J.P. Davis is an American screenwriter and actor. Born and raised on the upper West Side of New York City, Davis attended The Berkshire School and then graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Davis's first screenplay was Fighting Tommy Riley. The script was written with the sole intention of playing the title role. The script attracted the attention of industry luminaries but Davis refused to sell the script without being attached as the actor. Davis ultimately prevailed in getting the film made on a micro-budget of $180,000. Fighting Tommy Riley premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and then went on to play at the Hamptons Film Festival (where it won the Kodak Award) and at the San Francisco Film Festival. The film opened theatrically in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and the Hamptons on May 5, 2006. J.P. currently lives and writes in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. P. Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer, actor and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Known for
What are J.P. Davis' films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Tommy Riley in Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)
- Shadowas Tommy Riley in Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)
- Allyas Randy Messsarue in House (2008)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
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 J.P. Davis' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for J.P. Davis' 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
8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Mutiny(2026)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Plane(2023)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Contractor(2022)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
House(2008)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Neighbor(2007)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Fighting Tommy Riley(2004)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Curse of the Komodo(2004)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all filmsHell Divers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 43rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2008.
Film career
Peak 2008 · 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.
- 2004Screen debut· The Curse of the Komodo
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 J.P. Davis' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 32/100 and the plot and story 28/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 J.P. Davis' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
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 J.P. Davis work with?
People who share at least 2 of J.P. Davis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean-François Richet shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Jean-François RichetShared titles: Mutiny (2026), Plane (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-François Richet
- Eddie O'FlahertyShared titles: The Neighbor (2007), Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Eddie O'Flaherty
Cinematographers and editors
- Aram NigoghossianShared titles: The Neighbor (2007), Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Aram Nigoghossian
- Michael FimognariShared titles: The Neighbor (2007), Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Fimognari
Producers
- Marc ButanShared titles: Mutiny (2026), Plane (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Butan
