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Zach Grenier

Zach Grenier

Actor · Born February 12, 1954 (72) · Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Zach Grenier is an American character actor of film, television and stage. He is best known for his roles in films such as Fight Club, Tommy Boy, and Twister and for his roles in television such as David Lee in The Good Wife and Andy Cramed in Deadwood.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 12, 1954 (72)
From
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
71 on MovieCove · 88 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 7% in 30 days

What are Zach Grenier's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Self
29%
Morality
20%
Bonds
19%
Power
15%
Survival
6%
Ideas
6%
Society
4%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 3 · 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 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 8

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

A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 3

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 10 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 3

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

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

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 8 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 6

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 3
Herald
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
7
Contemplative
6
Absurd
6
Dread
3
Other
26

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Zach Grenier's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 55 of their 71 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Zach Grenier'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

88 credits, 71 with a MovieCove page.

  • Her Song(2026)

    as Dave

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • She Said(2022)

    as Irwin Reiter

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • FBI: International(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Graham Simons

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Devs(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Kenton

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • FBI: Most Wanted(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Vasily Matrushok

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • God Friended Me(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as James Abbott

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • FBI(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Peter · as Peter Olsen

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Alfred Stieglitz

  • Crown Heights(2017)

    as Detective Cassel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Good Fight(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as David Lee

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • BrainDead(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dean Healy

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Manhattan Romance(2014)

    as Trevor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Blindspot(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Herman

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Free the Nipple(2013)

    as Jim Black

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Turks & Caicos(2014)

    as Dido Parsons

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • RoboCop(2014)

    as Senator Hubert Dreyfus

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Novak

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Ray Donovan(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · as Ed Feratti

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • J. Edgar(2011)

    as John Condon

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Earthwork (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as The Mayor

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 54 episodes · as David Lee

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond(2008)

    as Mr. Fenstermaker

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Rescue Dawn(2006)

    as Squad Leader

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

    as Mr. Sherman / Rafke

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Zodiac(2007)

    as Mel Nicolai

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Nine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Pulse(2006)

    as Professor Cardiff

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Numb3rs(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Peyton Shoemaker

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Leonard Cardwell

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Boston Legal(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as U.S. Attorney Chris Randolph

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: NY(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Ross Howell

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Deadwood(2004)

    Show 8 episodes · as Andy Cramed

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Touching Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 13 episodes · as Special Agent Hank Enright

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

    Show 1 episode · as Ambrose Stone (1919)

  • Veritas: The Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Hossik

  • Without a Trace(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Ricardo

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Meyer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • 24(2001)

    Show 8 episodes · as Carl Webb

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Star Trek: Enterprise(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Renth

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Guardian(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Thomas

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Crossing Jordan(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Norman Farrell

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Swordfish(2001)

    as A.D. Joy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Chasing Sleep(2000)

    as Geoffrey

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Whistle-Blower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Louis T. Weitzman

  • Laughter on the 23rd Floor(2001)

    as Brian Doyle

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lane Michaelson

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Kachler

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Shaft(2000)

    as Harrison Loeb

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Ride with the Devil(1999)

    as Mr. Evans

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Fight Club(1999)

    as Richard Chesler (Regional Manager)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Judge Miranski

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Norman Golden

  • C-16: FBI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 13 episodes · as Jack DiRado

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Attorney Benson

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Cafe Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Milton Macka

  • White Lies(1997)

    as Terry Seabrooks

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Drunks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Al

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Detective R. Larson

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Donnie Brasco(1997)

    as Dr. Berger

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mother Night(1996)

    as Joseph Goebbels

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Maximum Risk(1996)

    as Ivan Dzasokhov

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Gang in Blue(1996)

    as Joe Beckstrem

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Twister(1996)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Reckless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Anchor Person Re: Trish

  • New York News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Paretti

  • The Stars Fell on Henrietta(1995)

    as Larry Ligstow (owner of Greek restaurant)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Tommy Boy(1995)

    as Ted Reilly

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Normandy: The Great Crusade(1994)

    as Robert Slaughter (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Herman Stites

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Man Without a Face(1993)

    as Dr. Lionel Talbot, Psychiatrist

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Cliffhanger(1993)

    as Davis

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Liebestraum(1991)

    as Barnard Ralston IV

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Delirious(1991)

    as Mickey

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Problem Child 2(1991)

    as Voytek

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Barry Speicher · as Cormac Braden · as Defense Attorney Hauser · as Jim Warren · as Lemish · as Mr. Aronson

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • A Shock to the System(1990)

    as Executive #2

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil(1989)

    as Jerk

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Talk Radio(1988)

    as Sid Greenberg

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Working Girl(1988)

    as Jim

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Tattingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 15 episodes · Actor

  • The Kid Brother(1987)

    as Jesse

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Radio Days(1987)

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Kenny Pack · as Wirth

  • The Golden Girls(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Vaczy

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eric Terry

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Kate & Allie(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Vizitant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Senator Robert Banks

  • These Little Ones Perish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles, 85 of them dated from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

Swordfish (2001)

$147M worldwide

Highest rated

Fight Club (1999)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Good Wife (2009)

Film career

19842026

Peak 2000 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 3 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
Acting87 of 87: 87 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

1980s10 · acting1990s28 · acting2000s27 · acting2010s15 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 28 roles
8893980313

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 Zach Grenier's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 39; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 71 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up30
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 71 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved15
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994)

92nd percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Fight Club (1999)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 41. 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 Zach Grenier's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles46–89 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles33–65 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles43–90 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles32–62 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles23–77 · median 69 · 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 Zach Grenier work with?

People who share at least 2 of Zach Grenier's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dylan Baker shares the most, 2.

Actors