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Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

Actor, also producer · Born September 7, 1978 (48) · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Devon Edward Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian actor. Sawa began acting when he was a teenager and appeared in several films in the 1990s including Little Giants, Casper, Now and Then, Wild America, Idle Hands, and Final Destination. He also played the title character of the Eminem music video "Stan" and starred as Owen Elliot in The CW action spy drama series Nikita. Sawa has also played 5 different characters in the 2021 Syfy/USA network series "Chucky".

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 7, 1978 (48)
From
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Devon Sawa's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Action13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 12th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Survival
24%
Morality
21%
Self
18%
Society
6%
Power
4%
Ideas
2%
Survival17 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 14 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 22 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 13 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 8

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

31 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 15 of 31 analyzed roles.

Hero
15 of 31
Shadow
7 of 31
Ally
4 of 31
Trickster
2 of 31
Mentor
1 of 31
Shapeshifter
1 of 31
Threshold guardian
1 of 31
Show the 31 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Dread
14
Warm
9
Thrilling
9
Absurd
7
Other
39

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Devon Sawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Devon Sawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

62 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Coven Academy(2026)

    Show 13 episodes · as Mr. Cole

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Girl in the River(2026)

    as Alan Kramer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Thieves Highway(2025)

    as Jones

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • All the Lost Ones(2024)

    as Colonel Conrad

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Bunker(2025)

    as Dell

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Heart Eyes(2025)

    as Detective Zeke Hobbs

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Murder in a Small Town(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Gordon Murphy

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Consumed(2024)

    as Quinn

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Twisted Metal(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Harold

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Who Are You People(2023)

    as Karl

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Gasoline Alley(2022)

    as Jimmy Jayne

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Black Friday(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Ken

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Chucky(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Father Bryce · as Logan Wheeler · as Luke Wheeler / Logan Wheeler

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Death Rider in the House of Vampires(2021)

    as Death Rider

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Hacks(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Guy from the Bar

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Hunter Hunter(2020)

    as Joseph Mersault

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Disturbing the Peace(2020)

    Co-Producer · as Diablo

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Jarhead: Law of Return(2019)

    as Ronan Jackson

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Fanatic(2019)

    as Hunter Dunbar

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Escape Plan: The Extractors(2019)

    as Lester Clark Jr.

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Magnum P.I.(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Robbie Nelson

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Somewhere Between(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Nico Jackson

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Life on the Line(2015)

    as Duncan

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • MacGyver(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Donovan

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2(2016)

    Co-Producer · as Sean

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Exorcism of Molly Hartley(2015)

    as Father John Barrow

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • A Warden's Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Miller

  • A Resurrection(2013)

    as Travis

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Philly Kid(2012)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • 388 Arletta Avenue(2011)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Brad Woodward

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Nikita(2010)

    Show 28 episodes · as Owen Elliot

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Random Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Endure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Zeth Arnold

  • NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Matt Bernhart

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Creature of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Andrew

  • Making of 'Creature of Darkness' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Andrew

  • Devil's Den(2006)

    as Quinn

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Shooting Gallery(2005)

    as Paul The Pawn

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Extreme Dating(2004)

    as Daniel Roenick

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Flash Thompson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Extreme Ops(2002)

    as Will

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Slackers(2002)

    as Dave Goodman

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Thanks

  • The Guilty(2000)

    as Nathan Corrigan

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Final Destination(2000)

    as Alex Browning

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Idle Hands(1999)

    as Anton

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Around the Fire(1998)

    as Simon Harris

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • SLC Punk!(1998)

    as Sean

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • A Cool, Dry Place(1998)

    as Noah Ward

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Wild America(1997)

    as Mark Stouffer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Boys Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Eric

  • Robin of Locksley(1996)

    as Robin McAllister

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Twisters(1996)

    as Dan Hatch

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Now and Then(1995)

    as Scott Wormer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Action Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as (voice)

  • Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Casper(1995)

    as Casper on Screen

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Little Giants(1994)

    as Junior Floyd

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · as Yudo

  • Return of the Living Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Isaac Horton

  • The Evergreen Fade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer · as Brother

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 62 titles, 60 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Casper (1995)

$290M worldwide

Highest rated

SLC Punk! (1998)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

Chucky (2021)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19922026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 22 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting61 of 62: 57 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score31stWriting1 of 62: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 62: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 62: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

62 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s14 · acting2000s12 · 11 acting · 1 crew2010s17 · 17 acting · 1 crew2020s17 · 17 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 23% of 30 roles
94990414

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Devon Sawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 38; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th21

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 50 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned4
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · actor

The Fanatic (2019)

88th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

SLC Punk! (1998)

Midcredits 89th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 36 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Devon Sawa's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore15 titles33–90 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles10–54 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles29–82 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles26–69 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles39–87 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Devon Sawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Devon Sawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Merendino shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Producers