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"Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He has also appeared as Derek in the film Step Brothers, Johnny Meyer in The Aviator, Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom Party Down, Ed Mackenzie in the HBO series Big Little Lies, Adam Yates, Jr. in Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Trevor in the NBC series The Good Place. == Early life == Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Anne (born Quartararo) and Simon Dougald Scott, both of whom are retired teachers. He is of one quarter Sicilian descent, on his mother's side. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. He graduated from Harbor High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California. ==Career Film === Scott at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival Scott has appeared in several feature films, including Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), The Lesser Evil (1998), High Crimes (2002), The Aviator (2004), Torque (2004), Monster-in-Law (2005), Who Loves the Sun (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Step Brothers (2008), August (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), and Leap Year (2010). Scott's name appears next to Jon Hamm's name in the film Anchorman in one of the broadcast's credits. In an appearance on G4's Attack of the Show! program on April 21, 2011, he confirmed that this was due to his and Hamm's friendship with producer Shauna Robertson, who put their names in the credits as an Easter egg. He played Ted Hendricks, Walter Mitty's detestable corporate boss, in the 2013 remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Scott appeared in the films Our Idiot Brother (2011) as Jeremy and Bachelorette. He also starred as Jason Fryman in Friends with Kids (2012). He starred as Caleb Sinclaire in the 2010 film The Vicious Kind, a more dramatic role than his previous comedic endeavors, for which Scott was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor. The film itself received positive reviews, and he won two individual awards at two separate film festivals. He starred in the film Passenger Side, released on DVD on October 26, 2010. Scott's film A.C.O.D. premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2015, he worked as executive producer on, and portrayed Alex in, the comedy film The Overnight, and also co-starred in the Christmas comedy slasher film Krampus. === Television === On television, he appeared as Griff Hawkins in the series Boy Meets World and Josh on Party of Five, as well as David's love interest, Ben Cooper, on Six Feet Under. He played Palek on the HBO drama Tell Me You Love Me (2007). Scott played a cocaine-addicted, delirious baseball front office representative in the first and second seasons of the HBO series Eastbound & Down. From 2009 to 2010, he appeared on the Starz network show Party Down. His role in Party Down earned him an Entertainment Weekly Ewwy nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009. In 2010, Scott joined the cast of NBC's acclaimed comedy series Parks and Recreation, in which he played Ben Wyatt, a state auditor who arrives in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana to evaluate the town's funds. He appeared as a guest star along with Rob Lowe in the second season before becoming a main character for the remainder of the series. The show's seventh and final season concluded in February 2015. Scott has appeared in the Adult Swim comedy Childrens Hospital. He was also on the show NTSF:SD:SUV::, in the episode "The Risky Business of Being Alone in Your Home", and the annual Adult Swim special The Greatest Event in Television History, which he also created and produced. Scott has also appeared in the Comedy Central television show Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, as a newscaster in the episode "Relapse into Refreshment". He has appeared in a series of commercials for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Starting in November 2016, Scott took on a recurring guest star role in The Good Place as Trevor. In 2017, Scott appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies as Ed Mackenzie, the husband of main character Madeline Mackenzie, played by Reese Witherspoon. Scott co-starred with Craig Robinson in the sitcom Ghosted, which premiered on October 1, 2017 on Fox, lasting just one season. In 2020, Scott became the host of ABC's new game show Don't, executive produced by Ryan Reynolds. === Podcasting === With Scott Aukerman, Scott is the co-host and co-creator of the Earwolf podcast U Talkin' U2 To Me, launched in February 2014. The series is introduced at the outset of each episode as "the comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things U2," but it generally uses discussion of the band as a jumping off point for improv and absurdist humor. In February 2018 Scott and Scott launched another podcast in the same format, this time covering the career and work of the band R.E.M., titled R U Talkin' R.E.M. Re: Me?. A third podcast, R U Talkin' RHCP Re: Me?, debuted in July 2020, in which Scott and Scott discuss the Red Hot Chili Peppers; the podcast's format was almost immediately abandoned in favor of discussing Talking Heads and, as of the second episode, was renamed U Talkin' Talking Heads 2 My Talking Head. Scott has also been a guest on numerous podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, How Did This Get Made?, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, and Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. == Personal life == Scott married Naomi Sablan in 2005. They have two children. Scott is a "die-hard" fan of the band R.E.M. In 1992, he appeared as an extra in the music video to their song "Drive". During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Scott revealed he invited actor Mark Hamill to his seventh birthday party. Guest host Kristen Bell surprised Scott with the guest appearance of Hamill wielding a lightsaber in observance of Star Wars Day. == Filmography Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 1994 | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Joe | |- | rowspan="3" | 1996 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | Jacques | |- | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Race Track Valet | |- | Star Trek: First Contact | Defiant Conn Officer | |- | 1997 | Dinner and Driving | Larry | |- | rowspan="3" | 1998 | Girl | Scott | |- | The Lesser Evil | Young George | |- | Hairshirt | Fan at Bar | |- | 1999 | Winding Roads | Brian Calhoun | |- | rowspan="2" | 2001 | Date Squad | Fred | Short film |- | Seven and a Match | Peter | |- | rowspan="3" | 2002 | Ronnie | Ronnie Schwann | |- | High Crimes | Lieutenant Terrence Embry | |- | Bleach | Fulton | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2003 | Something More | Saul | Short film |- | Two Days | Stu | |- | rowspan="3" | 2004 | Torque | FBI Agent McPherson | |- | Off the Lip | David | |- | The Aviator | Johnny Meyer | |- | rowspan="2" | 2005 | The Matador | Phil Garrison | |- | Monster-in-Law | Remy | |- | rowspan="4" | 2006 | Art School Confidential | Marvin Bushmiller | |- | First Snow | Tom Morelane | |- | Who Loves the Sun | Daniel Bloom | |- | The Return | Kurt | |- | 2007 | Knocked Up | Nurse Samuel | |- | rowspan="5" | 2008 | The Great Buck Howard | Alan Berkman | |- | August | Joshua Sterling | |- | Corporate Affairs | Jack Hightower | |- | Step Brothers | Derek Huff | |- | Lovely, Still | Mike Malone | |- | rowspan="2" | 2009 | The Vicious Kind | Caleb Sinclaire | Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |- | Passenger Side | Michael Brown | Also executive producer |- | rowspan="4" | 2010 | Operation: Endgame | The Magician | |- | AIDS: We Did It! | Man | Short film |- | Leap Year | Jeremy Sloane | |- | Piranha 3D | Novak Radzinsky | |- | rowspan="4" | 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Cab Driver | Short film |- | The Terrys | Narrator | Short film |- | Our Idiot Brother | Jeremy Horne | |- | Friends with Kids | Jason Fryman | |- | rowspan="4" | 2012 | Bachelorette | Clyde Goddard | |- | HJ Gloves | Man #2 | Short film |- | See Girl Run | Jason | |- | The Guilt Trip | Andrew Margolis, Jr. | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Carter | Also executive producer |- | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Ted Hendricks | |- | 2014 | They Came Together | Sound Engineer | Cameo |- | rowspan="5" | 2015 | The Overnight | Alex | Also executive producer |- | Sleeping with Other People | Dr. Matthew Sobvechik | |- | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam Yates, Jr. | |- | Black Mass | Robert Fitzpatrick | |- | Krampus | Tom Engel | |- | rowspan="2" | 2016 | Other People | — | Producer |- | My Blind Brother | Robbie | |- | rowspan="5" | 2017 | Fun Mom Dinner | Tom | Also executive producer |- | The Disaster Artist | Himself | Cameo |- | The Most Hated Woman in America | Jack Ferguson | |- | Flower | Will Jordan | |- | Little Evil | Gary Bloom | |- | 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Himself | |- | 2020 | Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics | After School Special Host | |} === Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 1994 | Dead at 21 | Dan | Episode: "Pilot" |- | 1994–1995 | Boy Meets World | Band Member/Griffin Hawkins | 4 episodes |- | 1995 | ER | David Kerstetter | Episode: "Full Moon, Saturday Night" |- | 1995 | Murder One | Sydney Schneider | 6 episodes |- | 1996 | NYPD Blue | Gordon Puterbaugh | Episode: "The Nutty Confessor" |- | 1997 | Payback | Adam Stanfill | Television film |- | 1998–1999 | Party of Five | Josh Macon | 7 episodes |- | 1999 | Wasteland | Phillip the Coffee Boy | 7 episodes |- | 1999 | Sagamore | Alex | Television film |- | 1999 | Winding Roads | Brian Calhoun | Television film |- | 2002 | Glory Days | Howard Dichotsky | Episode: "Everybody Loves Rudy" |- | 2002 | Six Feet Under | Ben Cooper | 2 episodes |- | 2004 | CSI: Miami | Danny Cato | Episode: "Stalkerazzi" |- | 2005 | Veronica Mars | Mr. Rooks | Episode: "Mars vs. Mars" |- | 2006 | Law & Order | Robbie Howell | Episode: "America, Inc." |- | 2007 | Tell Me You Love Me | Palek | 10 episodes |- | 2009 | Trust Me | Josh Burkett | 2 episodes |- | 2009–2010 | Eastbound & Down | Pat Anderson | 2 episodes |- | 2009–2010 | Party Down | Henry Pollard | 20 episodes Also producer |- | 2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Agent Schroeder | Episode: "Just Breve" |- | 2010 | Childrens Hospital | Lt. D'Ghor Koru | Episode: "Joke Overload" |- | 2010 | Nick Swardson's Pretend Time | News Anchor | Episode: "Mudslide Junction" |- | 2010 | The Wonderful Maladys | Alice's Ex-Boyfriend | Pilot |- | 2010 | American Dad! | Marshall | Voice Episode: "The People vs. Martin Sugar" |- | 2010–2015, 2020 | Parks and Recreation | Ben Wyatt | 98 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2013–2014) |- | 2011 | Funny or Die Presents | Narrator | Episode #2.10 |- | 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Van Damm | Episode: "The Risky Business of Being Alone in Your Home" |- | 2012–2013 | Burning Love | Damien Assante | 6 episodes |- | 2012–2014 | The Greatest Event in Television History | Himself | 4 episodes Also creator, director and executive producer |- | 2012–2016 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself / Plumber Pierre | 4 episodes |- | 2013 | Robot Chicken | Care Bear / Father | Voice Episode: "Botched Jewel Heist" |- | 2013 | Maron | Himself | Episode: "Mexican Angel" |- | 2013 | Drunk History | John Wilkes Booth | Episode: "Washington D.C." |- | 2013 | Timms Valley | US Marshal Lonny | Voice Pilot |- | 2016 | Angie Tribeca | Surgeon | Episode: "The Wedding Planner Did It" |- | 2016 | Animals. | Shane | Voice Episode: "Cats." |- | 2016 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Johnny Dunne | Episode: "Meet Platinum" |- | 2016 | The Adult Swim Golf Classic | Adam Scott | TV special |- | 2016–2018 | The Good Place | Trevor | 5 episodes Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain (2019) |- | 2017 | Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special | Himself | Variety special |- | 2017–2019 | Big Little Lies | Ed Mackenzie | 14 episodes |- | 2017 | Veep | Tonight Show Host | Episode: "A Woman First" |- | 2017 | Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Ben | 7 episodes |- | 2017–2018 | Ghosted | Max Jennifer | 16 episodes; also executive producer |- | 2017 | Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Himself | Episode: "A Body and a Puddle" |- | 2018 | I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman | George Washington | Episode: "Hall of Presidents" |- | 2019 | I'm Sorry | Dr. Steve Goldberg | Episode: "These Are My Fingers" |- | 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Justin Sanderson | Episode: "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" |- | 2020 | Nailed It! | Himself (guest judge) | Episode: "Howdy, Failure!" |- | 2020 | Celebrity Escape Room | Himself | TV special |- | 2020 | Don't | Himself (host) | 8 episodes |} == References External links == * * Category:1973 births Category:20th-century American male actors Category:21st-century American male actors Category:American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Category:American male comedians Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:American people of Sicilian descent Category:American men podcasters Category:American podcasters Category:Television producers from California Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Santa Cruz, California Category:American television directors Category:Comedians from California Category:20th-century American comedians Category:21st-century American comedians "
"Harry Perry Chappas (born October 26, 1957 in Mount Rainier, Maryland) is a former shortstop with the Chicago White Sox in parts of three seasons, from 1978 until 1980. Though he appeared in only 72 career games, he became a cult hero on the South Side due primarily to his stature. Chappas was measured by Harry Caray and publicly declared to be , an inch or two shorter than established star Freddie Patek. He was one of the shortest players in Major League history, although Chappas stated in an interview in Sports Illustrated that he was closer to , and implied that team owner Bill Veeck exaggerated his short stature for publicity reasons. Chappas' professional baseball career began with the barnstorming Negro league Indianapolis Clowns, who had become racially integrated, and had developed into more of an entertainment product than a competitive team. When Chappas later made his major league debut, he became the final ex-Negro leaguer to make the major leagues, and the first white ex-Negro leaguer to do so. Chappas signed with the White Sox in 1976 as a sixth round draft pick. He impressed Veeck with good performances for the Appleton Foxes in 1978. This earned Chappas a September callup, during which he hit an effective .267 in 20 games. Primarily due to his height, he gained more and more national interest, highlighted by an appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated during spring training in 1979. In spring training that year, Chappas unseated veteran Don Kessinger and became the opening day shortstop. He lost his job after two weeks after missing a sign as a baserunner, only returning in September. Chappas made the opening day roster the following year as well, but only as a reserve player, and he was subsequently sent to the minors after hitting .160 in 50 at bats. Overall, Chappas hit .245 in the majors and hit a single home run, off the Brewers' Bill Travers, in 1979. ==ReferencesExternal links== , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Appleton Foxes players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Canada Category:American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Category:Baseball players from Maryland Category:Chicago White Sox players Category:Denver Bears players Category:Edmonton Trappers players Category:Glens Falls White Sox players Category:Indianapolis Clowns players Category:Iowa Oaks players Category:Knoxville Sox players Category:Major League Baseball shortstops Category:Miami Dade College alumni Category:Miami Dade Sharks baseball players Category:People from Mount Rainier, Maryland Category:Savannah Braves players Category:Sultanes de Monterrey players Category:Tigres de Aragua players "
"C64 cover for Last Ninja Remix The Last Ninja is a series of video games published by System 3. The first game in the series, titled The Last Ninja, was released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and was one of the most successful games for the system. In 1988, System 3 released Last Ninja 2, and in 1991 the third game in the series, Last Ninja 3. In 1990, Last Ninja Remix was released for 8-bit systems. This was Last Ninja 2 with new music, a new introductory sequence, slightly changed graphics (most notably the screen border) and fixed bugs. Confusingly, the 16-bit versions of the original The Last Ninja game were also released in 1990 as Ninja Remix. ==Plot== The protagonist of The Last Ninja series is Armakuni, the sole survivor of a ninjutsu clan that was destroyed by an evil shogun named Kunitoki. This struggle leads our hero to the island of Lin Fen (in the first Last Ninja) to modern day New York City (in Last Ninja 2) and to the mystical Buddhist temple in Tibet (in Last Ninja 3). In each of the games, Kunitoki is the final adversary and every time eludes death after a somewhat decisive victory from Armakuni. ==Gameplay== Each game is divided into a number of self-contained locations, with the original game containing six such 'levels'. Each level is loaded separately, in sequence as the game progresses. Game over takes the player back to the start of the current level. Each location was presented as a map of static isometric screens, with the player's character restricted to predefined paths (the scenery was inaccessible). By 8-bit standards, the graphics were very detailed, and on many platforms the screen would take a second or so to draw itself when entered. The gameplay generally consisted of fighting, exploration, and puzzle-solving. Movement and fighting was done on the joystick, and the keyboard was used to select items and weapons that the player had to acquire. The player could select one active weapon and one item at any given time. Many map screens contained opponents which the ninja could avoid (by exiting a screen before they caught him) or fight using his selected weapon. (In later Last Ninja games defeated enemies would revive after a certain amount of time.) Items would flash briefly when a screen was first entered, and could be picked up when standing close to them, usually triggering a crouching animation that was also often employed when using the object. Most of the puzzles were of the item-finding or precision-jumping variety. ==Series history== *The Last Ninja: Commodore 64 (1987), DOS (1988), Acorn Electron (1988), BBC Micro (1988), Apple IIGS (1988), Apple II (1989), Acorn Archimedes (1992), Virtual Console (2008) *Ninja Remix: Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990) *Last Ninja 2: Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988), Acorn Electron (1989), BBC Micro (1989), Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990), DOS (1990), NES (1990, as The Last Ninja), Virtual Console (2008) *Last Ninja Remix: Commodore 64 (1990), ZX Spectrum (1990), Amstrad CPC (1990) *Last Ninja 3: Commodore 64 (1991), Amiga (1991), Atari ST (1991), Amiga CD32 (1993), Virtual Console (2008) *Last Ninja 4: C64 (cancelled) *Last Ninja: PC and possibly PlayStation (cancelled) *Last Ninja: The Return/The Last Ninja - Return to Lin Fen Island: PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube (cancelled) Generally the games had been made with Commodore 64 as the lead platform, with other platforms getting less attention (sometimes the porters didn't even receive the C64 version's data, and had to reconstruct the entire game from scratch). Versions of The Last Ninja for the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Acorn Archimedes/RISC OS computers were published by Superior Software, while Activision published it for the Apple IIGS. One novel feature on the C64 version was the use of very distinctive oriental music in loading and in-game music for each level. These original music pieces on the first Last Ninja were composed by C64 musician Ben Daglish doing five tunes and Anthony Lees doing six tunes. In the sequel, Last Ninja 2, Matt Gray composed all the tunes. What separated The Last Ninja series from most other games was that in C64 version all three SID sound channels were dedicated to music playback, meaning that there were no in-game sounds. Reyn Ouwehand provided the new music used in the C64 version of Last Ninja Remix. ===Last Ninja 4=== In 1993, John Wells created a series of previews, music and a map for one level of a fourth game which he tried to convince System 3 to make. System 3 turned him down.Review - Last Ninja 4 - Games That Weren't 64 (GTW64) Originally set for an early 2004 release, a new Last Ninja game was shown at the E3 2003 Expo in Los Angeles, but has since been delayed. Released screenshots showed a game looking very similar to Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, also in development at the time (released in early 2004).Last Ninja 4 screenshots Retro Gamer reported they "that Play It is to release the original Last Ninja trilogy on PS2. The graphics will be enhanced, but the gameplay and puzzles will remain intact. Again, this will be released in the next few months and priced at a very economical £10. It will also serve as a perfect appetiser for the fully 3D’d up Last Ninja 4, due out next year."Retro Gamer 7, page 6. A new game has also been said to be cancelled at least three times, only to return to development. In 2007, System 3 CEO, Mark Cale, said the fourth Last Ninja was scrapped because it "simply wasn't good enough" and stated that Last Ninja would be returning in the form of a remade trilogy for Nintendo DS and Wii.LN4 News - Last Ninja Archives Cale said: "We’ve scrapped the fourth game. I felt it wasn’t representative of the market. For Last Ninja 4, I think you need to do something that recreates that kind of ‘wow’ factor of the original game, and in my mind it wasn’t good enough to wear that badge – so why cash in on a great name? We may as well leave it as it is. There will definitely be a fourth game. It’ll either be a retro version with updated graphics but the same gameplay, or something that’s going to be an epic, like a Final Fantasy game but with a more arcade feel."Retro Gamer 18, page 57. ==Reception== In 2010, GamePro included Armakuni in their article "Top Ten video game ninjas" ("If Rambo had been born in Feudal Japan, he’d be a lot like Armakuni").Top Ten video game ninjas, GamePro, 6 August 2010. Virgin Media included him on the list of top ten video game ninja heroes, however commenting the series itself "hasn't aged all that gracefully".Armakuni (The Last Ninja) - Top ten ninjas - Pictures - Games - Virgin Media ==ReferencesExternal links== *Last Ninja Archives * Category:Video game franchises Category:Japan in non- Japanese culture "