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Ray Romano

Ray Romano

Actor and producer, also writer and director · Born December 21, 1957 (68) · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

3 Primetime Emmys · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Golden Globe nominee · 4 other major award bodies

Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian. He best known for his television leading roles on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" as the title character and on the series "Men of a Certain Age", as well as for providing his voice to the Mammoth Manny in the "Ice Age" film franchise and starring in the mafia film "The Irishman" (2019).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 21, 1957 (68)
From
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also writer and director
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 55 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 156 days to Oct 27Down 10% in 30 days

What are Ray Romano's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
33%
Self
33%
Society
13%
Morality
10%
Survival
6%
Power
6%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 7 · Dark 1

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 9 · Charged 15 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 13 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 16

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 15 · 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 18 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 15
Mentor
4 of 15
Ally
3 of 15
Trickster
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
15
Warm
15
Absurd
13
Tense
11
Bittersweet
7
Other
28

How their films linger

Feel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical2

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 Ray Romano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ray Romano'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

55 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 60 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ice Age: Boiling Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Manny (voice)

  • The Best You Can(2025)

    as Doug Finkelman

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • No Good Deed(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Paul Morgan

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Fly Me to the Moon(2024)

    as Henry Smalls

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Bookie(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as 536 (Artie) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Bupkis(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Ray Romano

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Somewhere in Queens(2022)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Leo Russo

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Sam Morril: Full Capacity(2021)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Made for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · as Herbert Green

  • The Irishman(2019)

    as Bill Bufalino

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Bad Education(2019)

    as Big Bob Spicer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Ray Romano: Right Here, Around the Corner(2019)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Paddleton(2019)

    Executive Producer · as Andy

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Lights Out with David Spade(2019)

    Show as Bill Bufalino

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Get Shorty(2017)

    Show 27 episodes · as Rick Moreweather

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Big Sick(2017)

    as Terry Gardner

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Crashing(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • One Day at a Time(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Scrat: Spaced Out(2016)

    as Manny (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age: Collision Course(2016)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade(2016)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Vinyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Zak Yankovich

  • Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Manny (voice)

  • Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Manny (voice)

  • Rob the Mob(2014)

    as Jerry Cardozo

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift(2012)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas(2011)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2(2011)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Parenthood(2010)

    Show 43 episodes · as Hank Rizzoli

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Men of a Certain Age(2009)

    Show 22 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Joe Tranelli

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Middle(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Nicky Kohlbrenner

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Funny People(2009)

    as Ray Romano

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(2009)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Last Word(2008)

    as Abel

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Grand(2007)

    as Fred Marsh

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Grilled(2006)

    as Maurice

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • 95 Miles to Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer · as Self

  • Ice Age: The Meltdown(2006)

    as Manny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Hannah Montana(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Ray Romano

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Office(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Merv Bronte

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Eulogy(2004)

    as Skip Collins

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Mooseport(2004)

    as Handy Harrison

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age(2002)

    as Manfred 'Manny' (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The King of Queens(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Ray Barone

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Everybody Loves Raymond(1996)

    Show 210 episodes · Executive Producer · Producer · Story · Teleplay · Writer · as Ray Barone

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Ray Romano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 7 episodes · Additional Writing · as Ray (voice)

  • HBO Comedy Half-Hour(1994)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Nanny(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Ray Barone

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Caesar's Salad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Good Cop

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Ray Magini (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Cruz de olvido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • How to Survive Without Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Leo De Angelis

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 51 of them dated from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

$887M worldwide

Highest rated

The Irishman (2019)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19842025

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 18 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
Acting51 of 53: 46 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score67thDirecting1 of 53: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting4 of 53: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing6 of 53: 1 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score84thOther crew2 of 53: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

53 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s7 · 7 acting · 2 crew2000s15 · 14 acting · 2 crew2010s19 · 18 acting · 2 crew2020s8 · 8 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 39% of 23 roles
02071217

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

3 Primetime Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award from 38 major nominations, 1999–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
  2. 2020
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  3. 2018
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  4. 2011
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
  5. 2006
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  6. 2005
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
  7. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
  8. 2003
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Comedy Album
  2. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
  3. 2000
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
  4. 1999
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

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 Ray Romano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Sam Morril: Full Capacity (2021)

64th percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Irishman (2019)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 50. 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 Ray Romano's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles5–75 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles25–56 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles29–81 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles22–58 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles7–46 · median 44 · 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 Ray Romano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ray Romano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Denis Leary shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Denis Leary9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Denis Leary
  • John Leguizamo8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with John Leguizamo
  • Josh Peck6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Josh Peck
  • Queen Latifah5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Queen Latifah

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles