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.

Filmography

• 2027Family Movie
• 2026Company — Emmett
• Furious — Danny Kelly
• Man on Fire — Henry Tappan
• 2026The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd — Wilson Shedd
• 2025East of Wall — Roy Waters
• 2025Fairyland — Steve Abbott
• 2024A Complete Unknown — Woody Guthrie
• 2024Blood for Dust — Cliff
• 2024Nightbitch — Husband
• 2024Other Other — Spyro
• 2024Speak No Evil — Ben Dalton
• 2024The Line — Detective
• The Santa Stories — Nate
• 2022Blonde — Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman
• 2022Luckiest Girl Alive — Andrew Larson
• 2022Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile — Joseph Primm
• Pantheon — Cody / Kurt (voice), Soldier (voice), Cody (voice)
• 2022Taurus — Ray
• 2021A Quiet Place Part II — Marina Man
• 2021C'mon C'mon — Paul
• INVINCIBLE — King Lizard (voice)
• 2021Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR — Narrator (voice)
• Love Life — Bradley Field
• The Comey Rule — Rod Rosenstein
• 2019Carl's Motel — Jack
• 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — 'Lancer' - 'Business Bob' Gilbert
• 2019The Parts You Lose — Ronnie
• 2018Destroyer — Ethan
• Narcos: Mexico — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Walt Breslin
• 2018The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter — Greg
• 2017Aftermath — Jacob "Jake" Bonanos
• Godless — Bill McNue
• 2017Sleepless — Rob Novak
• 2017War Machine — Sean Cullen
• 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — Wallace Keefe
• 2015Frank and Cindy — Producer
• 2015Lamb — Jesse
• 2015Our Brand Is Crisis — Buckley
• 2014Black Sea — Daniels
• Fargo — Maurice LeFay
• 2014Frank — Don
• 2014Gone Girl — Tommy O'Hara
• Halt and Catch Fire — Gordon Clark
• 2014Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King — Jackson Norriss
• 2014Monsters: Dark Continent — Executive Producer
• 2014Non-Stop — Tom Bowen
• 2014The Rover — Henry
• True Detective — Tom Purcell
• 201312 Years a Slave — Brown
• 2013Dragon Day — Phil
• 2013Straight A's — Producer
• 2013Touchy Feely — Jesse
• 2012Argo — Joe Stafford
• 2012Killing Them Softly — Frankie
• 2012Please, Alfonso — Producer
• 2012Promised Land — Jeff Dennon
• 2012The Napkin — Pete
• 2011A Night in the Woods — Brody Cartwright
• 2011Angry White Man — Walt
• 2011The Off Hours — Corey
• 2010Everything Will Happen Before You Die — Matt
• 2010Monsters — Andrew Kaulder
• 2010Wes and Ella — Wes
• 2010Wreckage — Frank Jeffries
• 2009Mr. Sadman — Stevie
• 2009The Resurrection of Officer Rollins — Shooter
• Eleventh Hour — Rudy Callistro
• 2008Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery — Panache
• 2007Blind Man — Sparky Collins
• 2007In Search of a Midnight Kiss — Wilson, Producer
• 2007Marcus — Charles
• 2006Art School Confidential — Army-Jacket
• 2006Bobby — Beatnik
• 2006Mr. Fix It — Dan
• 2006Murder 101 — Panache (uncredited)
• Bones — Noel Liftin
• Close to Home — TJ
• 2005D.E.B.S. — Stoner
• 2005Herbie Fully Loaded — Augie
• How I Met Your Mother — Fast Food Worker
• My Name Is Earl — Bed Bug
• 2004Sleepover — DJ at Club
• 2004White Men in Seminole Flats — Dale
• 2003Sexless — Ryan
• 2003Wonderland — Jack
• The Shield — Doug Obermyer
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Vitas Long
• Bruce and Peter — Executive Producer
• Cowgirl's Last Ride — Randall
• Die by Night
• McCarthy
• Wrong Numbers — Russell

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2025On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' — Self