Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, competing from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion, and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 30, 1966 (60)
- Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 40 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
What are Mike Tyson's films like?
Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 22
A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 8 · Dark 8
A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 6
Gentle 7 · Charged 13 · Intense 8
Steady 8 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 4
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 7
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 5
Casual 18 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 5
Resolved 22 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Mike Tyson in When Will I Be Loved (2004)
- Threshold guardianas Mike Tyson in The Hangover (2009)
- Heroas Mike Tyson in Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014)
- Threshold guardianas Bouncer in The Keys of Christmas (2016)
- Threshold guardianas Kabbah in China Salesman (2017)
- Shadowas Dragon in Girls vs Gangsters (2018)
- Heroas Rick in Pharaoh's War (2019)
- Mentoras The Mentor in Once Within a Time (2022)
- Shadowas Mark Anderson in Liger (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet14
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous6
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 Mike Tyson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).
- Champs (2014) · actor, producer · free
- Ip Man 3 (2015) · actor · free
- Breaking In (2011) · actor · free
- Meet the Blacks (2016) · actor · free
- Once Within a Time (2022) · actor · free
- Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018) · actor · free
- Back in the Day (2016) · actor · free
- Pharaoh's War (2019) · actor · free
- Scary Movie 5 (2013) · actor · free
- China Salesman (2017) · actor · free
- Girls vs Gangsters (2018) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Tyson'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
89 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page; 108 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Once Within a Time(2022)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Medellin(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Asphalt City(2023)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Liger(2022)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Vendetta(2022)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Reality Queen! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Wait: Mike Tyson's First Fight Out of Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Pharaoh's War(2019)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
A Madea Family Funeral(2019)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
42 to 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Public Disturbance(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Last O.G. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Girls vs Gangsters(2018)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Kickboxer: Retaliation(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Tour de Pharmacy(2017)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
China Salesman(2017)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Keys of Christmas(2016)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all filmsLittle Big Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Back in the Day(2016)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Emigratis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Meet the Blacks(2016)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Ip Man 3(2015)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Entourage(2015)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Gates of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Champs(2014)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Mike Tyson Mysteries(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Wrestlemania Rewind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Grudge Match(2013)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
No Más (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Being Mike Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Scary Movie 5(2013)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
WWE: The Attitude Era (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Cookout 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Franklin & Bash(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Hangover Part II(2011)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Breaking In(2011)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Taking on Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Hangover(2009)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Tyson(2008)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Fool N Final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Rocky Balboa(2006)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
ESPN Classic Ringside: Mike Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
When Will I Be Loved(2004)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Apprentice(2004)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
High Chaparall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Bolivia(1999)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all filmsBeyond the Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Killer Instinct - The Rise and Fall of Mike Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Play It to the Bone(1999)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Black & White(1999)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
WWE Smackdown!(1999)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
WWE WrestleMania XIV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Boxing Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Boxing Barmy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Mike Tyson vs Donovan Razor Ruddock II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Mike Tyson vs Donovan Razor Ruddock I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Mike Tyson vs. Alex Stewart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Boxing's Greatest Knockouts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Mike Tyson vs Tony Tucker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Mike Tyson vs. Alfonzo Ratliff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Tyson vs Marvis Frazier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
James Tillis vs. Mike Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Tyson vs. Steve Zouski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Tyson vs. Jesse Ferguson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Jameson vs. Mike Tyson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Tyson vs David Jaco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Mike Tyson vs Sammy Scaff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs Robert Colay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs. Michael Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs Ricardo Spain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs Don Halpin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs. Hector Mercedes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Mike Tyson vs Kelton Brown - US Junior Olympic Tournament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Bunny-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 88 titles, 87 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
The Hangover (2009)
Highest rated
Tyson (2026)
Most popular right now
The Hangover (2009)
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 6 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.
- 1999Screen debut· Black and White
- 2014Career best· Mike Tyson Mysteries
- 2019First top-billed film· Pharaoh's War
- 2019Career best· Pharaoh's War
Billing
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 Mike Tyson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of the 32 of 33 with a score; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th15
Shape of the crowd
16 of their 39 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed16
Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 28. 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 Mike Tyson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.
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 Mike Tyson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Tyson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Toback shares the most, 2.
Directors
- James TobackShared titles: Tyson (2008), When Will I Be Loved (2004)See all 2 shared titles with James Toback
Actors
- Jake PaulShared titles: Paul American (2025), Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jake Paul
- Lennox LewisShared titles: I Am Duran (2019), Tyson (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Lennox Lewis
- Robert De NiroShared titles: I Am Duran (2019), I Am JFK Jr. (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Robert De Niro
- Sylvester StalloneShared titles: I Am Duran (2019), Rocky Balboa (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Sylvester Stallone
Cinematographers
- Larry McConkeyShared titles: Tyson (2008), When Will I Be Loved (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Larry McConkey
Producers
- Ian OreficeShared titles: Tyson (2026), Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Orefice
- Jonna McLaughlinShared titles: Tyson (2026), Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jonna McLaughlin
- Nakisa BidarianShared titles: Paul American (2025), Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Nakisa Bidarian
- Ramit AnchalShared titles: Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem (2025), I Am Duran (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ramit Anchal
Mixed roles
- Spike LeeShared titles: Champs (2014), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Spike Lee
