Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He also co-created the television series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025-present), The Goode Family (2009), Silicon Valley (2014–2019), Common Side Effects (2025- ), and Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018). He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006), and Extract (2009), and co-wrote the screenplay to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022). Judge was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied physics. After losing interest in a career in science, Judge focused on animation and short films. His animated short Frog Baseball was developed into the successful MTV series Beavis and Butt-Head and the spin-off series Daria (with which Judge had no involvement). In 1995, Judge and former Simpsons writer Greg Daniels developed King of the Hill, which debuted on Fox in 1997 and quickly became popular with critics and audiences. It ran for 13 seasons and became one of the longest-running American animated series. During the show run, Judge took time off to write and direct Office Space, Idiocracy and Extract. As King of the Hill ended, Judge created his third show, ABC's The Goode Family, which received mixed reviews and was cancelled after 13 episodes. After a four-year hiatus, he created his fourth show, the live-action Silicon Valley for HBO, which has received critical acclaim. In 2017, Judge's fourth animated series, the music-themed Tales from the Tour Bus, premiered on Cinemax to acclaim. Judge has won a Primetime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards for King of the Hill, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and two Satellite Awards for Silicon Valley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Judge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 17, 1962 (64)
- Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Actor, producer, writer and director
- 41 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
What are Mike Judge's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 8
Light 14 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4
Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 12
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2
Casual 12 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 6 of 13 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Beavis in Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)
- Tricksteras Butt-Head in Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)
- Heroas Beavis in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
- Heroas Butt-Head in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
- Heroas Hank Hill in King of the Hill (1997)
- Shadowas Donnagon Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
- Heraldas Donnagon Giggles in Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
- Heroas Gerald Goode in The Goode Family (2009)
- Tricksteras Beavis in Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
- Tricksteras Butt-Head in Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
- Tricksteras Beavis in Beavis and Butt-Head (2022)
- Tricksteras Butt-Head in Beavis and Butt-Head (2022)
- Shadowas Rick Kruger in Common Side Effects (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous4
- 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 Mike Judge's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (10).
- Office Space (1999) · actor, director, writer, producer
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) · actor
- Beavis and Butt-Head (2022) · actor, writer, producer
- Frasier (1993) · actor
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022) · actor, writer, producer
- Jackass 3D (2010) · actor
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) · actor, director, writer, producer
- Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) · actor, director, writer, producer
- Celebrity Deathmatch (1998) · actor
- Extract (2009) · actor, director, writer
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) · actor, director, writer, producer · free
- Punching Henry (2016) · actor · free
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) · actor · free
- The Goode Family (2009) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Nerdland (2016) · actor · free
- Serving Sara (2002) · actor · free
- Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Judge'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
77 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Pavements(2024)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Common Side Effects(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Exploding Kittens(2024)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
In the Know(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Praise Petey(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Beavis and Butt-Head(2022)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Some of Our Stallions(2021)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Freeway to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Sherman's Showcase(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Front Runner(2018)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Action Point(2018)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Sandy Wexler(2017)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Punching Henry(2016)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Nerdland(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films'Tallica Parking Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Silicon Valley(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
R.I.P.D.(2013)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Jackass 3D(2010)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Cleveland Show(2009)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Extract(2009)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Goode Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all showsThe Animation Show, Volume 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Idiocracy(2006)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection Volume 1 Disc 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection Volume 1 Disc 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection Volume 1 Disc 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
MTVU Stand In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Animation Show, Volume 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Meaning of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Spy Kids 3: Game Over(2003)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Animation Show, Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Making of 'King of the Hill' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
VH1 Goes Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Unfinished Pencil Tests and Other Experiments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Serving Sara(2002)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Spy Kids(2001)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Aqua Teen Hunger Force(2000)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Monsignor Martinez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Beavis and Butt-head: Butt-O-Ween (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Office Space(1999)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The Best of Beavis and Butt-Head: Hard Cash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Celebrity Deathmatch(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Beavis and Butt-head: The Final Judgement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Beavis and Butthead: Chicks n Stuff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Beavis and Butt-Head: Butt-O-Ween (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Beavis and Butt-Head: Work Sucks! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Airheads(1994)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Frasier(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Beavis and Butt-Head(1993)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Peace, Love and Understanding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Frog Baseball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Hard Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Office Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Honky Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Huh? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Jeopardy!(1984)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Saturday Night Live(1975)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Oscars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Automated Trucking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Mackerel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Protective Custody (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 77 titles, 73 of them dated from 1953 to 2025; peak year 1995.
Biggest box office
Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
Highest rated
Common Side Effects (2024)
Most popular right now
King of the Hill (1997)
Film career
Peak 1995 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 6 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.
- 1992Screen debut· Office Space
- 1992First top-billed film· Office Space
- 1996Breakout· Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
- 1997Primetime Emmy win· King of the Hill
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 Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 31 major nominations, 1997–2026.
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
+3 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
+3 other major bodies · 1 win and 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, won
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
+3 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
+2 other major bodies · 3 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
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- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
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 Mike Judge's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 22; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up17
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th10
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 41 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 34. 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 Mike Judge's work okay for kids?
Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run 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 Mike Judge work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Judge's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Geoffrey Johnson shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Geoffrey JohnsonShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Geoffrey Johnson
- John RiceShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), The Goode Family (2009)See all 3 shared titles with John Rice
- Albert CallerosShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Calleros
- Robert RodriguezShared titles: Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Rodriguez
Writers
- Johnny KnoxvilleShared titles: Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2024), Action Point (2018), Jackass 3D (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Johnny Knoxville
- Dave KrinskyShared titles: Action Point (2018), Extract (2009), The Goode Family (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Dave Krinsky
- John AltschulerShared titles: Action Point (2018), Extract (2009), The Goode Family (2009)See all 3 shared titles with John Altschuler
- Jon FoorShared titles: Common Side Effects (2024), Beavis and Butt-Head (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Foor
Actors
- Stephen RootShared titles: Praise Petey (2023), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), Office Space (1999), King of the Hill (1997)See all 4 shared titles with Stephen Root
- David HermanShared titles: The Goode Family (2009), Idiocracy (2006), Office Space (1999), King of the Hill (1997)See all 4 shared titles with David Herman
- Chris DiamantopoulosShared titles: In the Know (2024), Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Chris Diamantopoulos
- Kristofor BrownShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Kristofor Brown
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- John FrizzellShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), Office Space (1999), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)See all 3 shared titles with John Frizzell
- Tim SuhrstedtShared titles: Extract (2009), Idiocracy (2006), Office Space (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Suhrstedt
- David RennieShared titles: Idiocracy (2006), Office Space (1999)See all 2 shared titles with David Rennie
Producers
- Dustin DavisShared titles: Common Side Effects (2024), Exploding Kittens (2024), In the Know (2024), Praise Petey (2023)See all 4 shared titles with Dustin Davis
- Greg DanielsShared titles: Common Side Effects (2024), Exploding Kittens (2024), In the Know (2024), Praise Petey (2023)See all 4 shared titles with Greg Daniels
- Jacey NaccarellaShared titles: Common Side Effects (2024), Exploding Kittens (2024), In the Know (2024), Praise Petey (2023)See all 4 shared titles with Jacey Naccarella
- Michael RotenbergShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), Extract (2009), The Goode Family (2009), Office Space (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Rotenberg
Mixed roles
- Chris MarcilShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Marcil
- Dan O'KeefeShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Dan O'Keefe
- Jess DweckShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jess Dweck
- Morgan MurphyShared titles: Beavis and Butt-Head (2022), Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Morgan Murphy
