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Garret Dillahunt

Garret Dillahunt

Actor, also producer · Born November 24, 1964 (61) · Castro Valley, California, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner

Garret Lee Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott in Deadwood, and John Dorie in Fear the Walking Dead. He has also appeared in The 4400, ER, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Burn Notice, Justified, and The Mindy Project. He starred in the Amazon Studios drama series Hand of God (2014–2017). In films, Dillahunt has played supporting roles in No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Winter's Bone, Looper, and 12 Years a Slave. Description above from the Wikipedia article Garret Dillahunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
November 24, 1964 (61)
From
Castro Valley, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 96 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

What are Garret Dillahunt's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
28%
Self
24%
Survival
16%
Morality
15%
Society
9%
Ideas
5%
Power
3%
Family bonds17 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 8 · Dark 20

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

Grounded 23 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 10 · Intense 21

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 6

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

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 17

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 17 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

22 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 22 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 22
Threshold guardian
5 of 22
Hero
5 of 22
Trickster
3 of 22
Herald
2 of 22
Mentor
2 of 22
Show the 22 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Dread
14
Melancholic
16
Hopeful
11
Absurd
10
Other
27

How their films linger

Thought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous10

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 Garret Dillahunt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 62 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Garret Dillahunt'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

96 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ghost Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Evil Genius(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Lanterns(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as William 'Will' Macon

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The Huntsman(2026)

    Producer · as Lincoln Raider

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Sarah's Oil(2025)

    as Devnan

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Hysteria!(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as The Reverend

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • High Potential(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lieutenant Melon

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The Dead Don't Hurt(2023)

    as Alfred Jeffries

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Red Right Hand(2024)

    as Wilder

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Million Miles Away(2023)

    as Sturckow

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Gray Matter(2023)

    as Derek

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Ghosts of Beirut(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as William Buckley

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Blonde(2022)

    as Producer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Sprung(2022)

    Show 9 episodes · Executive Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Where the Crawdads Sing(2022)

    as Pa

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Ambulance(2022)

    as Captain Monroe

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Army of the Dead(2021)

    as Martin

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Dangerous Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as The Stranger

  • Sergio(2020)

    as Bill Von Zehle

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Deadwood: The Movie(2019)

    as Drunk Number 2 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dead to Me(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Glenn Moranis

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Widows(2018)

    as Bash

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Benched(2018)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Braven(2018)

    as Kassen

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Wheelman(2017)

    as Clayton

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Gifted(2017)

    Show 9 episodes · as Dr. Roderick Campbell

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • The Guest Book(2017)

    Show 11 episodes · as Dr. Andrew Brown

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Time Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Rufus Black

  • Come and Find Me(2016)

    as John Hall

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Blindspot(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Travis

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Fear the Walking Dead(2015)

    Show 48 episodes · as John Dorie

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Just Before I Go(2014)

    as Lucky Morgan

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Thrilling Adventure Hour Live(2015)

    as Techs

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Against the Sun(2014)

    as Harold Dixon

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Scribbler(2014)

    as Hogan

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hand of God(2014)

    Show 20 episodes · as KD

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • 12 Years a Slave(2013)

    as Armsby

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Dave Majors

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

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

    Show 4 episodes · as Matthew

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

    as Wagner

  • Any Day Now(2012)

    as Paul Fliger

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Bart MacIntosh

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Looper(2012)

    as Jesse

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Mindy Project(2012)

    Show 50 episodes · as Dr. Jody Kimball-Kinney

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Killing Them Softly(2012)

    as Eddie Mattie (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Revenge for Jolly!(2012)

    as Gary

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • TalhotBlond(2012)

    as Thomas Montgomery

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Amigo(2010)

    as Lt. Compton

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Alphas(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonas Englin

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Oliver Sherman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Sherman Oliver

  • Raising Hope(2010)

    Show 88 episodes · as Burt Chance

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Burning Bright(2010)

    as Johnny Gavineau

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Winter's Bone(2010)

    as Sheriff Baskin

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Justified(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · as Ty Walker

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Road(2009)

    as Gang Member

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • One Night Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Richard

  • White Collar(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Gregory Aimes

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Water Pills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Hal

  • The Last House on the Left(2009)

    as Krug

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lie to Me(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Eric Matheson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Gary Unmarried(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Pretty Bird(2008)

    as Carson Thrash

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008)

    Show 8 episodes · as Cromartie · as Cromartie / Beast Wizard · as Cromartie / George Laszlo · as John Henry · as John Henry / Cromartie

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • No Country for Old Men(2007)

    as Wendell

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Life(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · as Roman Nevikov

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

    as Ed Miller

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · as Marshall Phillips

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Burn Notice(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · as Simon Escher

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • John from Cincinnati(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · as Dr. Smith

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • The Book of Daniel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jesus Christ

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mason Turner

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Karl Robie Jr.

  • Numb3rs(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Tollner

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: NY(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Collins

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The 4400 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 12 episodes · as Matthew Ross

  • Deadwood(2004)

    Show 9 episodes · as Francis Wolcott · as Jack McCall · as Jack McCall / Francis Wolcott

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • A Minute with Stan Hooper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 13 episodes · as Lou Peterson

  • The Believer(2001)

    as Billings

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Leap Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 20 episodes · as Gregory Paget

  • By Courier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Luke · as Tom O'Neill

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin O'Donnell

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Last Call(1998)

    as Curtis

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Seven Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Maximum Bob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 3 episodes · as Deputy Dawson Hayes

  • ER(1994)

    Show 5 episodes · as Steve Curtis

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • NYPD Blue(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Bryce Coopersmith

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Skur

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Eric Lund · as Julian Preuss

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Everything is F***ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Max

  • Hal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Monsters of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Colonel Bill Lancaster

  • Mr. Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Hendry

  • Pedro Pan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as James Baker

  • The Long Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bellwether

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles, 89 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

No Country for Old Men (2007)

$172M worldwide

Highest rated

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Lanterns (2026)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19902026

Peak 2013 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 16 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.

Show 1 more milestone

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting96 of 96: 95 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thProducing1 of 96: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s8 · acting2000s27 · acting2010s36 · acting2020s18 · 18 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 3% of 29 roles
01111621

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.

Awards

a Screen Actors Guild Award from 2 major nominations, 2008–2014.

WinNomination
  1. 2014
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2008
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Garret Dillahunt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up36
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

35 of their 73 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved17
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser35
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Thrilling Adventure Hour Live (2015)

98th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 48. 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 Garret Dillahunt's work okay for kids?

Across up to 26 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 & Gore23 titles30–94 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity26 titles12–59 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles30–87 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs19 titles15–48 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles41–88 · median 57 · moderateheavier 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 Garret Dillahunt work with?

People who share at least 2 of Garret Dillahunt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Courteney Cox shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles