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.
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.
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.
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, ' and ', on the upcoming Netflix series Prism, starring Millie Bobby Brown, and on Netflix's ', starring Omar Sy.