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Frank Conniff

Frank Conniff

Writer and actor, also producer · Born August 30, 1956 (70) · New York City, New York

Frank Conniff Jr. (born August 30, 1956) is an American writer, actor, comedian and producer, best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is the son of journalist and editor Frank Conniff.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 30, 1956 (70)
From
New York City, New York
Works as
Writer and actor, also producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 37 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 38 days to Oct 27Up 70% in 30 days

What are Frank Conniff's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
26%
Self
25%
Society
22%
Bonds
20%
Survival
5%
Power
2%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 7

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
9
Joyful
7
Warm
3
Manic
1
Tense
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Fun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical3

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 Frank Conniff's films?

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

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Frank Conniff'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

37 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 1 episode · as TV's Frank

  • The Mads are Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 53 episodes · Creator · Writer · as Himself

  • RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2019(2019)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Bateman Lectures on Depression (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer

  • Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer · as Frank Conniff

  • RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer · as Self

  • Cocktails & Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Writer

  • The Frank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Frank

  • Margot Rourke & The Boys Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Peppers Fontaine

  • Greenboy: Prescription for Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer · Writer

  • Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer · as Self

  • God Bless America(2011)

    as Stan Kurtz

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Writer · as Self

  • Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Alan Burk / Voice of SIMON

  • Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer · as Self

  • Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor(2010)

    Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Self

  • Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Self

  • Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks(2008)

    Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer · as Himself

  • Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer · as Self

  • Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman(2008)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine(2008)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Titanic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 13 episodes · Writer · as Frank Conniff

  • Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Writer · as Self

  • O2Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Invader ZIM(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts Volume 2(1999)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • 101 Dalmatians: The Series(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Make Me Laugh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Comedian

  • Statical Planets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as King & The Frank Army

  • Three Little Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch(1996)

    Show 13 episodes · Writer · as Big Rudy · as Prince Randy

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie(1996)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Poopie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000(1988)

    Show 176 episodes · Writer · as TV's Frank

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 43rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 36 titles from 1989 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

$1M worldwide

Highest rated

Invader ZIM (2001)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting14 of 36: 10 only acting, 4 with another roleWriting26 of 36: 20 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thProducing1 of 36: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 36: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

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

By decade

1980s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s7 · 4 acting · 4 crew2000s11 · 2 acting · 10 crew2010s15 · 6 acting · 10 crew2020s2 · 1 acting · 1 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 Frank Conniff's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

16thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor, writer

RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2019 (2019)

97th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts Volume 2 (1999)

Midcredits 96th · 82% liked

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 Frank Conniff's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Frank Conniff work with?

People who share at least 2 of Frank Conniff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mary Jo Pehl shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

  • Mary Jo Pehl8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Mary Jo Pehl
  • Trace Beaulieu8 titles · 7 as writer    See all 8 shared titles with Trace Beaulieu
  • Joel Hodgson7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Joel Hodgson
  • J. Elvis Weinstein5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with J. Elvis Weinstein

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles