
Tracey Walter
Actor · Born November 25, 1947 (78) · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Tracey Walter is a prolific American retired character actor who has appeared in more than 170 films and television roles over a career spanning four decades. Recognizable by his lanky hair, distinctively weathered features, and quirky line delivery, he specialized in playing eccentric types, fringe outsiders, and memorable sidekicks.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 25, 1947 (78)
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Actor
- 115 on MovieCove · 158 credits in all
What are Tracey Walter's films like?
Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
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 1 · Wry 5 · Earnest 34
Light 14 · Serious 19 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 14 · Intense 17
Steady 14 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 5
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 4
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 4
Casual 18 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 19 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 8
Resolved 29 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Rocco Mason in The Hunter (1980)
- Tricksteras Malak in Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Allyas Miller in Repo Man (1984)
- Allyas Lt. Frank Meyers in Out of the Dark (1988)
- Allyas Oliver Tracy in In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)
- Shadowas Sean Ferguson in Tell Me No Secrets (1997)
- Threshold guardianas Earl in I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet15
- Tragic5
- 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 Tracey Walter's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 72 of their 115 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (45).
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · actor · free
- Justice League (2001) · actor · free
- Annie Hall (1977) · actor · free
- Teen Titans (2003) · actor · free
- The Hospital (1971) · actor · free
- Something Wild (1986) · actor · free
- At Close Range (1986) · actor · free
- Drive (1997) · actor · free
- ALF (1986) · actor · free
- Kiss the Girls (1997) · actor · free
- Monsters (1988) · actor · free
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · actor · free
- Annie Hall (1977) · actor · free
- Monk (2002) · actor · free
- Something Wild (1986) · actor · free
- At Close Range (1986) · actor · free
- ALF (1986) · actor · free
- Monsters (1988) · actor · free
- Medium (2005) · actor · free
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) · actor · free
- Wild America (1997) · actor · free
- Death to Smoochy (2002) · actor · free
- Pacific Heights (1990) · actor · free
- All their movies on The Roku Channel
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · actor · free
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) · actor · free
- Serpico (1973) · actor · free
- Annie Hall (1977) · actor · free
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor · free
- The Hospital (1971) · actor · free
- Something Wild (1986) · actor · free
- Taxi (1978) · actor · free
- Pacific Heights (1990) · actor · free
- Married to the Mob (1988) · actor · free
- Hunter (1984) · actor · free
- Goin' South (1978) · actor · free
- +12 more
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · actor
- Teen Titans (2003) · actor
- Monk (2002) · actor
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor
- Something Wild (1986) · actor
- Taxi (1978) · actor
- Moonlighting (1985) · actor
- The Perfect Game (2009) · actor
- ALF (1986) · actor
- Young Guns II (1990) · actor
- Monsters (1988) · actor
- Pacific Heights (1990) · actor
- +12 more
- Howdy, show their 10 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 4 titles on Shout! TV
- MovieSphere+, show their 3 titles on MovieSphere+
- Cinemax, show their title on Cinemax
- Hi-YAH!, show their title on Hi-YAH!
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Monsters and Nightmares, show their title on Monsters and Nightmares
- PixL, show their title on PixL
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
- ViX, show their title on ViX
- Warriors & Gangsters, show their title on Warriors & Gangsters
Subscription and free streaming for Tracey Walter'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
158 credits, 115 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Middle Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

31(2016)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Swelter(2014)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Savannah(2013)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Fred 3: Camp Fred(2012)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Nest of Vipers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Alyce Kills(2011)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midnight Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

I Spit on Your Grave(2010)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all filmsPickin' and Grinnin' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

The Perfect Game(2009)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Trailer Park of Terror(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Just Add Water(2008)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Dark Reel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Wasting Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Nobel Son(2007)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Man in the Chair(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Relative Strangers(2006)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
One Last Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Berkeley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Family Plan(2005)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Medium(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Veronica Mars(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Manchurian Candidate(2004)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Trail to Hope Rose(2004)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Monster Makers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

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

Duplex(2003)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Masked and Anonymous(2003)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Reno 911! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Teen Titans(2003)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Manhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Boomtown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Ted Bundy(2002)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Monk(2002)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Death to Smoochy(2002)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
How High(2001)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Impostor(2001)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Face Value (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Justice League(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Jack the Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Division (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Blast(2000)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Erin Brockovich(2000)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Drowning Mona(2000)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Man on the Moon(1999)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Facade(1999)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Mighty Joe Young(1998)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Brimstone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Beloved(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
L.A. Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Desperate Measures(1998)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Devil's Child(1997)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Playing God(1997)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Kiss the Girls(1997)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Drive(1997)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Wild America(1997)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Tell Me No Secrets(1997)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Size of Watermelons(1996)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Matilda(1996)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Larger Than Life(1996)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Amanda(1996)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Buffalo Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Fist of the North Star(1995)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Junior(1994)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Companion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Mona Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Ride with the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Philadelphia(1993)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow(1993)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Amos & Andrew(1993)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Guncrazy(1992)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Melrose Place(1992)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
On the Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Liquid Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Pacific Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

City Slickers(1991)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Silence of the Lambs(1991)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Not of This World(1991)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Delusion(1991)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Public Enemy #2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Amazing Stories: The Movie II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Pacific Heights(1990)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Get a Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

The Two Jakes(1990)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Young Guns II(1990)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Wings(1990)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Nasty Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Alien Nation(1989)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Homer and Eddie(1989)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Batman(1989)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Under the Boardwalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

The Cowboy and the Frenchman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The French as Seen by… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Monsters(1988)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Empty Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Married to the Mob(1988)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midnight Run(1988)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Out of the Dark(1988)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Mortuary Academy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Malone(1987)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Bronx Zoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Timestalkers(1987)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Something Wild(1986)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Designing Women(1986)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
ALF(1986)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Amazing Stories(1986)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
At Close Range(1986)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Moonlighting(1985)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Hunter(1984)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Conan the Destroyer(1984)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Repo Man(1984)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Airwolf(1984)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Bill: On His Own(1983)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Deal of the Century(1983)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Rumble Fish(1983)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all filmsThe Horse Dealers Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Honkytonk Man(1982)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Filthy Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Cagney & Lacey(1981)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Raggedy Man(1981)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Best of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Hand(1981)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Octagon(1980)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Hunter(1980)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Getting Wasted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Hardcore(1979)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Fifth Floor(1978)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Goin' South(1978)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Taxi(1978)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Blue Collar(1978)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Mad Bull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Annie Hall(1977)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Starsky and Hutch(1975)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Serpico(1973)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Garden Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Badge 373(1973)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Hospital(1971)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Ginger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 158 titles from 1971 to 2017; peak year 1990.

Biggest box office
Batman (1989)

Highest rated
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Most popular right now
Amazing Stories (1985)
Film career
Peak 1990 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 5 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.
- 1973Screen debut· Badge 373
- 2010Career best· I Spit on Your Grave
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 Tracey Walter's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 88; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up31
- 50th to 74th23
- 25th to 49th41
- Below 25th20
Shape of the crowd
41 of their 115 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved17
- Universally Panned2
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser41
- Broadly Agreed16
- Mixed32
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 43. 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 Tracey Walter's work okay for kids?
Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense 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 Tracey Walter work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tracey Walter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Danny DeVito shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Michael SchroederShared titles: Man in the Chair (2007), Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993), Out of the Dark (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Schroeder

- Bobby RothShared titles: Tell Me No Secrets (1997), Amanda (1996), In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Bobby Roth

- Jack NicholsonShared titles: The Two Jakes (1990), Batman (1989), Goin' South (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Nicholson

- William DearShared titles: Wild America (1997), Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)See all 2 shared titles with William Dear

Writers
- Nicholas KazanShared titles: Matilda (1996), At Close Range (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Kazan

Actors
- Danny DeVitoShared titles: Drowning Mona (2000), Erin Brockovich (2000), Matilda (1996), Goin' South (1978)See all 4 shared titles with Danny DeVito

- Pat HingleShared titles: Larger Than Life (1996), Not of This World (1991), Batman (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Pat Hingle

- Jack PalanceShared titles: Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993), City Slickers (1991), Batman (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Palance

- Sam ShepardShared titles: Savannah (2013), Raggedy Man (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Shepard

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Henk Van EeghenShared titles: Tell Me No Secrets (1997), Amanda (1996), In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Henk Van Eeghen
- Shelly JohnsonShared titles: Tell Me No Secrets (1997), Amanda (1996), In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Shelly Johnson

- Christopher FrankeShared titles: Tell Me No Secrets (1997), In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Franke

- O. Nicholas BrownShared titles: Wild America (1997), City Slickers (1991)See all 2 shared titles with O. Nicholas Brown
Producers
- Michael ShambergShared titles: Drowning Mona (2000), Erin Brockovich (2000), Matilda (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Shamberg

- Stacey SherShared titles: Drowning Mona (2000), Erin Brockovich (2000), Matilda (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Stacey Sher

- Zane W. LevittShared titles: Blast (2000), Out of the Dark (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Zane W. Levitt
- Irby SmithShared titles: Wild America (1997), City Slickers (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Irby Smith
Mixed roles
- Paul BartelShared titles: Out of the Dark (1988), Amazing Stories (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Bartel



