Scott Adsit Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Joseph Jefferson Award for an Actor in a Revue for his role in "Paradigm Lost" in 1997 after missing out on the award in 1994 and 1996
• Attended DePauw University in Indiana
• Joined the mainstage cast at The Second City in Chicago, where he performed in several award-winning productions
• Quote: "(On some of his improv skits) "We'll go a long time without getting a laugh, which doesn't bother us at all because when a laugh actually does come, it's a big one because it's got some emotional heft to it․""
• Quote: "(On his thoughts of improv) "It's always my own material, and I'm saying it with my own rhythms and my own word choices and my own emotions, and it's easier for me than acting․""
• Recognized for co-directing and co-writing "Moral Orel" with Dino Stamatopoulos and Jay Johnston, and also provided the voice for Orel's dad Clay Puppington and other characters on the show
• Worked with Tina Fey in the improv group Second City before both appeared on the show "30 Rock" in 2006
• Lent his voice for the pinball game "Medieval Madness․"
• Stopped writing for "Moral Orel" after his Christian sister Andrea forced him to, but she later changed her tune after seeing more of the second season