Tom McElroy
Tom is a lifelong resident of Illinois, hailing from the far north suburb of Zion, now living on the north side of Chicago. Always a performer he spent his high school and college years doing magic for parties and acting in local productions both community and professional. Over the past 20 plus years he has honed his skills in Chicago and regional theater (including many Jeff Award winning productions) and then breaking into television, and film with roles in Early Edition, Chicago Code, Prison Break (recurring), Chicago Fire and more. Film includes The Dark Knight and most recently Southside With You playing Barak Obama's boss, Avery Goodman.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Tom McElroy's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Tom McElroy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Tom McElroy'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
9 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
For Prophet(2024)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Peter Five Eight(2024)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Pardoned by Grace(2022)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Pale Man(2017)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Citizen in the Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
What If...(2010)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Dark Knight(2008)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Prison Break(2005)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 55th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 2005 to 2024; peak year 2021.
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2010Screen debut· What if...
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.
How do Tom McElroy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 38/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 19. 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.
Who does Tom McElroy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tom McElroy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ben Marten shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Ben MartenShared titles: For Prophet (2024), The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Marten
- Enrico NataleShared titles: For Prophet (2024), The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Enrico Natale
Composers and cinematographers
- Camrin PetramaleShared titles: For Prophet (2024), The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Camrin Petramale
- Garrett BeelowShared titles: For Prophet (2024), The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Garrett Beelow
- King LuckShared titles: For Prophet (2024), The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019)See all 2 shared titles with King Luck