diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-llamas-tie.md b/.changeset/hungry-llamas-tie.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f3be39c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-llamas-tie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Provide information about the user into scaffolder template action's context
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index 44bf45061b..0d5fbcb31f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TaskSpecV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
 // @public
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ export type ActionContext<Input extends JsonObject> = {
   createTemporaryDirectory(): Promise<string>;
   templateInfo?: TemplateInfo;
   isDryRun?: boolean;
+  user?: {
+    entity?: UserEntity;
+    ref?: string;
+  };
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
index ff15300b4a..666f7a0d50 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 import { JsonValue, JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
-import { TaskSecrets } from '../tasks/types';
+import { TaskSecrets } from '../tasks';
 import { TemplateInfo } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
+import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 /**
  * ActionContext is passed into scaffolder actions.
@@ -45,6 +46,20 @@ export type ActionContext<Input extends JsonObject> = {
    * This will only ever be true if the actions as marked as supporting dry-runs.
    */
   isDryRun?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The user which triggered the action.
+   */
+  user?: {
+    /**
+     * The decorated entity from the Catalog
+     */
+    entity?: UserEntity;
+    /**
+     * An entity ref for the author of the task
+     */
+    ref?: string;
+  };
 };
 
 /** @public */
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
index 3627d83aa7..8745b7afdf 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('DefaultWorkflowRunner', () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    winston.format.simple(); // put logform the require cache before mocking fs
+    winston.format.simple(); // put logform in the require.cache before mocking fs
     mockFs({
       '/tmp': mockFs.directory(),
       ...realFiles,
@@ -169,6 +169,21 @@ describe('DefaultWorkflowRunner', () => {
 
     it('should pass metadata through', async () => {
       const entityRef = `template:default/templateName`;
+
+      const userEntity: UserEntity = {
+        apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1beta1',
+        kind: 'User',
+        metadata: {
+          name: 'user',
+        },
+        spec: {
+          profile: {
+            displayName: 'Bogdan Nechyporenko',
+            email: 'bnechyporenko@company.com',
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
       const task = createMockTaskWithSpec({
         apiVersion: 'scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3',
         parameters: {},
@@ -182,6 +197,9 @@ describe('DefaultWorkflowRunner', () => {
           },
         ],
         templateInfo: { entityRef },
+        user: {
+          entity: userEntity,
+        },
       });
 
       await runner.execute(task);
@@ -189,6 +207,10 @@ describe('DefaultWorkflowRunner', () => {
       expect(fakeActionHandler.mock.calls[0][0].templateInfo).toEqual({
         entityRef,
       });
+
+      expect(fakeActionHandler.mock.calls[0][0].user).toEqual({
+        entity: userEntity,
+      });
     });
 
     it('should pass token through', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 97e37fd3eb..6e35f7c69b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
               stepOutput[name] = value;
             },
             templateInfo: task.spec.templateInfo,
+            user: task.spec.user,
           });
 
           // Remove all temporary directories that were created when executing the action