosenstein • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Love Life
as Bradley Field • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.9
Narcos: Mexico
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 9 eps
2018 Series
7.7
Godless
as Bill McNue • 7 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Halt and Catch Fire
as Gordon Clark • 40 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Fargo
as Maurice LeFay • 1 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
True Detective
as Tom Purcell • 8 eps
2014 Series
6.6
Eleventh Hour
as Rudy Callistro • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.7
My Name Is Earl
as Bed Bug • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.9
Close to Home
as T.J. • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
as Fast Food Worker • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Bones
as Noel Liftin • 3 eps
2005 Series
8.1
The Shield
as Doug Obermyer • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Vitas Long • 1 eps
2000 Series