Scoot McNairy

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.

Known For

Bones

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Fargo

How I Met Your Mother

INVINCIBLE

True Detective

The Shield

Close to Home

All Movies (70)

• Family Movie2026
• Fairyland2025 · as Steve Abbott
• East of Wall2025 · as Roy Waters
• On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"2025 · as Self
• A Complete Unknown2024 · as Woody Guthrie
• Nightbitch2024 · as Husband
• The Line2024 · as Detective
• Speak No Evil2024 · as Ben Dalton
• Other Other2024 · as Spyro
• Blood for Dust2024 · as Cliff
• Taurus2022 · as Ray
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile2022 · as Joseph Primm
• Luckiest Girl Alive2022 · as Andrew Larson
• Blonde2022 · as Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman
• C'mon C'mon2021 · as Paul
• Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Quiet Place Part II2021 · as Marina Man
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019 · as 'Lancer' - 'Business Bob' Gilbert
• Carl's Motel2019 · as Jack
• The Parts You Lose2019 · as Ronnie
• Destroyer2018 · as Ethan
• The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter2018 · as Greg
• War Machine2017 · as Sean Cullen
• Aftermath2017 · as Jacob "Jake" Bonanos
• Sleepless2017 · as Rob Novak
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016 · as Wallace Keefe
• Lamb2015 · as Jesse
• Our Brand Is Crisis2015 · as Buckley
• Black Sea2014 · as Daniels
• Gone Girl2014 · as Tommy O'Hara
• Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'2014 · as Self
• The Rover2014 · as Henry
• Frank2014 · as Don
• Non-Stop2014 · as Tom Bowen
• Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King2014 · as Jackson Norriss
• 12 Years a Slave2013 · as Brown
• Touchy Feely2013 · as Jesse
• Dragon Day2013 · as Phil
• Argo2012 · as Joe Stafford
• Promised Land2012 · as Jeff Dennon
• Killing Them Softly2012 · as Frankie
• The Napkin2012 · as Pete
• Angry White Man2011 · as Walt
• A Night in the Woods2011 · as Brody Cartwright
• The Off Hours2011 · as Corey
• Wes and Ella2010 · as Wes
• Wreckage2010 · as Frank Jeffries
• Monsters2010 · as Andrew Kaulder
• Everything Will Happen Before You Die2010 · as Matt
• Mr. Sadman2009 · as Stevie
• The Resurrection of Officer Rollins2009 · as Shooter
• Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery2008 · as Panache
• In Search of a Midnight Kiss2007 · as Wilson
• Marcus2007 · as Charles
• Blind Man2007 · as Sparky Collins
• Mr. Fix It2006 · as Dan
• Bobby2006 · as Beatnik
• Art School Confidential2006 · as Army-Jacket
• Murder 1012006 · as Panache (uncredited)
• Herbie Fully Loaded2005 · as Augie
• D.E.B.S.2005 · as Stoner
• Sleepover2004 · as DJ at Club
• White Men in Seminole Flats2004 · as Dale
• Wonderland2003 · as Jack
• Sexless2003 · as Ryan
• McCarthy—
• Cowgirl's Last Ride— · as Randall
• Die by Night—
• The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd—
• Wrong Numbers— · as Russell

All TV Shows (23)

• Furious2026
• Man on Fire2026 · as Henry Tappan
• The Santa Stories2023 · as Nate
• Pantheon2022 · as Cody / Kurt (voice)
• Pantheon2022 · as Soldier (voice)
• Pantheon2022 · as Cody (voice)
• INVINCIBLE2021 · as King Lizard (voice)
• The Comey Rule2020 · as Rod Rosenstein
• Love Life2020 · as Bradley Field
• Narcos: Mexico2018 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Narcos: Mexico2018 · as Walt Breslin
• Godless2017 · as Bill McNue
• Halt and Catch Fire2014 · as Gordon Clark
• Fargo2014 · as Maurice LeFay
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• True Detective2014 · as Tom Purcell
• Eleventh Hour2008 · as Rudy Callistro
• My Name Is Earl2005 · as Bed Bug
• Close to Home2005 · as TJ
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Fast Food Worker
• Bones2005 · as Noel Liftin
• The Shield2002 · as Doug Obermyer
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Vitas Long