Biography
Thomas Everett Scott (born September 7, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film That Thing You Do!, the protagonist in An American Werewolf in Paris, and notable roles in Boiler Room, One True Thing, Dead Man on Campus, The Love Letter, Because I Said So, Danger One, La La Land, and Clouds. In television, he played the roles of Detective Russell Clarke in the series Southland, Charles Garnett in Z Nation, and played the recurring r...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Paper Flowers
2024
as Dr. Baxter
Paper Flowers picks up recent USC graduate and Peace Corps volunteer Shah (Talwalkar) as he receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, embarking on a missi...

Rockbottom
2024
as Jesse Rockbottom
Follows hair metal band CougarSnake of 1980s, whose career ended just as it was starting due to clashes over the direction of the group.

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show", comedian Connor Ratliff questions ...

One True Loves
2023
as Michael
Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together, until Jesse disappears in a tragic helicopter crash on their first wedding anniversary. Four year...

Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas
2022
as Sam
Follow Dolly's desire to uplift an exhausted world's spirits by sharing the unique "mountain magic". Throughout the chaos, Dolly finds herself taking ...

The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story
2021
as Martin MacNeill
Weeks after his wife's suspicious death, Dr Martin MacNeill moves in his mistress under the guise of a live-in nanny. Shocked by her father's actions,...

Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021
as Benedict Stone
The story about Benedict Stone and his wife Emilia who got separated after 10 years, when trying for a baby becomes unsuccessful.

Finding You
2021
as Montgomery Rush
Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal ...

Sister of the Groom
2020
as Ethan
Audrey attempts to stop her brother from marrying a young French woman during their rescheduled wedding weekend in the Hamptons, which happens to be t...

Clouds
2020
as Rob Sobiech
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes ...

Back Roads
2019
as Brad Mercer
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a mar...

I Hate Kids
2019
as Nick Pearson
Nick Pearson is a life-long bachelor who is finally settling down. On the brink of his wedding he is surprised to find he has a 13 year old son who ha...

All Square
2018
as Adam
A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize h...

Monster Challenge
2018
as Self
Famed composer Michael Giacchino catapults a hapless Patton Oswalt (as himself) into an outrageous series of challenges in his infectiously silly trib...

Danger One
2018
as Dean
While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide t...

Collusions
2018
as Martin
Follows five people intertwined in the legal and law enforcement world of LA as the story of a beaten woman, her missing tooth and their motives are r...

Christmas Connection
2017
as Jonathan
Adventurous flight attendant Sydney’s plans for a tropical Christmas get delayed when she helps an unaccompanied minor get home to Chicago to her dad ...

Pup Star: Better 2Gether
2017
as Charlie (voice)
Pup Star is back for an all-new adventure! After winning the canine competition show Pup Star and becoming an international pup sensation, Tiny, the a...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
2017
as Frank Heffley
A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off course thanks to Greg's newest scheme to get to a video gaming ...

The Last Word
2017
as Ronald Odom
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of find...

La La Land
2016
as David
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in ...

Sister Cities
2016
as Chief Barton Brady
Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.

Pup Star
2016
as Charlie (voice)
A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.

Vanished
2016
as Damon
When millions of people begin to disappear, Gabby, his sister, and their other companies will have to stick together for survival and to figure out wh...

Forever
2015
as Fred
An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.

Bravetown
2015
as Jim
After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of h...

Love Finds You In Sugarcreek
2014
as Joe Matthews / Micah Matthias
Will a mysterious stranger's past wreak havoc on a quiet Amish community after they've opened their doors -- and hearts -- to him and his son?

Enemies Closer
2013
as Henry
After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when th...

Independence Daysaster
2013
as Sam Garsette
When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable o...

Parental Guidance
2012
as Phil Simmons
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the ki...

Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
2012
as Santa Paws (voice)
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the merriest place on the planet, a quartet of magical puppies stow away on her sled, granting joyful wishes to ...

Mars Needs Moms
2011
as Milo's Dad (voice)
When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.

2nd Take
2011
as Peter
Reclusive writer takes aspiring actress under his wing.

The Devil's Teardrop
2010
as Parker Kincaid
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demand...
Glock
2009
as Glock
Short film about a new spy who is waiting on his first job. And waiting, and waiting....
Glock
2009
Director
Short film about a new spy who is waiting on his first job. And waiting, and waiting....

Tanner Hall
2009
as Gio
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.

Race to Witch Mountain
2009
as Matheson
A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also...

Snow Buddies
2008
as Buddy (voice)
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that ...

Making That Thing You Do
2007
as Self
Behind the scenes of That Thing You Do!

Because I Said So
2007
as Jason
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. R...

Air Buddies
2006
as Buddy (voice)
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's...

Surrender, Dorothy
2006
as Adam
When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and ...

Sexual Life
2005
as Todd
As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives — including a teenager, a wedding photographer and a hotel desk ...

Karroll's Christmas
2004
as Allen Karroll
Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting ...

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
as Elliot Grebb (uncredited)
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he...

Attraction
2001
as Garrett
A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

Boiler Room
2000
as Michael Brantley
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as ...

Top of the Food Chain
1999
as Guy Fawkes
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed...

Inherit the Wind
1999
as Bertram Cates
Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

The Love Letter
1999
as Johnny
In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... ...

River Red
1998
as Dave Holden
Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, D...

River Red
1998
Producer
Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, D...

One True Thing
1998
as Brian Gulden
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Dead Man on Campus
1998
as Josh
Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.

One Dog Day
1997
This film spans one hot day in New York and follows the lives of many of its inhabitants as they go about their business.

An American Werewolf in Paris
1997
as Andy McDermott
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

That Thing You Do!
1996
as Guy Patterson
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

Too Young to Die
1990
as Judge Harper
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
The Movers
N/A
The film centers around a close-knit family who moves into a seemingly charming neighborhood, only to discover that all is not what it appears. As the...