Early life

Schneider was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Career

In 2000, Schneider made his film debut in George Washington and starred in All the Real Girls. As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in Elizabethtown, director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band My Morning Jacket for five days beginning June 1, 2004. Schneider accompanied the band to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.

After Elizabethtown, Schneider had supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, he portrayed Gus Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl and Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. He was subsequently named one of the "Ten Actors to Watch" by Variety. In 2008, he made his directorial debut with the independent film Pretty Bird. Also in 2008, Schneider played President William Henry Harrison in a short parody miniseries called Drunk History Vol. 4.

In 2009, Schneider appeared as Charles Armitage Brown in the film Bright Star, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics. The award was shared with Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. He portrayed Courtney Farlander in Away We Go.

Schneider co-starred in the NBC series Parks and Recreation as Mark Brendanawicz from 2009 to 2010. His character did not return at any point during the rest of the series, despite producers' claims that they wished to have him back, nor was he mentioned at all by any other characters. Schneider stated that he was not interested in returning to the show, and had never been contacted about it.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Pleasant Grove	Bedford	Short film
1998	Physical Pinball		Short film
2000	George Washington	Rico Rice
2003	Security, Colorado	Paul
2003	All the Real Girls	Paul	Writer
2003	Crude	Gabe
2004	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	Owen McCabe
2005	Elizabethtown	Jesse Baylor
2005	The Family Stone	Brad Stevenson
2006	Live Free or Die	Jeff Lagrand
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Dick Liddil
2007	Lars and the Real Girl	Gus
2008	Pretty Bird	Beach Dog Jogger	Writer, director
2009	Bright Star	Charles Armitage Brown	Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009	Away We Go	Courtney Farlander
2011	Water for Elephants	Charlie O'Brien
2011	The Beloved	Henderson
2012	Flowers of War	Terry
2012	The Babymakers	Tommy Macklin
2013	Hello Carter	Aaron
2014	Goodbye to All That	Otto Wall
2014	Black Eyed Dog
2014	Straight Men/Same Bed		Short film Writer, director, producer
2015	The Daughter	Christian
2016	Café Society		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Third Watch	Thomas Warner	3 episodes
2008	Drunk History Vol. 4	William Henry Harrison	1 episode
2009-2010	Parks and Recreation	Mark Brendanawicz	30 episodes
2012	The Newsroom	Bryan Brenner	2 episodes
2014	The Divide	Clark Rylance	8 episodes
2016 - present	The Tunnel	Artem Baturin	6 episodes

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