Adam Scott Adam Paul Scott is the American actor who portrayed the ' s conn officer in . He had previously auditioned for the role of Lieutenant in the same film . He was born in Santa Cruz , California . Career . Films . A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts , Scott made his film debut with a principal role in the 1994 independent drama " Cityscrapes : Los Angeles " . This film also featured Willie Garson and Leslie Hope in supporting roles . His next film role was in the 1996 horror movie " Hellraiser : Bloodline " , a sequel to Terry Farrell ' s " Hellraiser 3 : Hell On Earth " , which had Wren T . Brown in a small role . Scott continued acting in independent films throughout the 1990s . He and guest star Susan Gibney appeared in the 1997 independent romantic comedy " Dinner and Driving " . The following year , Scott was seen in the drama " Girl " , as was Rosemary Forsyth . This was followed with a role in " The Lesser Evil " , a thriller which also featured Anne Haney , Jack Kehler , Richard Riehle , and Marc Worden . After spending the next few years focusing on television roles , Scott played the title role in the independent thriller " Ronnie " . He was then cast in a supporting role in the thriller " High Crimes " , his first mainstream studio film since " Star Trek : First Contact " . This film , which starred Ashley Judd and co - starred Bruce Davison , Jude Ciccolella , and John Billingsley , was also produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures . Scott co - starred with Charles Rocket in the 2002 short film " Bleach " and with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kellie Waymire in the musical short " Something More " . His next major feature film was the 2004 action thriller " Torque " . He then appeared in Martin Scorese ' s acclaimed , Academy Award - winning biographical drama " The Aviator " , which was written by John Logan and featured an appearance by TNG ' s Brent Spiner . Scott was next seen in the comic crime thriller " The Matador " , followed by a supporting role in the comedy " Monster - in - Law " , the latter of which featured appearances by Bruce French and Mark Moses . A part in Terry Zwigoff ' s comic drama " Art School Confidential " followed , as did a major role in the 2006 horror movie " The Return " and brief role in the hit 2007 comedy " Knocked Up " . His 2008 film credits include the drama " August " and the hit comedy " Step Brothers " . In addition , he can be seen in the comic drama " The Great Buck Howard " , which also features Wallace Langham and George Takei . In , Scott recalled working on " First Contact " while being interviewed for his film " Friends with Kids " saying ; " " For me it was rent at the time but it was fun . Jonathan Frakes was directing , he was a really nice guy , but I was never much of a Trekkie . But I like " " Star Trek " " . I really loved the J . J . Abrams movie . . . I was just never super into it but it ' s cool that I got to be in one of those movies . " " Scott was also cast as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Fitzpatrick in the James " Whitey " Bulger biopic " Black Mass , " which also stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Whitey ' s Massachusetts State Senator brother Billy . Television . In 1995 , Scott played the recurring role of Sydney Schneider on the crime drama series " Murder One " . During his time on this series , Scott worked with such performers as James Avery , Daniel Benzali , Barbara Bosson , Roy Brocksmith , Shelly Desai , Maury Ginsberg , John Fleck , Robin Gammell , Gregory Itzin , Stanley Kamel , Thomas Kopache , Paul Lambert , Deborah May , Richard McGonagle , Donna Murphy , Randy Oglesby , Tony Plana , Kevin Tighe , and Ned Vaughn . That same year , Scott appeared as Griffin ' Griff ' Hawkins in three episodes of " Boy Meets World " and guest - starred on " ER " ( in an episode with Don Keefer ) and " NYPD Blue " ( starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence , in an episode with Bill Cobbs ) . During the 1998 - 99 television season , Scott portrayed Josh Macon on the drama series " Party of Five " . Among the performers he worked with on this series were Olivia d ' Abo , Scott Grimes , Julie Warner , and the aforementioned Willie Garson . Scott then appeared as Philip the Coffee Boy in the short - lived drama series " Wasteland " , including one episode directed by Lou Antonio . In 2002 , Scott appeared in an episode of " Glory Days " with Abby Brammell . He then guest - starred in two episodes of " Six Feet Under " : one with Brad Greenquist and Kellie Waymire , and the other with Graham Jarvis , Leonard Kelly - Young , and Ed O ' Ross . This was followed with guest spots on CBS ' " CSI : Miami " , UPN ' s " Veronica Mars " , and NBC ' s " " . In 2007 , Scott was a series regular on the short - lived HBO drama " Tell Me You Love Me " , in which he played Palek . Scott was seen in all ten episodes of this series , three of which guest - starred Rosalind Chao . Two of the episodes guest - starred Ronny Cox , while two others featured Anne Ramsay . From 2009 to 2010 , Scott starred in the Starz comedy series " Party Down " . The first season finale featured George Takei as himself . Following this , he joined Jim O ' Heir on the cast of NBC ' s " Parks and Recreation " , which has featured guest appearances by Eric Pierpoint , Andy Milder , and James W . Jansen . Scott ' s character , Ben Wyatt , is a professed fan of the " Star Trek " franchise .