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Perry Lang

Perry Lang

Actor and director · Born December 24, 1959 (66) · Palo Alto, California, USA

Perry Lang was born on 24 December 1959 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a director and actor, known for An Interview with God (2018), Men of War (1994) and Little Vegas (1990). He has been married to Sage Parker since 15 June 1996. They have two children.

Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 24, 1959 (66)
From
Palo Alto, California, USA
Works as
Actor and director
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 84 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 21% in 30 days

What are Perry Lang's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action 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
Self
37%
Survival
17%
Bonds
16%
Morality
14%
Society
6%
Ideas
5%
Power
4%
Purpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 2

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0

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 6 · Even-paced 5 · 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 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Warm
4
Contemplative
2
Absurd
3
Joyful
2
Other
12

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous4

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 Perry Lang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Perry Lang'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

84 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • An Interview with God(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Talker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

  • NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Eli Stone(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Side Order of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Greek(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Army Wives(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Hidden Palms(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • What About Brian(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Book of Daniel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • E-Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Weeds(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Kaiser

  • Medium(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Jack & Bobby(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

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

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • 10-8: Officers on Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • One Tree Hill(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Las Vegas(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Threat Matrix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Veritas: The Quest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Everwood(2002)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Sunshine State(2002)

    as Greg

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Glory Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Director · as Doctor

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Chronicle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Gilmore Girls(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Young Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Secret Agent Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Popular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · as TV Director

  • Charmed(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Vengeance Unlimited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Fantasy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Dawson's Creek(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Cracker: Mind Over Murder(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Millennium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Dark Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Arli$$(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Nash Bridges(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · as Justin Previn

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Dead Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Captain

  • ER(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Men of War(1994)

    Director · as Lyle

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Betrayed by Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Earl McNally

  • NYPD Blue(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Jennifer 8(1992)

    as Travis

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dead on: Relentless II(1992)

    as Ralph Boshi

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Commish(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Grave Images (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Byron

  • Little Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Screenplay · as Steve

  • Jacob's Ladder(1990)

    as Jacob's Assailant

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler(1990)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Monsters(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Lenny

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Eight Men Out(1988)

    as Fred McMullin

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Jailbird Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Denny

  • Mortuary Academy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Sam Grimm

  • China Beach(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Jocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Jeff

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Bobby

  • Tales from the Darkside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Writer · as Sandy Darhaus

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Skip Mueller

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Sahara(1983)

    as Andy

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Bay City Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 8 episodes · as Frenchy Nuckles

  • A Rose for Emily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Deputy Binford

  • Spring Break(1983)

    as Adam Stern

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Flyers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Tim Johnson

  • Tag: The Assassination Game(1982)

    as Frank English

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • O'Hara's Wife(1982)

    as Rob O'Hara

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Body and Soul(1981)

    as Charles Golphin

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches(1980)

    as Elrod

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Alligator(1980)

    as Kelly

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Rumor of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · as Woodward

  • The Hearse(1980)

    as Paul Gordon

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Big Red One(1980)

    as Kaiser

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • 1941(1979)

    as Dennis DeSoto

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Death of Ocean View Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Billy Robbins

  • A Great Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Jim Dancer

  • Flying High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Zuma Beach(1978)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Teen Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Terry Davis

  • What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Fitzpatricks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • ABC Afterschool Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Hewitt Calder

  • M*A*S*H(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Sandler

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 84 titles from 1972 to 2018.

Biggest box office

Spring Break (1983)

$24M worldwide

Highest rated

An Interview with God (2018)

Midcredits 49th

Most popular right now

Hidden Palms (2007)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting47 of 84: 41 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thDirecting42 of 84: 36 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stWriting3 of 84: 0 only writing, 3 with another role

84 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1970s10 · acting1980s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew1990s22 · 12 acting · 14 crew2000s28 · 3 acting · 26 crew2010s2 · crew

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles

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.

How do Perry Lang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 19; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · director

Hidden Palms (2007)

79th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Midcredits 92nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 39. 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 Perry Lang's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity6 titles10–57 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32

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 Perry Lang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Perry Lang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; George Bowers shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Composers and editors

Producers