FrameThrower · Actors · Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy
15 films · 1,410 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2012–2024
Born 11 November 1977 · Dallas, Texas, USA
John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles in films such as Monsters (2010), Argo, Killing Them Softly (both 2012), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Speak No Evil, and Nightbitch (both 2024).
On television, McNairy starred as Gordon Clark in the AMC period drama Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017), Bill McNue in the Netflix miniseries Godless(2017), Walt Breslin on Netflix's Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021), Tom Purcell on the third season of True Detective (2019), and Rod Rosenstein in the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule (2020). His accolades include an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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How their films are shot
Measured across 1,410 frames from the 15 films we hold. This is the look of the work Scoot takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 15 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Scoot takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Rover
2014 · Henry
Killing Them Softly
2012 · Frankie
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Woody Guthrie
Blonde
2022 · Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman
C’mon C’mon
2021 · Paul
A Quiet Place Part II
2020 · Marina Man
Destroyer
2018 · Ethan
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Wallace Keefe
Our Brand is Crisis
2015 · Buckley
Frank
2014 · Don
Black Sea
2014 · Daniels
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Brown
Touchy Feely
2013 · Jesse
Argo
2012 · Joe Stafford
Promised Land
2012 · Jeff Dennon
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,410 frames from Scoot McNairy's 15 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.