American actor Scoot McNairy, 44, was born in Dallas, Texas. He is well-known for his work on the films Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly, 12 Years a Slave, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
He appeared on television in the western miniseries Godless on Netflix and the AMC historical drama Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective, and Narcos: Mexico.
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In addition to attending film school in Los Angeles, McNairy studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. He appeared in the 2001 film Wrong Numbers, which took home the Austin Film Festival’s Audience Award.
Over 200 TV ads were his first stable job after working as an extra. Since 2001, he has been working toward a career in feature films.
He had a little part in films like Wonderland, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Art School Confidential. In 2010, McNairy and Gareth Edwards’ movie Monsters about an alien invasion was released.
