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Durrell Nelson

Durrell Nelson

Actor, director and producer

Durrell Nelson has worked as a director, actor, writer, producer, and stuntman. His credits as director and producer include the feature films An Unlikely Angel and Texas Rein. His credits as a professional SAG actor include Drop Dead Diva, Killing Lincoln, JAG, An American Carol, X-Files, General Hospital, and Melrose Place. Durrell is also an award-winning screenwriter and recipient of the prestigious Jerome Lawrence Award for his stage play Falling Lighty. His screenplay, The Home Game, took first prize at the Maryland Film Festival in 2010. Durrell holds a Master of Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. Durrell is producer and co-owner of Beautiful Feet Productions with his wife, Rebecca Rogers (I).

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Actor, director and producer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 29% in 30 days

What are Durrell Nelson's films like?

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

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
4
Warm
2
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2

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 Durrell Nelson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Durrell Nelson'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

15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Never Give Up(2023)

    as Coach Perry

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • An Unlikely Angel(2022)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Mulligan(2022)

    as Terry

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Imagined(2022)

    as Walter Harris

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Trump Prophecy(2018)

    as Beast / Pops

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Texas Rein(2016)

    Director · Producer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • An American Carol(2008)

    as Chaplain

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Drew Sticknay

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Maggie's Dad (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Born Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Trapper

  • Dead End City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Brett

  • The Toxic Avenger(1984)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Blow Out(1981)

    Stunts

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Paper Football (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mr. Oldham

  • Warehouse: One Step Away from A Bad Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Frank

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 12 of them dated from 1981 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting11 of 14: 10 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting2 of 14: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 14: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 14: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s4 · 2 acting · 2 crew1990s2 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s2 · 2 acting · 1 crew2020s3 · 2 acting · 1 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 Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Durrell Nelson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 11 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the acting 36/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 26. 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 Durrell Nelson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Durrell Nelson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Rogers shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles