Chester James Carville Jr. is a media personality with a subject matter expertise in United States Elections, and a prominent political consultant who specializes in developing framing and strategy for electoral campaigns.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 25, 1944 (82)
- Carville, Louisiana, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 16 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are James Carville's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 James Carville's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for James Carville'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, 16 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Graves(2016)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
G.I. Joe: Retaliation(2013)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Muppets(2011)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Adjustment Bureau(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Swing Vote(2008)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
30 Rock(2006)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Man of the Year(2006)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
All the King's Men(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Wedding Crashers(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The American President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Spin City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Arli$$(1996)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Boston Common (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Canadian Bacon(1995)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Mad About You(1992)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1992 to 2016; peak year 2007.
Film career
Peak 2007 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 1996Screen debut· The People vs. Larry Flynt
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.
How do James Carville's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th7
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 74, 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.
Who does James Carville work with?
People who share at least 2 of James Carville's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; George Stephanopoulos shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Chris HegedusShared titles: The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Hegedus
- D.A. PennebakerShared titles: The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with D.A. Pennebaker
Actors
- George StephanopoulosShared titles: Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024), The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 3 shared titles with George Stephanopoulos
- Mary MatalinShared titles: Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024), The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Mary Matalin
- Paul BegalaShared titles: Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024), The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Begala
- Bill ClintonShared titles: Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Clinton
Producers
- Laura MichalchyshynShared titles: All the President's Men Revisited (2013), The Return of the War Room (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Laura Michalchyshyn
- Frazer PennebakerShared titles: The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Frazer Pennebaker
- R.J. CutlerShared titles: The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with R.J. Cutler
- Wendy EttingerShared titles: The Return of the War Room (2008), The War Room (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Wendy Ettinger
