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Scoot McNairy

American actor and producer

Scoot McNairy is an American actor and producer. He is known for films including Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. On television he starred as Gordon Clark in Halt and Catch Fire, and has also appeared in Godless, Narcos: Mexico, True Detective and The Comey Rule. His honours include an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Scoot McNairy appears in 3 films and 2 TV series in The Rerun, from 2013 to 2026. Most of that work is in drama, thriller and biography. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Mackenzie Davis (2).

Known for

  • Halt and Catch Fire (2014), Gordon Clark. Starred as Gordon Clark in the AMC period drama, which ran from 2014 to 2017.
  • Narcos: Mexico (2018), Walt Breslin. Played Walt Breslin on the Netflix drama and earned an International Emmy Award nomination.
  • Godless (2017), Bill McNue. Played Bill McNue in the Netflix miniseries.
  • Argo (2012). One of the films he is best known for, alongside Killing Them Softly.
  • True Detective (2019), Tom Purcell. Appeared as Tom Purcell in the third season.

Shows

Furious

2026– · Detective Danny Kelly

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Scoot McNairy been in?
Scoot McNairy appears in Furious (2026), A Complete Unknown (2024), Speak No Evil (2024), Halt and Catch Fire (2014) and 12 Years a Slave (2013) on The Remote.
When was Scoot McNairy born?
Scoot McNairy was born on 11 November 1977.

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