1. John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy was born on November 11,1977 and is an American actor and film producer.
26 Facts About Scoot McNairy
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Scoot McNairy is known for his roles in films such as Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Speak No Evil, and Nightbitch.
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On television, McNairy starred as Gordon Clark in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire, Bill McNue in the Netflix miniseries Godless, Walt Breslin on Netflix's Narcos: Mexico, Tom Purcell on the third season of True Detective, and Rod Rosenstein in the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule.
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Scoot McNairy's accolades include an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Scoot McNairy's father began calling him Scooter when he was about two years old.
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Scoot McNairy moved to Austin, Texas, when he was 18 to attend the University of Texas at Austin.
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Interested in cinematography and photography, Scoot McNairy moved to Los Angeles to go to film school.
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Scoot McNairy attended for a year, then dropped out and began working in film production, doing carpentry and building film sets.
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Scoot McNairy then worked as an extra before eventually securing a consistent job in more than 200 TV commercials.
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Scoot McNairy eventually was offered roles in feature films, a career he has been pursuing since 2001.
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Scoot McNairy had small parts in films, including Wonderland, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Art School Confidential.
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In 2012, Scoot McNairy played Frankie in director Andrew Dominik's film Killing Them Softly opposite Brad Pitt.
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Scoot McNairy filmed his second movie with Michael Fassbender, Leonard Abrahamson's Frank, and co-starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's Non-Stop, opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.
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Scoot McNairy appears in David Michod's The Rover opposite Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce.
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Scoot McNairy starred as computer engineer and internet pioneer Gordon Clark in the AMC Network drama Halt and Catch Fire, about the personal computer business in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Scoot McNairy played Wallace Keefe in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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In September 2016, Scoot McNairy was announced as a cast member in the third season of the FX drama Fargo.
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In 2017, Scoot McNairy played crime boss Novak in the crime drama Sleepless and returned to television when he co-starred in the Netflix western-miniseries Godless as shortsighted sheriff Bill McNue.
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Scoot McNairy received critical acclaim for his portrayal of troubled father Tom Purcell in the third season of True Detective in 2019.
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Scoot McNairy next appeared in Taurus, alongside Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox, which premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Scoot McNairy reunited with Andrew Dominik in the 2022 film Blonde, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates's historical fiction novel that chronicles the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.
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Scoot McNairy portrayed folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in the 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which starred Timothee Chalamet.
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That same month, Scoot McNairy was announced as part of the cast for Blood for Dust, an action thriller, including Kit Harington and Josh Lucas.
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Scoot McNairy worked as producer for 2007's In Search of a Midnight Kiss, in which he starred and which is referred to as his breakout film.
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Scoot McNairy has worked on a number of other projects as an actor and producer, including 2012's A Night in the Woods; and Angry White Man, Dragon Day, and The Off Hours, all released in 2011.
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Scoot McNairy is currently in a relationship with actress Sosie Bacon.