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Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Actor, also director and producer · Born January 29, 1954 (72) · Lincoln, Illinois, USA

Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theatre director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Kinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
January 29, 1954 (72)
From
Lincoln, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, also director and producer
Titles
56 on MovieCove · 74 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 63 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Terry Kinney's films like?

Across their 37 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Self
21%
Bonds
17%
Survival
13%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
2%
Justice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 7 · Dark 14

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

Grounded 24 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 10 · Intense 11

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

Steady 16 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 2

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

A split, not a type: Casual 13 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 6 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 8

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

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

13 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 13 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 13
Shadow
3 of 13
Ally
2 of 13
Threshold guardian
2 of 13
Trickster
1 of 13
Herald
1 of 13
Show the 13 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
18
Contemplative
10
Dread
8
Warm
7
Other
28

How their films linger

Thought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous8

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 Terry Kinney's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Terry Kinney'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

74 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Watcher(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · as Jasper Winslow

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • The Bride in the Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jay

  • Inventing Anna(2022)

    Show 9 episodes · as Barry

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Little Things(2021)

    as LASD Captain Carl Farris

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile(2019)

    as Detective Mike Fisher

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Mile 22(2018)

    as Johnny Porter

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • November Criminals(2017)

    as Principal Karlstadt

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Abundant Acreage Available(2017)

    as Jesse

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Electric Dreams(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Dick

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Good Behavior(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Christian Woodhill

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Paint It Black(2016)

    as Detective Brooks (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Billions(2016)

    Show 34 episodes · as Hall

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • I Smile Back(2015)

    as Dr. Page

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Show Me a Hero(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Peter Smith

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Black Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · as Dr. Owen Morely

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chief Gibson

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Martin Ennis

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Promised Land(2012)

    as David Stonehill

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • NYC 22 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · as Daniel 'Yoda' Dean

  • The Last Rites of Joe May(2011)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Being Human(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Heggeman

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gerald Kozko

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Unusuals(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sergeant Harvey Brown

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Mentalist(2008)

    Show as Sam Bosco

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Diminished Capacity(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Turn the River(2007)

    as Markus

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Canterbury's Law(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Kidnapped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America(2006)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Detective Neil O'Hara

  • Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Dr. Maxim

  • The Game of Their Lives(2005)

    as Dent McSkimming

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • CSI: NY(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tom Mitford

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • House Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Hogue

  • The Laramie Project(2002)

    as Dennis Shepard

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Young Girl and the Monsoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Hank

  • Midwives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Rand Danforth

  • Save the Last Dance(2001)

    as Roy Johnson

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The House of Mirth(2000)

    as George Dorset

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Luminous Motion(1998)

    as Pedro

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Oxygen(1999)

    as Tim

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • That Championship Season(1999)

    as James Daly

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Don't Look Down(1998)

    as Dr. Paul Sadowski

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • George Wallace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Billy Watson

  • George Wallace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Billy Watson

  • Oz(1997)

    Show 56 episodes · Director · as Tim McManus

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • White Lies(1997)

    as Richard Marx

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Critical Choices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Lloyd Dickens

  • Sleepers(1996)

    as Ralph

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Fly Away Home(1996)

    as David Alden

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)

    as Todd Carter

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Good Old Boys(1995)

    as Walter Calloway

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • J.F.K.: Reckless Youth(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joseph P. Kennedy

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • The Firm(1993)

    as Lamar Quinn

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Body Snatchers(1993)

    as Steve Malone

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Laumer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Deadly Matrimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Jim Mihkalik

  • The Last of the Mohicans(1992)

    as John Cameron

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Talent for the Game(1991)

    as Gil Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Grapes of Wrath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Jim Casy

  • Queens Logic(1991)

    as Jeremy

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Clifford Chester

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Kojak: None So Blind(1990)

    as Paul Hogarth

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Miles from Home(1988)

    as Mark

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • thirtysomething (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Murder Ordained(1987)

    as Tom Bird

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Murder Ordained (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Tom Bird

  • A Walk on the Moon(1987)

    as Lew Ellis

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • No Mercy(1986)

    as Paul Deveneux

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Seven Minutes in Heaven(1986)

    as Bill the Photographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Asst. State Atty. William Pepin

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Casy

  • A Wedding(1978)

    as Caterer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles, 72 of them dated from 1978 to 2022; peak year 1992.

Biggest box office

The Firm (1993)

$270M worldwide

Highest rated

Oz (1997)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19782022

Peak 1992 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 2 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 73: 70 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting2 of 73: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 73: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s23 · 23 acting · 1 crew2000s18 · 17 acting · 1 crew2010s17 · 16 acting · 1 crew2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 4% of 24 roles
869606

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.

How do Terry Kinney's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 56 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

A Walk on the Moon (1987)

83rd percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

Oz (1997)

Midcredits 96th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 49. 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 Terry Kinney's work okay for kids?

Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles37–90 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity17 titles25–63 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles49–89 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles20–89 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense12 titles31–67 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Terry Kinney work with?

People who share at least 2 of Terry Kinney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dylan Baker shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles