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Fred Wolf

Fred Wolf

Writer, director and producer · Born November 7, 1964 (61) · New York City, New York, USA

Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the "comic boom" in Los Angeles and started submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and many others, which propelled him from performing into writing. After a series of TV writing assignments, Fred's big break came when he was asked to be a staff writer for SNL in the 90s. His success there spring boarded into a series of plum movie writing jobs, and after SNL re-structured their staff, they asked Fred to come back as the head-writer and featured player. Since then, Fred has been the key writer or secondary writer in 4 #1-in-the-box-office movies and has started writing and directing feature films.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 7, 1964 (61)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 19 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 26Up 23% in 30 days

What are Fred Wolf's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure 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
43%
Self
33%
Society
15%
Morality
6%
Ideas
2%
Power
2%
Friendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 9 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 10 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 4

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 14

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 14 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
11
Joyful
9
Warm
7
Manic
4
Tense
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Feel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

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 Fred Wolf's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fred Wolf'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

19 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Madha Gaja Raja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Original Story

  • 40-Love(2021)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Drunk Parents(2019)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Mad Families(2017)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Airplane Tech #1

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Grown Ups 2(2013)

    Characters · Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Grown Ups(2010)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The House Bunny(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Strange Wilderness(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation(2007)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • I Want Candy(2007)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Without a Paddle(2004)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star(2003)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · as Dickie's Corner Man

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Joe Dirt(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Little Nicky(2000)

    as Fan

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Dirty Work(1998)

    Writer · as Homeless Guy

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Black Sheep(1996)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 66 episodes · Writer · as Audience Member (uncredited) · as Basketball Player (uncredited) · as Bill Spivey (uncredited) · as Boyfriend at strip club (uncredited) · as Camper (uncredited) · as Garlic Bread (uncredited) · as Irish Whiskey Bottle (uncredited) · as Painter (uncredited) · as Photographer (voice) (uncredited) · as Recorded Voice (uncredited) · as Salesman / Doc (uncredited) · as Self - Various Characters · as Self (uncredited) · as Simpson Jury Field Trip band member (uncredited) · as Skinny Lou (uncredited) · as Spectator (uncredited) · as Subtitle Typist (uncredited) · as The Beast Man (uncredited) · as Tom (uncredited) · as Various (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Grown Ups 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Characters · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1975 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Grown Ups (2010)

$271M worldwide

Highest rated

Dirty Work (1998)

Midcredits 56th

Most popular right now

Grown Ups (2010)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 17: 1 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thDirecting6 of 17: 1 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score14thWriting15 of 17: 6 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score30thProducing3 of 17: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

17 titles, 9 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2000s6 · 2 acting · 5 crew2010s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew2020s2 · crew

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.

How do Fred Wolf's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 17 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor, writer

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)

86th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, writer

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)

Midcredits 78th · 63% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 40/100 and the plot and story 30/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Fred Wolf's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles22–47 · median 34 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles34–62 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles45–85 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles36–66 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles7–32 · median 18 · mildlighter 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 Fred Wolf work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fred Wolf's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Spade shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles