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Tony Denison

Tony Denison

Actor · Born September 20, 1949 (77) · Harlem, New York, USA

Tony Denison is an actor and producer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 20, 1949 (77)
From
Harlem, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 79 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 63 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Tony Denison's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Thriller4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 12th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 9th percentile
: browse their Action 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
Morality
33%
Power
19%
Self
15%
Bonds
14%
Survival
12%
Society
6%
Ideas
1%
Justice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 8 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

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

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 5

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

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 17 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 17
Hero
5 of 17
Ally
4 of 17
Threshold guardian
1 of 17
Mentor
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Melancholic
9
Dread
8
Contemplative
5
Thrilling
3
Other
14

How their films linger

Unsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic3
  • 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 Tony Denison's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tony Denison'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

79 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sinatra! Eternity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Adler

  • Don't Say It(2024)

    as Dr. Michael Bernardi

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Curley

  • Deep Woods(2022)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Agent Emerson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as The General

  • All Rise(2019)

    Show 11 episodes · as Vic Callan

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Murder In-Law(2019)

    as Will

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Frank and Ava(2018)

    as Adler

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Dirty(2016)

    as Commander Rocco

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Dementia(2015)

    as MC

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Clarity(2015)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?(2014)

    as Cuffy Meigs

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Trattoria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Sal Sartini

  • Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "The Amy Fisher Story")

  • Major Crimes(2012)

    Show 105 episodes · as Lt. Andy Flynn

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Pizza Man(2011)

    as Government Investor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Mickey Dolan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Sons of Anarchy(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Desmond Harnigan

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Crash and Burn(2008)

    as Francis Garrard

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Karla(2006)

    as Detective Burroughs

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Murder 101(2006)

    as Nelson Raymond

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Choker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Lt. Murcer

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Weigart

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Prison Break(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Aldo Burrows

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Closer(2005)

    Show 109 episodes · as Andy Flynn

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Boston Legal(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Kurt Loomis

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The D.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Wild Things 2(2004)

    as Niles Dunlap

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike (2005)

  • Playmakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 11 episodes · as Coach George

  • The O.C.(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Bobby Mills

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Art of Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as John Ravich

  • Chasing Papi(2003)

    as Agent Quinn

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Now You Know (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Gary

  • She Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Arthur Nagin

  • Rockets' Red Glare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Marty

  • The Tower of Babble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as John

  • Venomous(2001)

    as Maj. Gen. Thomas Sparks

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Lone Gunmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Island Prey(2001)

    as Peter Thornton

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Looking for an Echo(2000)

    as Ray 'Nappy' Napolitano

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Skeleton Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Victor

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Sy Magli

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Last Producer(2000)

    as Poker Player

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Road Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mr. Z

  • Charmed(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Victor Halliwell

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Corporate Ladder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Matt Taylor

  • Opposite Corners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Augie Donatello

  • No One Could Protect Her(1996)

    as Dan Rayner

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as CAG USS Coral Sea · as Commander Stefan Stefanopoulos

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • A Brilliant Disguise(1994)

    as Andy Manola (as Anthony John Denison)

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Criminal Passion(1994)

    as Nathan Leonard

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • ER(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Detective Patrie

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Men of War(1994)

    as Jimmy G.

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Getting Gotti(1994)

    as John Gotti

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Full Eclipse(1993)

    as Jim Sheldon

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Noel Guzmann

  • SeaQuest 2032(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Bobby

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Douglas Colson

  • Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Michael Westmoreland

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • The Amy Fisher Story(1993)

    as Joey Buttafuoco

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Lady Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cooper Turner

  • Melrose Place(1992)

    Show 10 episodes · as Jim Reilly

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • The Price She Paid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Welles

  • City of Hope(1991)

    as Rizzo

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Before the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Dylan Del'Amico

  • Child of Darkness, Child of Light(1991)

    as Father Justin O'Carroll

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 14 episodes · as Dylan Del'Amico

  • Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Dylan Del'Amico

  • Little Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Carmine de Carlo

  • The Girl Who Came Between Them(1990)

    as Barry Huntoon

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • I Love You Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Alan Matthews

  • Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal(1989)

    as James Thompson

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mike Corery

  • The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Lt. Mike Corery

  • Wiseguy(1987)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Crime Story(1986)

    Show 43 episodes · as Ray Luca

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Crime Story: Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Ray Luca

  • Waitress! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Moe

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles from 1982 to 2025; peak year 1993.

Biggest box office

City of Hope (1991)

$1.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Crime Story (1986)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

The Closer (2005)

Film career

19822025

Peak 1993 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. 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.

  • 1982Screen debut· Waitress!
  • 2004Career best· Wild Things 2

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting79 of 79: 79 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score27th

By decade

1980s8 · acting1990s27 · acting2000s28 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles
8202

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 Tony Denison's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 23 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 23

Approval · how many liked their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 47 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed29

Most divisive · actor

Pizza Man (2011)

95th percentile spread · 56% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Prison Break (2005)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 34. 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 Tony Denison's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity6 titles42–66 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

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 Tony Denison work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tony Denison's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Moran shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers