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Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Actor, also producer · Born June 5, 1967 (59) · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Golden Globe nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Ronald Joseph "Ron" Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. His roles include a disaffected corporate employee in the film Office Space, a sardonic writer in a short-term relationship with Carrie Bradshaw in the TV show Sex and the City, and Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries Band of Brothers. In 2006, he starred as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the Fox series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he was an ad spokesman for Sprint Nextel. In 2009 he portrayed flight engineer Maddux Donner in the series Defying Gravity, which was cancelled after a single season.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 5, 1967 (59)
From
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
74 on MovieCove · 97 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 26Down 11% in 30 days

What are Ron Livingston's films like?

Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror 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%
Self
26%
Survival
19%
Morality
12%
Power
6%
Society
6%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 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 18 · Serious 9 · Dark 19

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

Grounded 34 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 12 · Charged 22 · Intense 12

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

Steady 18 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 5

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 20 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 8

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 1

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 26 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 6

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

Easy watch 12 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 16

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 25 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

21 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 21 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 21
Hero
4 of 21
Trickster
3 of 21
Threshold guardian
3 of 21
Mentor
2 of 21
Shapeshifter
1 of 21
Shadow
1 of 21
Herald
1 of 21
Show the 21 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
29
Melancholic
28
Bittersweet
19
Contemplative
15
Absurd
13
Other
44

How their films linger

Bittersweet27 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous14

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 Ron Livingston's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 57 of their 74 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ron Livingston'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

97 credits, 74 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Christmas at the Kringles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Killing Castro(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • She Dances(2025)

    as Andrew

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Sitting in Bars with Cake(2023)

    as Fred

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Featherweight(2023)

    as Bob Kaplan

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Worlds Collide: Making 'The Flash'(2023)

    Thanks · as Self - 'Henry Allen'

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Flash(2023)

    as Henry Allen

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • USS Iowa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrator

  • The Estate(2022)

    as James

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Same Storm(2021)

    as Jim Lamson

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Pantheon(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Peter Waxman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Tender Bar(2021)

    as Future JR Maguire (voice only)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • 50 States of Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · as Blake

  • Holly Slept Over(2020)

    as Pete

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Creepshow(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Mac Kamen (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Professor(2018)

    as Henry Wright

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot(2018)

    as Flag Pin

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Long Dumb Road(2018)

    as Francois

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Romanoffs(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Alex Myers

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • A Million Little Things(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as Jon Dixon

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Tully(2018)

    as Drew Moreau

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Loudermilk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 30 episodes · as Sam Loudermilk

  • Lucky(2017)

    as Bobby Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Shimmer Lake(2017)

    as Kyle Walker

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Search Party(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · as Keith

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Shangri-La Suite(2016)

    as Elvis Presley

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Dice(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Sydney Stein

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The 5th Wave(2016)

    as Oliver Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Saints & Strangers(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as John Carver

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • James White(2015)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Addicted to Fresno(2015)

    as Edwin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Digging for Fire(2015)

    as Bob

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The End of the Tour(2015)

    as David Lipsky's Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Vacation(2015)

    as Ethan

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Fort Bliss(2014)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Pretty One(2013)

    as Charles

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Parkland(2013)

    as James Hosty

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Touchy Feely(2013)

    as Adrian

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Drinking Buddies(2013)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Conjuring(2013)

    as Roger Perron

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Sidekick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Captain Wonder

  • 10 Years(2011)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green(2012)

    as Franklin Crudstaff

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Queens of Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Rance McCoy

  • Game Change(2012)

    as Mark Wallace

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Leave(2011)

    as Dr. Liberman

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

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

    as Ron Livingston

  • Boardwalk Empire(2010)

    Show 12 episodes · as Roy Phillips

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Going the Distance(2010)

    as Will Broderick

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dinner for Schmucks(2010)

    as Caldwell

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • WWII in HD(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · as Charles Scheffel (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Time Traveler's Wife(2009)

    as Gomez

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Defying Gravity(2009)

    Show 13 episodes · as Maddux Donner

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Spleenectomy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Dr. Bannister

  • American Crude(2008)

    as Johnny

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • McCartney's Genes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Rudolf

  • The EcoZone Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Music Within(2007)

    Co-Producer · as Richard Pimentel

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Standoff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 18 episodes · as Matt Flannery

  • Holly(2006)

    as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard Fornoy

  • Relative Strangers(2006)

    as Dr. Richard Clayton

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of the 502 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Narrator

  • The Life Coach(2005)

    as Ron

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story(2005)

    as Clerk (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bob Memari (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Pretty Persuasion(2005)

    as Percy Anderson

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Sebastian Charles

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Little Black Book(2004)

    as Derek

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • King of the Ants(2003)

    as Eric Gatley (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Winter Solstice(2004)

    as Mr. Bricker

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Cooler(2003)

    as Larry Sokolov

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out(2003)

    as Donnie Anderson

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Adaptation.(2002)

    as Marty Bowen

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Buying the Cow(2002)

    as Tyler Bellows

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Band of Brothers(2001)

    Show 10 episodes · as Lewis Nixon

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Dinner for Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Two Ninas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Marty Sachs

  • A Rumor of Angels(2000)

    as Uncle Charlie

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Beat(2000)

    as Allen Ginsberg

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Dill Scallion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Ron Statlin

  • Body Shots(1999)

    as Trent

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Big Brass Ring(1999)

    as Sheldon Buckle

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Office Space(1999)

    as Peter Gibbons

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Sex and the City(1998)

    Show 7 episodes · as Jack Berger

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • That's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mitch

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 8 episodes · as A.D.A. Alan Lowe

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Campfire Tales(1997)

    as Rick (segment "The Honeymoon") / RV Driver (segment "The Campfire")

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Swingers(1996)

    as Rob

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Townies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 15 episodes · as Curt

  • The Low Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Chad

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as David Anderson

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Straight Talk(1992)

    as Soldier

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • 47 Meters Down: The Wreck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Larry

  • Raven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 97 titles, 94 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

The Conjuring (2013)

$321M worldwide

Highest rated

Band of Brothers (2001)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19922026

Peak 2014 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 15 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
Acting96 of 97: 95 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thProducing1 of 97: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 97: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s15 · acting2000s30 · 30 acting · 1 crew2010s36 · acting2020s13 · 12 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 4% of 47 roles
9404091419

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

2 major nominations and no wins, 2002–2014.

  1. 2014
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  2. 2002
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

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 Ron Livingston's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 58; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 74 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 74 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · actor

Killing Castro (2026)

98th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Band of Brothers (2001)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. 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 Ron Livingston's work okay for kids?

Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles4–64 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity30 titles10–61 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles31–81 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs18 titles19–59 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles9–80 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Ron Livingston work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ron Livingston's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rosemarie DeWitt shares the most, 6.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles