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Nick Cannon

Actor, producer, writer and director, also composer · Born October 8, 1980 (46) · San Diego, California, USA

Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, record producer, radio and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Cannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 8, 1980 (46)
From
San Diego, California, USA
Works as
Actor, producer, writer and director, also composer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 66 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 65 days to Oct 28Down 34% in 30 days

What are Nick Cannon's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Drama 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
Self
31%
Society
26%
Morality
15%
Bonds
14%
Survival
7%
Power
4%
Ideas
3%
Community15 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 20 · Serious 7 · Dark 2

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 13 · Charged 11 · Intense 5

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

Steady 19 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 4

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 9 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 11

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

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 20 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 15
Ally
3 of 15
Trickster
2 of 15
Shadow
1 of 15
Shapeshifter
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
17
Hopeful
13
Warm
11
Tense
8
Thrilling
9
Other
33

How their films linger

Feel-good22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical3
  • Other1

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 Nick Cannon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nick Cannon'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

66 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 48 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Wish List Games(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Counsel Culture(2024)

    Show 9 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Nick Cannon Presents Future Superstars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · as Host

  • Celebrity Prank Wars(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Accused(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcus Paul

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Miracles Across 125th Street(2021)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Basie / Murda Count

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Misfits(2021)

    as Ringo

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Mariah Carey: Darling Diva(2021)

    Actor

  • She Ball(2020)

    Director · Composer · Executive Producer · Writer · as Avery Watts

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Nick Cannon's Hit Viral Videos: Holiday 2019 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Host

  • Berserk(2019)

    as Raffy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Masked Singer(2019)

    Show 185 episodes · Executive Producer · as Bulldog · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Nick Cannon: Stand Up, Don't Shoot(2017)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • King of the Dancehall(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Tarzan Brixton

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Halo Effect(2016)

    Show Producer

  • Chi-Raq(2015)

    as Demetrius 'Chi-Raq' Dupree

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Make It Pop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 41 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • React to That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 12 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Theme Song Performance

  • Drumline: A New Beat(2014)

    Executive Producer · as Devon Miles

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • School Dance(2014)

    Director · Writer · as Super Sizer / Juicy / Himself

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Host

  • F#Ck Nick Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marcus

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Real Husbands of Hollywood(2013)

    Show 60 episodes · as Nick Cannon

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Incredible Crew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 14 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · as Announcer

  • Mash Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Rags(2012)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Up All Night(2011)

    Show 5 episodes · as Calvin

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Nick Cannon: Mr. Show Biz(2011)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Writer · as Robby Bottoms

  • The Nightlife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Producer · Actor

  • School Gyrls(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Lunch Lady

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Killing Room(2009)

    as Paul Brodie

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Day of the Dead(2008)

    as Salazar

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • American Son(2008)

    as Mike

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Short Circuitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer · Actor

  • Even Money(2006)

    as Godfrey Snow

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Goal II: Living the Dream(2007)

    as TJ Harper

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Weapons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Reggie

  • 30 Rock(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Nick Cannon

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Bobby(2006)

    as Dwayne

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Monster House(2006)

    as Officer Lister (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Brer Rabbit(2006)

    as Brer Rabbit (voice)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Roll Bounce(2005)

    as Bernard

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Tyra Banks Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Underclassman(2005)

    Executive Producer · Story · as Tracy 'Tre' Stokes

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Wild 'N Out(2005)

    Show 395 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Shall We Dance?(2004)

    as Scott

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Garfield: The Movie(2004)

    as Louis (voice)

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Love Don't Cost a Thing(2003)

    as Alvin Johnson

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Drumline(2002)

    as Devon Miles

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Men in Black II(2002)

    as MIB Autopsy Agent

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Nick Cannon Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 23 episodes · Creator · Producer · Actor

  • Taina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Alex · as LaTanya

  • Whatever It Takes(2000)

    as Chess Club Kid

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Parkers(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Making the Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Family Guy(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Nick Cannon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Cousin Skeeter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Kenan & Kel(1996)

    Show 42 episodes · Writer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • All That(1994)

    Show 38 episodes · as Various

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Son of a Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 63 titles, 61 of them dated from 1988 to 2024; peak year 2003.

Biggest box office

Garfield: The Movie (2004)

$203M worldwide

Highest rated

The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Monster House (2006)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19882024

Peak 2003 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 6 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
Acting52 of 63: 38 only acting, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score39thDirecting7 of 63: 0 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thWriting13 of 63: 3 only writing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score12thProducing16 of 63: 3 only producing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score12thMusic1 of 63: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew8 of 63: 1 only other crew, 7 with another role

63 titles, 18 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s8 · 7 acting · 2 crew2000s24 · 23 acting · 5 crew2010s20 · 15 acting · 12 crew2020s8 · 5 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 22% of 18 roles
0005

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 Nick Cannon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of the 28 of 29 with a score; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 43 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic6
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor, director, writer, producer

School Gyrls (2009)

99th percentile spread · 73% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

Midcredits 97th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 34. 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 Nick Cannon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles25–76 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles23–53 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles30–69 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian 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 Nick Cannon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nick Cannon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Goldman shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles