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Richard Brake

Richard Brake

Actor · Born November 30, 1964 (61) · Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales

Richard Colin Brake (born 30 November 1964) is a Welsh actor. Following his film debut in Death Machine (1994), Brake had a supporting role as Joe Chill in Batman Begins (2005). He subsequently appeared in numerous horror films such as Doom (2005), Hannibal Rising (2007), Mandy (2018), and Barbarian (2022), as well as his first lead role in Perfect Skin (2018). A frequent collaborator of Rob Zombie, Brake has appeared in four of his films: Halloween II (2009), 31 (2016), 3 from Hell (2019), and The Munsters (2022).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 30, 1964 (61)
From
Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales
Works as
Actor
Titles
75 on Motif · 90 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 157 days to Oct 28Up 43% in 30 days

What are Richard Brake's films like?

Across their 42 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their Motif 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
Survival
34%
Morality
24%
Power
12%
Bonds
11%
Self
9%
Society
6%
Ideas
4%
Survival20 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 7 · Dark 26

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

Grounded 14 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 8

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 31

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 5

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 10 · Heavy 19

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

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 14 of 26 analyzed roles.

Shadow
14 of 26
Threshold guardian
5 of 26
Hero
2 of 26
Mentor
2 of 26
Shapeshifter
1 of 26
Ally
1 of 26
Herald
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
36
Dread
25
Thrilling
12
Melancholic
11
Absurd
8
Other
21

How their films linger

Unsettling19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous18

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 Richard Brake's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 59 of their 75 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Richard Brake's titles on Motif; 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

90 credits, 75 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Confession (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Pinocchio: Unstrung(2026)

    as Geppetto

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Chapter 3(2026)

    as Sheriff Rotter

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Cold Storage(2026)

    as Wesley Jerabek

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Strangers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)

    as Sheriff Rotter

  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire(2026)

    Show as Geiseric

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sisu: Road to Revenge(2025)

    as KGB Officer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Chapter 2(2025)

    as Sheriff Rotter

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Altered(2025)

    as Frank Kessler

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Laws of Man(2024)

    as Crash Mooncalf

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Lore(2023)

    as Darwin

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers: Chapter 1(2024)

    as Sheriff Rotter

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Last Stop in Yuma County(2023)

    as Beau

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Gates(2023)

    as William Colcott

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace(2023)

    as Hunter

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned(2022)

    as Otis

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Munsters(2022)

    as Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang / Orlock

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Barbarian(2022)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Vesper(2022)

    as Darius

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Offseason(2021)

    as The Bridge Man

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Mayor of Kingstown(2021)

    Show 17 episodes · as Merle Callahan

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Bingo Hell(2021)

    as Mr. Big

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Virtuoso(2021)

    as Handsome Johnnie

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Exterminate All the Brutes(2021)

    Show as General

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Tremors: Shrieker Island(2020)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Brave New World(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pope

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot(2020)

    as Merlin

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Rhythm Section(2020)

    as Lehmans

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Mandalorian(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Valin Hess

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • 3 from Hell(2019)

    as Winslow Foxworth Coltrane

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Dare(2019)

    as Credence

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hostage Radio(2019)

    as Hunter / Brennan

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Perfect Skin(2018)

    as Bob Reid

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Sisters Brothers(2018)

    as Rex

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Mandy(2018)

    as The Chemist

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Patrick Melrose(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Robozuna(2018)

    Show as Caesar

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Creeped Out(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as The Hidden

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • The Death of Stalin(2017)

    as Tarasov

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Absentia(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Conrad Harlow

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Bitter Harvest(2017)

    as Medved

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Eight Days That Made Rome(2017)

    Show as Seneca

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • 31(2016)

    as Doom-Head

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Barbarians Rising(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Geiseric

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Ana (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as Jim

  • Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Arak

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • The Chameleon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Detective Brady

  • Spy(2015)

    as Solsa Dudaev

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Cannibal in the Jungle(2015)

    as Dr. Timothy Darrow

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service(2014)

    as The Interrogator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Set Fire to the Stars(2014)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Thor: The Dark World(2013)

    as Einherjar Lieutenant

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Counselor(2013)

    as Second Man

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Peaky Blinders(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Anton Kaledin

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Crossing Lines(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Winston Smith

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Ray Donovan(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vlad

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Numbers Station(2013)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Asylum Blackout(2011)

    as Harry

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Detention(2011)

    as Mr. Nolan

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Grimm(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Hunter

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Game of Thrones(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as The Night King

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Water for Elephants(2011)

    as Grady

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Good Day for It(2011)

    as Norman Tyrus

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Legacy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    as Scott O'Keefe

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Henry Garavito

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Deep (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · as McIndoe

  • NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as John Bordinay

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Halloween II(2009)

    as Gary Scott

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Perkins' 14(2009)

    as Ronald Perkins

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Above Suspicion(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Marshall

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Outpost(2008)

    as Prior

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Tonto Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Isham

  • Hannibal Rising(2007)

    as Enrikas Dortlich

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • M.I.High(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Georgi

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Black Dahlia(2006)

    as Bobby DeWitt

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Munich(2005)

    as Belligerent American

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Doom(2005)

    as Portman

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Supernatural(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Luther Shrike

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Batman Begins(2005)

    as Joe Chill

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Soul Searcher (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    as Van Beuren

  • Cold Mountain(2003)

    as Nym

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Subterfuge(1996)

    as Pierce Tencil

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Virtual Terror (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    as Steve Baker

  • Death Machine(1994)

    as Scott Ridley

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Jeeves and Wooster (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Reporter

  • Ascendant (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

  • How to Survive the Wild (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    as Parker

  • Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    as Geppetto

  • Samodiva (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Void (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    as Hal

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles, 80 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Water for Elephants (2011)

$117M worldwide

Highest rated

Barbarian (2022)

Midcredits 79th

Most popular right now

Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026)

Film career

19902026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 19 Motif 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
Acting86 of 86: 86 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score40th

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s36 · acting2020s25 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 40 roles
9510152025

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 Motif, 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 Richard Brake's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 53; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 75 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th25

Shape of the crowd

34 of their 75 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Universally Panned2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed34

Most divisive · actor

Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)

97th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Batman Begins (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 37 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Richard Brake's work okay for kids?

Across up to 26 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore23 titles60–94 · median 86 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity26 titles6–67 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles37–85 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs19 titles24–63 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles45–89 · median 76 · 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 Richard Brake work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richard Brake's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roy Lee shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers