Scoot McNairy

Actor

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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Known For

Gone Girl Not in library

Gone Girl

2014

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Not in library

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Not in library

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

12 Years a Slave Not in library

12 Years a Slave

2013

Argo Not in library

Argo

2012

A Quiet Place Part II Not in library

A Quiet Place Part II

2021

Non-Stop Not in library

Non-Stop

2014

How I Met Your Mother Not in library

How I Met Your Mother

2005

INVINCIBLE Not in library

INVINCIBLE

2021

True Detective Not in library

True Detective

2014

Acting

2026 Family Movie
2025 Fairyland as Steve Abbott
2025 East of Wall as Roy Waters
2025 On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown" as Self
2024 Speak No Evil as Ben Dalton
2024 Nightbitch as Husband
2024 The Line as Detective
2024 Blood for Dust as Cliff In Library
2024 A Complete Unknown as Woody Guthrie
2024 Other Other as Spyro
2023 The Santa Stories as Nate (1 episode)
2022 Taurus as Ray
2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile as Joseph Primm
2022 Blonde as Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman
2022 Luckiest Girl Alive as Andrew Larson
2022 Pantheon as Cody / Kurt (voice) (1 episode)
2022 Pantheon as Soldier (voice) (1 episode)
2022 Pantheon as Cody (voice) (6 episodes)
2021 A Quiet Place Part II as Marina Man
2021 Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR as Narrator (voice)
2021 C'mon C'mon as Paul
2021 INVINCIBLE as King Lizard (voice) (3 episodes)
2020 Love Life as Bradley Field (2 episodes)
2020 The Comey Rule as Rod Rosenstein (2 episodes)
2019 The Parts You Lose as Ronnie
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Lancer' - 'Business Bob' Gilbert
2019 Carl's Motel as Jack
2018 Destroyer as Ethan
2018 The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter as Greg
2018 Long Way Back Home as Red
2018 Narcos: Mexico as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (9 episodes)
2018 Narcos: Mexico as Walt Breslin (21 episodes)
2017 Aftermath as Jacob "Jake" Bonanos
2017 Sleepless as Rob Novak
2017 War Machine as Sean Cullen
2017 Godless as Bill McNue (7 episodes)
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Wallace Keefe
2015 Lamb as Jesse
2015 Our Brand Is Crisis as Buckley
2014 The Rover as Henry
2014 Frank as Don
2014 Gone Girl as Tommy O'Hara
2014 Non-Stop as Tom Bowen
2014 Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King as Jackson Norriss
2014 Black Sea as Daniels
2014 Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' as Self
2014 Fargo as Maurice LeFay (1 episode)
2014 True Detective as Tom Purcell (8 episodes)
2014 Halt and Catch Fire as Gordon Clark (40 episodes)
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2013 12 Years a Slave as Brown
2013 Touchy Feely as Jesse
2013 Dragon Day as Phil
2012 Killing Them Softly as Frankie
2012 Argo as Joe Stafford
2012 Promised Land as Jeff Dennon
2012 The Napkin as Pete
2011 The Off Hours as Corey
2011 Angry White Man as Walt
2011 A Night in the Woods as Brody Cartwright
2010 Monsters as Andrew Kaulder
2010 Wreckage as Frank Jeffries
2010 Everything Will Happen Before You Die as Matt
2010 Wes and Ella as Wes
2009 Mr. Sadman as Stevie
2009 The Resurrection of Officer Rollins as Shooter
2008 Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery as Panache
2008 Eleventh Hour as Rudy Callistro (1 episode)
2007 In Search of a Midnight Kiss as Wilson
2007 Marcus as Charles
2007 Blind Man as Sparky Collins
2006 Art School Confidential as Army-Jacket
2006 Mr. Fix It as Dan
2006 Bobby as Beatnik
2006 Murder 101 as Panache (uncredited)
2005 Herbie Fully Loaded as Augie
2005 D.E.B.S. as Stoner
2005 My Name Is Earl as Bed Bug (1 episode)
2005 Bones as Noel Liftin (3 episodes)
2005 How I Met Your Mother as Fast Food Worker (1 episode)
2005 Close to Home as T.J. (1 episode)
2004 Sleepover as DJ at Club
2004 White Men in Seminole Flats as Dale
2003 Wonderland as Jack
2003 Sexless as Ryan
2002 The Shield as Doug Obermyer (1 episode)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Vitas Long (1 episode)
— McCarthy
— Cowgirl's Last Ride as Randall
— Die by Night
— The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
— Wrong Numbers as Russell
— Furious

Production

2015 Frank and Cindy Producer
2014 Monsters: Dark Continent Executive Producer
2013 Straight A's Producer
2012 Please, Alfonso Producer
2007 In Search of a Midnight Kiss Producer