Scott Nemes is an American film and television producer and former child actor. He is president of television at AGBO, and was formerly an executive with Universal Studio Group, Cinemax, and The Film Department.
Early life and education Nemes grew up in Los Angeles, attending Montclair Preparatory School. He attended film school at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1995. At 19, while at USC, Nemes and Sean Entin opened SpiralWest, a weekly dance club geared towards teenagers, held at the restaurant Club Hola in Encino, California, and later at the Country Club in Reseda.
Career Acting As a child actor, Nemes was a regular on It's Garry Shandling's Show, playing Grant Schumaker from 1986 to 1990. He had a recurring role on The Wonder Years as Kevin's classmate and friend Ricky Halsenbach in seasons 5 and 6, from 1991 to 1993. He also had roles in films including Tough Guys and St. Elmo's Fire.
Producing Early in his career, Nemes worked as a development executive for directors James Mangold and Penny Marshall. While running the film division at Adelstein-Parouse Productions, Nemes was an executive producer on the 2006 slasher film Black Christmas. He also helped to develop Mangold's Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, and the 2005 films Cinderella Man, directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, and Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron and starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. At Immortal Entertainment, Nemes co-produced the film My Baby's Daddy and developed Kiss of the Dragon, Life Without Dick, and Searching for Debra Winger.
In 2008, Nemes was named vice president of production and development at The Film Department. In 2011, he took on a new role as SVP of Cinemax. Also that year, he produced the 2011 film Hanna, directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana, and was an executive producer on the 2019 Amazon Prime Video series based on the film. In 2017, Nemes was named head of television of Brad Weston's independent studio Makeready. In 2018, he produced the film The Catcher Was a Spy, starring Paul Rudd.
Nemes joined Universal Content Productions in 2019 as executive vice president of development and current programming. In 2021, he was named executive vice president of creative acquisitions and international development for Universal Studio Group, overseeing shows including The Girl from Plainville and Gaslit.
On May 3, 2022, it was reported that Nemes had been named president of television at the Russo brothers' independent studio AGBO. He is an executive producer on the Amazon Prime Video series Citadel, Citadel: Diana and Citadel: Honey Bunny, on the upcoming Netflix series Prism, starring Millie Bobby Brown, and on Netflix's Mercenary: An Extraction Series, starring Omar Sy.
Awards Year Award Category Work Result 1986Young Artist Award Best Young Actor in a Cable Series or Special It's Garry Shandling's Show 1987 1988 Best Young Actor Guest-Starring in a Syndicated Family Comedy, Drama, or Special Out of This World Best Young Actor in a Cable Family Series It's Garry Shandling's Show Outstanding Young Stand-Up Comic Self 1989 Best Young Actor in an Off-Prime Time Family Series It's Garry Shandling's Show
Filmography Acting Year Title Role Notes 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Young Mr. Weinstein Film The A-Team Robert 1 episode D.C. Cab Ambassador's Son Film The Invisible Woman Rodney Sherman TV movie 1984 Meatballs Part II Butterball Film 1985 The New Leave It to Beaver Hubert 2 episodes Punky Brewster Willie 1 episode St. Elmo's Fire Nephew Film Konrad Frank TV movie This Wife for Hire Greg Harper TV movie Riptide Peter Flynn 1 episode 1986 Mr. Belvedere Boy #1 1 episode Last Resort Bobby Lollar Film Tough Guys Yogurt Boy Film The Magical World of Disney Wendell 2 episodes 1986-90 It's Garry Shandling's Show Grant Schumaker 71 episodes 1987 Out of This World Alex 2 episodes Top Kids Andy TV movie 1988 Straight Up Robbie 1 episode 1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Young MacDonald 1 episode 1991-93 The Wonder Years Ricky Halsenbach 13 episodes
Producing Year Title Role Notes 2003 Sol Goode Associate producer 2004 My Baby's Daddy Co-producer 2006 Black Christmas Executive producer 2010 The Experiment Producer 2011 Hanna Producer 2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Producer Class of Lies Executive producer TV series 2019-20 Hanna Executive producer TV series 2023–present Citadel Executive producer TV series, seasons 1 and 2 2024 Citadel: Diana Executive producer TV series Citadel: Honey Bunny Executive producer TV series TBD Mercenary: An Extraction Series Executive producer TV series Prism Executive producer TV series
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