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Jeff Daniel Phillips

Jeff Daniel Phillips

Actor · Born July 3, 1968 (58) · Westwood, New Jersey, USA

He is best known for playing a caveman in a popular series of GEICO commercials. He played the part of Maurice in the short-lived Cavemen sitcom on ABC. Other credits to him are Hide (2003), for which he was the director, producer, and co-author in addition to being a cast member; parts in Sneakers and Rob Zombie's Halloween II as Uncle Seymour, The Lords of Salem and 31; and roles in TV series Flaked, Arrest and Trial, Philly, and Profiler. He appeared in the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as David Angar, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Angar the Screamer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Daniel Phillips licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 3, 1968 (58)
From
Westwood, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 23% in 30 days

What are Jeff Daniel Phillips' films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

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

share of theme weight
Survival
37%
Self
17%
Bonds
14%
Morality
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
6%
Power
4%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 10

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

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 6
Herald
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6
Shadow
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Dread
7
Absurd
7
Melancholic
3
Manic
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Unsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

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 Jeff Daniel Phillips' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Daniel Phillips' 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

43 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Resurrection Road(2025)

    as General Craven

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Dexter: Original Sin(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as Levi Reed

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Cursed in Baja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Pirelli

  • Legend of the Lizard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as The Caveman

  • Christmas Bloody Christmas(2022)

    as Sheriff Monroe

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Toughest Things in the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • The Munsters(2022)

    as Herman Munster / Zombo / Shecky Von Rathbone

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Mosquito(2022)

    as Newt

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • An American Pickle(2020)

    as Actor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Becoming(2020)

    as Glen Hemming

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Burning Dog(2020)

    as Oliver

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Undercover Brother 2(2019)

    as Hank

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Satanic Panic(2019)

    as Steve Larson

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • 3 from Hell(2019)

    as Warden Virgil Harper

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Gifted(2017)

    Show 11 episodes · as Tex / Fade

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • The Ice Cream Truck(2017)

    as Delivery Man

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Psychopaths(2017)

    as Storyteller

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Westworld(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Tenderloin

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • 31(2016)

    as Roscoe Pepper

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Happy Birthday(2016)

    as Frank Zappa

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Flaked(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Uno

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Weight of Blood and Bones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Sol White

  • We Found Footage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Steven

  • As You Were (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as The Foreman

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as David A. Angar

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Lords of Salem(2012)

    as Herman Whitey Salvador

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Glow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Roland

  • Faster(2010)

    as Cohort #2

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • FutureStates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as The Foreman

  • Otis E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • Halloween II(2009)

    as Howard / Uncle Seymour Coffins

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Elsewhere(2009)

    as Officer Berg

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Cavemen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • Zodiac(2007)

    as Informant

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Unknown(2006)

    as Iron Cross

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Photo Assistant

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Kyle (segment "The Diner")

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Profiler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Dan Torpton

  • Peephole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Psychological Mugger

  • Sneakers(1992)

    as Playtronics Perimeter Guard

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Coffins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer · as Mr. Coffins

  • There Shall Come Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bearded Man

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 41 of them dated from 1992 to 2025; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

Faster (2010)

$36M worldwide

Highest rated

Faster (2010)

Midcredits 51st

Film career

19922025

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. 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
Acting42 of 43: 40 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thDirecting3 of 43: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 43: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 43: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

43 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s7 · 6 acting · 1 crew2010s18 · acting2020s12 · 12 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 13% of 15 roles
0616

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jeff Daniel Phillips' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 28 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Mosquito (2022)

95th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Zodiac (2007)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 49/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 34. 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 Jeff Daniel Phillips' work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles60–94 · median 86 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles32–76 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles44–92 · median 84 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles40–77 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles45–86 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Jeff Daniel Phillips work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Daniel Phillips' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rob Zombie shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers