Article #2269

From his breakthrough role in public-sector comedy Parks and Rec to his mysterious and important work in corporate-dystopia drama Severance, the actor is ready to talk

Adam Scott has been a familiar face since the 90s, popping up in everything from Hellraiser IV: Bloodline to Star Trek: First Contact, and comedies including Knocked Up and Step Brothers. You might remember him – and his beard – as the smarmy boss sparring with Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (“I was saying you know who looks good in a beard? Dumbledore. Not you”), or meddling with timelines in Hot Tub Time Machine 2.

It was his role as state auditor Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation, that made him indispensable: the anxious policy wonk turned devoted husband to Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). Fans will have their own favourite Ben moments – from the two-second stop-motion film that took weeks to make, to the invention of the Cones of Dunshire board game and his earnest devotion to Game of Thrones and 90s alt-rockers Letters to Cleo.