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Colin Hay

Colin Hay

Actor · Born June 29, 1953 (73) · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s. Hay has also been a member of Ringo Starr's Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi (1996) and in television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs. In Scrubs he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill". His music also appeared in television series What About Brian, The Black Donnellys, Cane, and the BBC medical drama Casualty. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 29, 1953 (73)
From
Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 18 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Colin Hay's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Society
30%
Self
15%
Ideas
10%
Survival
6%
Morality
4%
Power
3%
Community2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
3
Warm
3
Joyful
3
Melancholic
4
Tense
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4

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 Colin Hay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Colin Hay'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

18 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Christmas with Delta in Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • A Million Little Things(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Colin Hay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Resident(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Rhys Barrett

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Easybeats to AC/DC: The Sound of Aussie Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator

  • Jack Irish: Bad Debts(2012)

    as Tony Baker

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Uninvited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Nick

  • The Wild(2006)

    as Fergus Flamingo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Soundstage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Scrubs(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Colin Hay · as Troubador

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Craic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Barry

  • Heaven's Burning(1997)

    as Jonah

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Perfect Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Songs · as Self

  • Cosi(1996)

    as Zac

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Miles

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Blue Heelers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brad Fielding

  • The Larry Sanders Show(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Colin Hay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Georgia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Policeman

  • Wills & Burke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Publican

Career shape

Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1985 to 2024; peak year 1996.

Biggest box office

The Wild (2006)

$102M worldwide

Highest rated

Cosi (1996)

Midcredits 69th

Most popular right now

The Wild (2006)

Film career

19852024

Peak 1996 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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· Cosi

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting17 of 18: 17 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thOther crew1 of 18: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s7 · 6 acting · 1 crew2000s4 · acting2010s4 · acting2020s1 · 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 Colin Hay's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 4; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed3

Most loved · actor

Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)

Midcredits 77th · 69% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 40. 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 Colin Hay work with?

People who share at least 2 of Colin Hay's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Louis Nowra shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors