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David Ganly

David Ganly

Actor

Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 6% in 30 days

What are David Ganly's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
31%
Morality
23%
Self
21%
Bonds
16%
Society
9%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Herald
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Ally
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Tense
3
Dread
3
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Other
3

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

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 David Ganly's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for David Ganly'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

12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • National Theatre Live: Golden Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Roxy

  • Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Signs of Life(2025)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Mordlichter – Tod auf den Färöer Inseln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Jacobsen

  • Gladiator II(2024)

    as Master of Ceremonies (Baboon Arena)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Obituary(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · as Hughie Burns

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
  • Moon Knight(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Billy

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Lawson

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Sunset Song(2015)

    as Tink

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Dorothy Mills(2008)

    as Aiden Kearsley

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Space Truckers(1996)

    as Cop #2

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Casualty(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Trevor Donham

    Midcredits score: 19th 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 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 1986 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Film career

19862026

Peak 2024 · 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 12: 12 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score54th

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s2 · acting2020s6 · acting

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 David Ganly's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 41. 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.