
Kevin Dunn (born August 24, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films and television series since the 1980s.
Biography from TMDB.
- August 24, 1956 (70)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 105 on MovieCove · 131 credits in all
What are Kevin Dunn's films like?
Across their 55 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 4 · Wry 3 · Earnest 44
A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 14 · Dark 18
A split, not a type: Grounded 35 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 6
Gentle 10 · Charged 22 · Intense 19
Steady 19 · Shifting 29 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 10
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 34 · Relentless 5
Casual 23 · Engaged 24 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 21 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 12
Resolved 38 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 6 of 15 analyzed roles.
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- Mentoras Lt. Cmdr. Block in Hot Shots! (1991)
- Threshold guardianas Alan Reed in Dave (1993)
- Shadowas Phil Brenner in Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
- Shadowas Mark Evola in Shadow of a Doubt (1995)
- Mentoras Milton 'Milt' Stella in Unforgivable (1996)
- Mentoras Mr. Mercer in Picture Perfect (1997)
- Threshold guardianas Dr. Barbico in On the Edge of Innocence (1997)
- Allyas Lou Logan in Snake Eyes (1998)
- Threshold guardianas Colonel Hicks in Godzilla (1998)
- Threshold guardianas Ted Dexter in Gridiron Gang (2006)
- Heraldas G.T. in Certifiably Jonathan (2007)
- Shadowas Galvin in Unstoppable (2010)
- Threshold guardianas Carl Pronger in Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
- Threshold guardianas Bob Singer in Above Suspicion (2019)
- Shadowas Commissioner Eugene Igoe in Captive State (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy13
- Bittersweet34
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
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 Kevin Dunn's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 81 of their 105 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (25).
- Pantheon (2022) · actor · free
- Mississippi Burning (1988) · actor · free
- Kumpanía: Flamenco Los Angeles (2011) · producer · free
- Gridiron Gang (2006) · actor · free
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) · actor · free
- The Bachelors (2017) · actor · free
- Draft Day (2014) · actor · free
- Standing Up, Falling Down (2019) · actor · free
- 21 Jump Street (1987) · actor · free
- Gleason (2002) · actor · free
- Unforgivable (1996) · actor · free
- Catch the Fair One (2021) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- Warrior (2011) · actor
- Kumpanía: Flamenco Los Angeles (2011) · producer
- The Practice (1997) · actor
- The Bachelors (2017) · actor
- A League of Their Own (2022) · actor
- Ballard (2025) · actor
- 21 Jump Street (1987) · actor
- Gleason (2002) · actor
- Small Soldiers (1998) · actor
- The Stranger Beside Me (2003) · actor · free
- Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995) · actor
- JAG (1995) · actor
- +6 more
- Warrior (2011) · actor · free
- Mississippi Burning (1988) · actor · free
- Cheers (1982) · actor · free
- Gridiron Gang (2006) · actor · free
- The Closer (2005) · actor · free
- Transformers (2007) · actor · free
- The Bachelors (2017) · actor · free
- 21 Jump Street (1987) · actor · free
- Family Ties (1982) · actor · free
- Small Soldiers (1998) · actor · free
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) · actor · free
- JAG (1995) · actor · free
- +3 more
- Mississippi Burning (1988) · actor · free
- Law & Order (1990) · actor · free
- Draft Day (2014) · actor · free
- Mom (2013) · actor · free
- 21 Jump Street (1987) · actor · free
- Family Ties (1982) · actor · free
- Gleason (2002) · actor · free
- Unforgivable (1996) · actor · free
- The Stranger Beside Me (2003) · actor · free
- Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995) · actor · free
- Lions for Lambs (2007) · actor · free
- Almost Heroes (1998) · actor · free
- +3 more
- Code Black (2015) · actor
- Transformers (2007) · actor
- The Practice (1997) · actor
- Unstoppable (2010) · actor
- Hot Shots! (1991) · actor
- Samantha Who? (2007) · actor
- American Dad! (2005) · actor
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) · actor
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) · actor
- Marked for Death (1990) · actor
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016) · actor
- Picture Perfect (1997) · actor
- +1 more
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- Lionsgate+, show their 8 titles on Lionsgate+
- ViX, show their 4 titles on ViX
- Shout! TV, show their 3 titles on Shout! TV
- Sundance Now, show their 2 titles on Sundance Now
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Subscription and free streaming for Kevin Dunn'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
131 credits, 105 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

72 Hours(2026)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Mermaid(2025)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Task(2025)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Ballard(2025)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Amber Alert(2024)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Will Trent(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Pantheon(2022)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
A League of Their Own(2022)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
God's Favorite Idiot(2022)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Catch the Fair One(2021)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
King Richard(2021)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Mosquito Coast(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Thunder Force(2021)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Above Suspicion(2019)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Josiah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Captive State(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Trading Paint(2019)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Miracle Workers(2019)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Bachelors(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Ghosted(2017)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Night Of(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Code Black(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Slow Learners(2015)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Ashby(2015)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all filmsMen of Granite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Draft Day(2014)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Cesar Chavez(2014)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
True Detective(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Mom(2013)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Jobs(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Frozen Ground(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Fire with Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Veep(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Luck(2011)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Warrior(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Suits(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Harry's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Unstoppable(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Lions for Lambs(2007)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Transformers: Beginnings(2007)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Samantha Who?(2007)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Transformers(2007)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Darwin Awards(2006)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Certifiably Jonathan(2007)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
A Perfect Day(2006)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Gridiron Gang(2006)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Black Dahlia(2006)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
All the King's Men(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Path to 9/11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Live Free or Die(2006)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Prison Break(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Closer(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Lost(2004)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
LAX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

I Heart Huckabees(2004)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all filmsNYPD 2069 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

L.A. County 187(2003)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Stranger Beside Me(2003)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Gleason(2002)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Boomtown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Push, Nevada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Boston Public (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Bette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

God, the Devil and Bob(2000)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Beach Boys: An American Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Stir of Echoes(1999)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Batman Beyond(1999)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Godzilla: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Snake Eyes(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Small Soldiers(1998)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Almost Heroes(1998)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Godzilla(1998)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Second Civil War(1997)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Picture Perfect(1997)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
On the Edge of Innocence(1997)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Sixth Man(1997)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Arsenio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The Practice(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Shadow of a Doubt(1995)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
7th Heaven(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Chain Reaction(1996)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Unforgivable(1996)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Nixon(1995)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
JAG(1995)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
The Four Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Road Rules (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Mad Love(1995)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Little Big League(1994)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Beethoven's 2nd(1993)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Dave(1993)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Chaplin(1992)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Double Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Hot Shots!(1991)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Only the Lonely(1991)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Marked for Death(1990)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Blue Steel(1990)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Sydney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Taken Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Seinfeld(1989)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Ghostbusters II(1989)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Mississippi Burning(1988)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Roseanne(1988)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Dear John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Day by Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Beverly Hills Buntz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

21 Jump Street(1987)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Night of Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Jack and Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Cheers(1982)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Family Ties(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Yale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 129 titles, 128 of them dated from 1971 to 2026; peak year 1998.

Biggest box office
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Highest rated
Warrior (2011)

Most popular right now
Veep (2012)
Film career
Peak 1998 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 8 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.
- 1988Screen debut· Mississippi Burning
- 1995Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Nixon
- 2011Career best· Warrior
- 2012Career best· Veep
- 2012Screen Actors Guild Award win· Veep
Billing
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.
Awards
a Screen Actors Guild Award from 6 major nominations, 1996–2018.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kevin Dunn's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 69; across their 51 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up31
- 50th to 74th35
- 25th to 49th28
- Below 25th11
Shape of the crowd
45 of their 105 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved17
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser45
- Broadly Agreed10
- Mixed30
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 48 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 44. 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 Kevin Dunn's work okay for kids?
Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most 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 Kevin Dunn work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kevin Dunn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Dennehy shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Brian DennehyShared titles: Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996), Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995), Shadow of a Doubt (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Brian Dennehy

- Peter WernerShared titles: Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013), On the Edge of Innocence (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Werner

- Brian De PalmaShared titles: Snake Eyes (1998), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Brian De Palma

- Joe DanteShared titles: Small Soldiers (1998), The Second Civil War (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Dante

Writers
- Bill PhillipsShared titles: Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996), Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995), Shadow of a Doubt (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Phillips

- David KoeppShared titles: Stir of Echoes (1999), Snake Eyes (1998)See all 2 shared titles with David Koepp

Actors
- Suki KaiserShared titles: The Stranger Beside Me (2003), Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996), Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Suki Kaiser

- Melissa McCarthyShared titles: God's Favorite Idiot (2022), Samantha Who? (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa McCarthy

- Matt WalshShared titles: Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Veep (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Walsh

- Michael LernerShared titles: Ashby (2015), Godzilla (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Lerner

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ron OrieuxShared titles: The Stranger Beside Me (2003), Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996), Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Orieux
- Peter TeschnerShared titles: God's Favorite Idiot (2022), Only the Lonely (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Teschner
- Mark IshamShared titles: Warrior (2011), Lions for Lambs (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Isham

- Joel NegronShared titles: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Gridiron Gang (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Joel Negron

Producers
- Walter F. ParkesShared titles: Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Small Soldiers (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Walter F. Parkes

- David PercelayShared titles: L.A. County 187 (2003), Shadow of a Doubt (1995)See all 2 shared titles with David Percelay

- Michele BrustinShared titles: L.A. County 187 (2003), Shadow of a Doubt (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Michele Brustin
- Richard BramsShared titles: L.A. County 187 (2003), Shadow of a Doubt (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Brams


