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Scott Krinsky
Scott Krinsky at the 2011 Comic Con in San Diego.
Born	(1968-11-24) November 24, 1968 Washington D.C.
Occupations	Actor, stand-up comedian
Years active	1993-present

Scott Krinsky (born November 24, 1968) is an American actor and comic best known for his role as Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes on the hit TV series Chuck and his role as Darryl on The O.C.

He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1968 and attended Sherwood High School (Sandy Springs, Maryland), Class of 1986. Then attended Salisbury University, where he majored in communication and broadcast journalism. He has also attended The Epicurean School of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles. In addition to being an actor, he is a writer and a stand-up comedian who performs at The Comedy Store and Improv in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	I'll Do Anything	Focus Group Member	Uncredited
2001	Cutting Tom Finn	Harry	Short
2005	The Dry Spell	Josey's Father
2006	Shamelove	Homeless man
	Love Made Easy	Potential Buyer
	Drain Baby	Mr. Jenkins
2010	Silverlake Video: The Movie	Garth
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Accuretta Executive
	Rabbit Cop
	Drain Baby	Mr. Jenkins
2012	Closure	Him	Short
	American Idiots	Tribesman Awanata
	Tandem	Bart	Short
	The Money Shot	Jimmy	Short
2013	Jobs	Homebrew Attendee
	American Idiots	Tribesman Awanata
2015	Tangerine	Parsimonious John
2017	Dave Made a Maze	Leonard
	Captain Black	Dad at park
	Get Big	Tommy
	Andover	Lester
2019	Myra	Charlie

Television

Year	TV Series	Role	Notes
2005	Without a Trace	Blurry Man	1 episode
2006–2007	The O.C.	Darryl	5 episodes
2007–2012	Chuck	Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes	Series Regular; 80 episodes
2009	Parks and Recreation	Norm, the Zookeeper	1 episode
2016	Togetherness	Belyakov	2 episodes
2016	Maron	Zach	1 episode

External links

• Scott Krinsky at IMDb
• Scott Krinsky at TV Guide