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Adam MacDonald

Adam MacDonald

Actor, director and writer, also producer · Born May 16, 1977 (49) · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

William Adam MacDonald (born May 16th, 1977) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 16, 1977 (49)
From
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Works as
Actor, director and writer, also producer
Titles
24 on Motif · 41 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 157 days to Oct 28Down 28% in 30 days

What are Adam MacDonald's films like?

Across their 11 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Motif score: 12th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Motif score: 6th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif 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
Survival
48%
Bonds
19%
Self
17%
Morality
9%
Society
7%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

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

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Dread
7
Melancholic
6
Romantic
1
Contemplative
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

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 Adam MacDonald's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 24 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Adam MacDonald's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

41 credits, 24 with a Motif page.

  • This Is Not a Test(2025)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Motif score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Hell Motel(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Producer

    Motif score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Out Come the Wolves(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Motif score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Thanksgiving(2023)

    as John Carver (voice)

    Motif score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Slasher: Ripper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · as Goon

  • Eli Roth's Be Mine: A VR Valentine's Slasher (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Urban Legend(2022)

    Show Writer

    Motif score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Slasher: Flesh & Blood (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • Tribal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lucas Fielding

  • Hellmington(2018)

    as Lance Mansbridge

    Motif score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Pyewacket(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Motif score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Slasher(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Backcountry(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Motif score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Home Sweet Home (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    as Frank

  • Rookie Blue(2010)

    Show 30 episodes · as Steve Peck

    Motif score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Republic of Doyle(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Roger

    Motif score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Wild Roses(2009)

    Show 13 episodes · as Peter McGregor

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Being Erica(2009)

    Show 27 episodes · as Josh MacIntosh

    Motif score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Mayerthorpe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Constable Peter Schiemann

  • Victor(2008)

    as Dave Koslisnik

    Motif score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Final Draft(2007)

    as Jack

    Motif score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Lethal Obsession (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    as Drew Brampton

  • Jekyll + Hyde(2006)

    as Josh Enfield

    Motif score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Beach Girls (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marty Alba

  • Love Rules! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    as Brian

  • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen(2004)

    as Steve

    Motif score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • 1-800-Missing(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · as Douglas

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Mutant X(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Renfield

    Motif score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Snow in August (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    as Frankie McCarthy

  • Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    as Rick Savage

  • Vampire High(2001)

    Show as Nick Mcallister

    Motif score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Nuremberg (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as American Guard

  • The Audrey Hepburn Story(2000)

    as Nick Dana

    Motif score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Satan's School for Girls(2000)

    as Blake

    Motif score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Big Wolf on Campus (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Butch Jenkins

  • Running Home (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    as Jay Torpy

  • Misguided Angels (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Brandon Dean

  • Going to Kansas City (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    as Floyd Weaver

  • The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny Dabowski

    Motif score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Bulldog · as Eddy West

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Hockey Player (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 39 titles, 38 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2000.

Biggest box office

This Is Not a Test (2025)

$220K worldwide

Highest rated

Backcountry (2014)

Motif 40th

Most popular right now

This Is Not a Test (2025)

Film career

19922026

Peak 2000 · 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting30 of 39: 29 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Motif score41stDirecting9 of 39: 3 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Motif score24thWriting5 of 39: 1 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing1 of 39: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

39 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s6 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s7 · 4 acting · 3 crew2020s8 · 3 acting · 6 crew

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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Adam MacDonald's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 17th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 23rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

23rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

7thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Motif score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 24 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Satan's School for Girls (2000)

76th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Rookie Blue (2010)

Motif 84th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 Adam MacDonald's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 83 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles13–38 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 31
Profanity3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 35

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 Adam MacDonald work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adam MacDonald's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeff Roop shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers