Robert Nolan is stage, screen and television actor proving to be a versatile talent. He is the narrator of History TV's 'The Real Inglorious Bastards' directed by Gemini-winner Min Sook Lee which won the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards' "Best History or Biography Documentary Program or Series' award. Robert Nolan's adaptability on-screen stems from a richly varied life. Born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in Canada's wild Alberta west, Nolan has the experience of the new immigrant. He has worked white-collar and blue, then came to acting when completing his B.A. in English.He has since embarked on a career seeking out challenging varieties of roles in quality stories in every medium. Nolan works on stage and screen, appearing in dramas and comedies including 'Jim Jones' in 'Jonestown', the evil doctor of 'Twisted Pieces', a doctor reforming willful women in 'Silent Retreat' and as the husband whose grief is subsumed by rage in the comedy 'Mourning Has Broken'. In other film roles, he is a no-nonsense FBI agent taking control of an alien crash on an isolated farm in 'The Picco Incident', a reluctant and humane zombie hunter in 'Sick', a husband whose thoughts may not be his own in the critically-acclaimed award-winning 'Familiar', a desperate lab scientist in 'Canswer' and an uncertain bank robber in 'Battleground’. Nolan appears as a father whose world has fallen away with the death of his daughter by a drunk driver in 'MADD Shattered' which played to high school students across Canada. He is cast in the lead in the upcoming 'Tales From Hell' in four distinct roles as a man whose many lives return him to the bonds of the fiery underworld. Theatre roles include the lead in 'The Trial of Ken Gass', 'Bethune' and principal roles in 'The Great Gatsby', 'Rebel Without a Cause' and 'Macbeth'. QUOTES: "There aren't many actors in Canada these days who are as intense, versatile and blessed with a wonderful sexy-ugly 70s-style screen presence as the criminally underused Robert Nolan. In another time and place, Nolan would have been a bonafide star - not in the pretty boy mould, but rather in the chiseled and alternately tough and sensitive manner of a Gene Hackman, a Ron Leibman or even a Harvey Keitel. He's got leading man sensibilities, but the kind that would lead to what I like to think of as starring character roles. And yes, he's got the stuff, obviously, to be a great character actor in supporting roles, but he's proven thus far to be so goddamn good, I want to see as much of the guy onscreen as possible.” - - (Greg Klymkiw, Film Corner) "Robert Nolan has great comedy chops. No one plays Hitler funnier than Nolan." - - (Steve Markle - Testees, Camp Hollywood) "A fine actor... a very strong talent yet to be discovered by Hollywood." - - (Tommy Chang - Pacific Rim, Nikita) AWARDS: Best Actor - Mourning Has Broken (Las Vegas, Laughlin International Film Festival 2013) - Best Actor - Familiar (New York, Macabre FilmFestival) Best Actor - The Devil Walks Among You (Canada, Hamilton Film Festival) Best Ensemble Cast - Out With Dad (LA Web Fest 2012) Best Actor - Scent of Rosemary (New York, Macabre FilmFestival)
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Biography from TMDB.
- Actor, also producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
What are Robert Nolan's films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 12
Light 2 · Serious 6 · Dark 5
Grounded 12 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 7
Steady 5 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 5
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Mckay Jacobs in Sick: Survive the Night (2012)
- Heroas Husband in Mourning Has Broken (2013)
- Mentoras Doctor in Silent Retreat (2013)
- Shadowas Doctor in Twisted Pieces (2015)
- Shadowas Herod Antipas in Last Days of Jesus (2017)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
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 Robert Nolan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Mourning Has Broken (2013) · actor · free
- The Real Inglorious Bastards (2012) · actor · free
- Dangerous Rumors (2024) · actor · free
- The Legacy of Cloudy Falls (2024) · actor · free
- Tension(s) (2014) · actor · free
- Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010) · actor · free
- Silent Retreat (2013) · actor · free
- Once Upon a Time at Christmas (2017) · actor · free
- Sick: Survive the Night (2012) · actor · free
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Robert Nolan'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
38 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Dangerous Rumors(2024)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Picco Incident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Twisted Pieces(2015)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sixty Minutes to Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Hang Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Last Days of Jesus(2017)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all filmsDeimosimine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Race for the White House(2016)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
The Lockpicker(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Heir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Pete Winning and the Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Haphead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Resurrections of Clarence Neveldine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Berkshire County (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Tension(s)(2014)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Lucky 7(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Silent Retreat(2013)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Surviving Evil(2013)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Dead All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Sick: Survive the Night(2012)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Mourning Has Broken(2013)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Familiar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Devil Walks Among You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Battleground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Paranormal Witness(2011)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all showsTeach'er (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Red: Werewolf Hunter(2010)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all filmsWORM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Chop Chop... You're Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Archon Defender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Please Stand By... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Life or Death(2007)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Zero Hour(2004)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Cutaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Tiger Claws(1992)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles from 1991 to 2024; peak year 2013.
Film career
Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 1991Screen debut· Tiger Claws
- 2012First top-billed film· The Real Inglorious Bastards
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 Robert Nolan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 19 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 46/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 25. 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 Robert Nolan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Nolan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ry Barrett shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Ry BarrettShared titles: Dangerous Rumors (2024), Twisted Pieces (2015), Sick: Survive the Night (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Ry Barrett
- Sandra DaCostaShared titles: Twisted Pieces (2015), Sick: Survive the Night (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Sandra DaCosta
- JoAnn NordstromShared titles: Mourning Has Broken (2013), Paranormal Witness (2011)See all 2 shared titles with JoAnn Nordstrom
- Shawn DevlinShared titles: Mourning Has Broken (2013), The Real Inglorious Bastards (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Devlin
Cinematographers and editors
- Mike ReisacherShared titles: The Lockpicker (2016), Silent Retreat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mike Reisacher
- Michael Jari DavidsonShared titles: Mourning Has Broken (2013), Sick: Survive the Night (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Jari Davidson
Producers
- Chris AgostonShared titles: The Lockpicker (2016), Silent Retreat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Agoston
- Bruno MarinoShared titles: Mourning Has Broken (2013), Sick: Survive the Night (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Bruno Marino