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American actors: 2000s onward

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Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit (born 1965, Northbrook, Illinois) is an American actor and improviser, a Second City alumnus, known as producer Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock (2006-13) and as the voice of Baymax in Disney's Oscar-winning Big Hero 6.

Scott Cohen (actor)

Scott Cohen (born 1961, Bronx, New York) is an American character actor known as Wolf in The 10th Kingdom, Max Medina on Gilmore Girls, and Nico on Necessary Roughness; SAG-nominated for The Americans.

Scott Eastwood

Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves, 1986) is an American actor and model, son of Clint Eastwood; known for The Longest Ride, Suicide Squad, The Outpost, the Fast & Furious films, and 2026's Lucky Strike.

Scott Evans (actor)

Scott Evans (Scott Andrew Evans), American actor born 1983 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, younger brother of Chris Evans; played Oliver Fish on One Life to Live, Oliver on Grace and Frankie, and a Ken in Barbie (2023); openly gay, NYU Tisch drama graduate. Distinct from the Scott Evans TV host born in New Jersey.

Scott Foley

Scott Foley (born 1972, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actor known as Noel Crane on Felicity, Jake Ballard on Scandal, Bob Brown on The Unit, and Roman Bridger in Scream 3; also directed Let's Kill Ward's Wife.

Scott Haze

Scott Haze, American actor, writer, and director from Dallas, Texas; trained at Stella Adler and Playhouse West; breakout as Lester Ballard in Child of God (2013); frequent James Franco collaborator; films include Venom, Minari, Old Henry, Jurassic World Dominion.

Scott Mechlowicz

Scott Mechlowicz (Scott David Mechlowicz), American actor born 1981 in New York City, raised in Plano, Texas; UCLA graduate. Known for EuroTrip (2004), Mean Creek (2004), Peaceful Warrior (2006), and later Eden, Cat Run, and Demonic.

Scott Michael Foster

Scott Michael Foster (born 1985, Winfield, Illinois) is an American actor known as Cappie on Greek, Nathaniel Plimpton III on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Kristoff on Once Upon a Time, and Jason Knightly in Hallmark+'s Paris Is Always a Good Idea.

Scott Patterson

Scott Patterson (born 1958, Philadelphia) is the American actor best known as Luke Danes on Gilmore Girls; former minor league pitcher, Agent Strahm in Saw IV–VI, Sully in Sullivan's Crossing. Not the Bloomberg reporter or skier of the same name.

Scott Porter

Scott Porter (Matthew Scott Porter, born 1979) is an American actor and singer known as Jason Street in Friday Night Lights, George Tucker in Hart of Dixie, and Mayor Paul Randolph in Ginny & Georgia, with extensive Marvel and video game voice work.

Scout Taylor-Compton

Scout Taylor-Compton (born Desariee Starr Compton, 1989) is an American actress known for playing Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009).

Sea Shimooka

Sea Shimooka (born 1995) is an American mixed Asian-Pacific Islander actress and filmmaker, BFA from NYU, known as Sophon in Netflix's 3 Body Problem and Emiko Queen in Arrow season 8.

Sean Faris

Sean Faris (Sean Hardy Faris), American actor born 1982 in Houston, Texas; starred in Never Back Down (2008), Forever Strong, Life As We Know It, Reunion, The Vampire Diaries, and Pretty Little Liars; MTV Movie Award winner.

Sean Giambrone

Sean Giambrone (born 1999) is an American actor known as Adam Goldberg on ABC's The Goldbergs (2013–2023) and as the voice of Jeff in Clarence, Yumyulack in Solar Opposites, and Ben Pincus in the Jurassic World animated series.

Sean Gunn

Sean Gunn (born 1974, St. Louis) is an American character actor, brother of James Gunn; Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls, Kraglin and the on-set motion performer for Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy, and Maxwell Lord in the DCU.

Sean Kaufman

Sean Kaufman (born 2000) is an American actor from New York City, known as Steven Conklin in The Summer I Turned Pretty, Alex Poletov Baldwin in For All Mankind season 5, and roles in Other Mommy and the Daniels' Universal film.

Sean Murray (actor)

Sean Harland Murray (born 1977, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American actor, stepson of NCIS creator Donald Bellisario, known for Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus and for playing Timothy McGee on NCIS since 2003, the franchise's longest-running series regular.

Sean Patrick Thomas

Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970) is an American actor known for Save the Last Dance, The District's Detective Temple Page, Barbershop, and Polarity in Gen V; trained at NYU Tisch, Broadway A Raisin in the Sun alumnus.

Sean Stone

Sean Stone, also known as Sean Christopher Stone, is an American actor, filmmaker, and television host, the son of director Oliver Stone, in whose films he has appeared since childhood.

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott (born 1976), American actor, is best known as Steve Stifler in four American Pie films and for Dude Where's My Car, Role Models, Goon, Ice Age voice work, Lethal Weapon, and ABC's Shifting Gears.

Sebastian Arcelus

Sebastian Arcelus (Sebastian Carlos Arcelus), American actor born 1976 in New York City; Broadway musicals Rent, Wicked, Elf, Into the Woods; TV roles Lucas Goodwin in House of Cards and Jay Whitman in Madam Secretary; husband of Stephanie J. Block.

Sebastian Chacon

Sebastian Chacon (born 1993, Jamaica, Queens) is an American actor of Colombian and Ecuadorian descent, an NYU Tisch graduate known for Warren Rojas in Daisy Jones & The Six, Fly Rico in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, and Carlos in Emergency; distinct from other namesakes.

Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor born 1982 in Constanța, plays Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in the MCU and won a 2025 Golden Globe for A Different Man, with an Oscar nomination for The Apprentice.

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez (born 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas), also known as Selena Marie Gomez, is an American singer, actress, and Rare Beauty founder; Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place star, Emmy- and Grammy-nominated, married to Benny Blanco.

Selenis Leyva

Selenis Leyva, Afro-Latina actress of Cuban and Dominican descent born 1972 in Baracoa, Cuba, raised in the Bronx; best known as Gloria Mendoza on Orange Is the New Black, later Diary of a Future President and Lopez vs Lopez.

Selma Blair

Selma Blair (Selma Blair Beitner), American actress born 1972 in Southfield, Michigan, star of Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, and Hellboy; MS advocate since her 2018 diagnosis, author of Mean Baby.

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy (Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy), American actor born 1974 in Chicago, known for Mohinder Suresh in Heroes, Jai Wilcox in Covert Affairs, Bloodwork in The Flash, Mohan in Never Have I Ever, and Nefertari Cobra in One Piece.

Sepideh Moafi (سپیده معافی)

Sepideh Moafi (سپیده معافی, born 1985) is an Iranian-American actress and singer, born in a German refugee camp. Known for Gigi in The L Word: Generation Q, Loretta in The Deuce, and Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi in The Pitt, earning a historic 2026 Emmy nomination and Astra TV Award.

Ser'Darius Blain

Ser'Darius Blain is an American actor, born 1987 in Miami, known as Anthony 'Fridge' Johnson in the Jumanji films, Galvin on the Charmed reboot, and Reggie on The Big Leap, plus Footloose and Camp X-Ray.

Serayah (actress)

Serayah (Serayah Ranee McNeill, born 1995, Encinitas, California) is an American actress, singer, and model known as Tiana Brown on Fox's Empire, Rbel in BET's Kingdom Business, and lead of Netflix's Ruth & Boaz (2025).