--- description: Find out why Adam Scott is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. title: Adam Scott: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fe0f30e9296670/6998c5b493610c62bfc2f8a1/time100-2025-adam-scott.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Adam Scott by Nick Offerman  Elizabeth Renstrom If you like slightly awkward but inexplicably confident juvenile otters, you’re going to go simply apesh-t for Adam Scott. A mere 30-plus years into his career, he has finally captivated the world’s attention as Lumon employee Mark S. in [_Severance_](https://time.com/7207294/severance-season-2-episode-4-adam-scott-britt-lower-interview/ "undefined")_._ Adam has been the cause of swooning for a long time, and not just by me. From his breast-obsessed portrayal of Howard Hughes’ publicist Johnny Meyer in Martin Scorsese’s _The Aviator_ to his breakout turn as an unbearably “rad” asswipe in _Step Brothers,_ Adam has displayed a knack for portraying fellows who are a little off, but in a comforting way—relatably weird. When given top billing, Adam crafts protagonists who have so many more fascinating colors in their palettes than just his dreamboat looks. As a romantic lead, like the hapless Henry Pollard in the criminally underappreciated _Party Down_ or dependable Ben Wyatt of _Parks and Recreation,_ he gets the job done with a sweetness and vulnerability from which many young men (and old) might take some cues. Adam is the unassuming hero we need in these uncertain times. Whether he’s waxing on about U2 or R.E.M. on his podcast with Scott Aukerman or upsetting the goatherds in Mammalians Nurturable, this lovable nonconformist just keeps delivering exactly what the doctor ordered. _Offerman is an Emmy-winning actor_ Adam Scott Is on the 2025 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273826/adam-scott/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273826/adam-scott/"},"headline":"Adam Scott","datePublished":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:46:26.953Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273826/adam-scott/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","t100artists2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fe0f30e9296670/6998c5b493610c62bfc2f8a1/time100-2025-adam-scott.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fe0f30e9296670/6998c5b493610c62bfc2f8a1/time100-2025-adam-scott.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273826/adam-scott/","name":"Adam Scott"}}]}] ```