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Jim Mallon

Jim Mallon

Actor, director, writer and producer · Born March 19, 1956 (70) · Rochester, Minnesota, USA

James Joseph Mallon (born March 19, 1956) is an American television and film producer and writer, most notable for being executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is also president of the series' original production company, Best Brains, Inc., directed more than 75 episodes of MST3K, and played the role of Gypsy from the first season until Jack Frost in the middle of the eighth season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Mallon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 19, 1956 (70)
From
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Works as
Actor, director, writer and producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all

What are Jim Mallon's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
3
Absurd
4
Warm
2
Contemplative
1
Tense
1

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Jim Mallon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jim Mallon'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

10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The 'Bots Are Back! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · as Gypsy (voice)

  • The Last Dance: RAW (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Camera Operator · as Himself

  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • 2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer

  • 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie(1996)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Gypsy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Poopie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Gypsy (voice)

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000(1988)

    Show 176 episodes · Director · Writer · as Bowler-Hatted Guy · as Gypsy (voice) · as Imperialistic Alien

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Blood Hook(1987)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 59th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 1987 to 2007.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 9: 2 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting4 of 9: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 9: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 9: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 9: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

9 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew1990s6 · 3 acting · 4 crew2000s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Jim Mallon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 61, detractors 15. 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 Jim Mallon's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jim Mallon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jim Mallon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Murphy shares the most, 4.

Writers

Mixed roles