Scoot McNairy

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Birth Name: John Marcus McNairy

Age: 45, born 11 November 1977

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 8"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Whitney Able

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Description: McNairy was born in Dallas, Texas, to Alicia Ann McNairy (née Merchant) and Stewart Hall McNairy. McNairy has an older brother. Although he grew up in Dallas, he spent holidays and weekends on his parent's ranch in rural Paris, Texas. Growing up, McNairy did theater in after-school programs. McNairy moved to Austin, Texas in his early 20s, and was cast in his first film role, Wrong Numbers (2001), a teen drinking comedy written and directed by friend and frequent collaborator Alex Holdridge. The film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. Holdridge was hired to remake Wong Numbers into a studio picture, but t McNairy was born in Dallas, Texas, to Alicia Ann McNairy (née Merchant) and Stewart Hall McNairy. McNairy has an older brother. Although he grew up in Dallas, he spent holidays and weekends on his parent's ranch in rural Paris, Texas.

Growing up, McNairy did theater in after-school programs.

McNairy moved to Austin, Texas in his early 20s, and was cast in his first film role, Wrong Numbers (2001), a teen drinking comedy written and directed by friend and frequent collaborator Alex Holdridge. The film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. Holdridge was hired to remake Wong Numbers into a studio picture, but things didn't work out, although the eventual movie resulted in Superbad.

McNairy wasn't sure of being an actor: "I thought I wanted to be a wildlife photographer or cinematographer," he says, citing a love for the great outdoors. "So I moved [to LA] to go to film school." After a year of film school working to become a cinematographer, McNairy dropped out and began making working in film production (carpentry, building film sets). Then he worked as an extra, until he eventually found steady work starring in over 200 TV commercials. Although initially interested in being behind the camera, he soon found roles as a journeyman actor for over 10 years.

During the early 2000s, McNairy was known for his specialization in portraying colorful and individualistic young men with a slightly rebellious edge. McNairy began with small parts in films, including Wonderland (2003), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and Art School Confidential (2006).

In 2010, McNairy worked on The Listening Party as Ferret and Everything Will Happen Before You Die as Matt. 2010 also saw the release of the alien invader film by Gareth Edwards called Monsters, which featured largely improvised dialogue and was shot in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Texas.

In 2011, McNairy played Frankie, a scrawny motormouth, in director Andrew Dominik's film Killing Them Softly (2012), playing opposite Brad Pitt. The film is based on the 1974 novel, Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins, re-envisioned to the 2008 election season.

The role led to a successive string of high-profile roles in films, including Ben Affleck's Argo (2012), Gus Van Sant's Promised Land (2012), and Lynn Shelton's Touchy Feely (2013) opposite Rosemarie DeWitt and also stars Ellen Page, Josh Pais, and Allison Janney.

For his role as Joe Stafford in Argo, he studied Farsi, which he spoke in his final monologue in the film.

In 2013, he appeared in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, which again also featured Brad Pitt. McNairy also filmed his second movie with Michael Fassbender, Leonard Abrahamson's Frank, and co-starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's Non-Stop (2014), opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.

In January 2013, he began filming David Michod's The Rover, opposite Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce, which finished filming March 2013. McNairy will star in the upcoming AMC Network drama, Halt & Catch Fire, about the personal computer business in the 1980s. ... (more)

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My Favorite Performances of 2012 (Male) (25 person items)

" Frankie - Killing Them Softly "John, there's ten I can do. I know of at least ten I can do but then after I'm gonna have at least eight hot ginzos out looking for me." Honorable Mentions: Joe Stafford - Argo "