Tony Robbins (born Anthony Jay Mahavoric, ht: 6'8") is an European-American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist; he is of Croatian-American heritage. He is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including the books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within. He's also known for his role in the film Shallow Hal as himself, and appeared in Men in Black as an alien being watched on a monitor. He wears size 18 8E shoes. His parents divorced when he was 7 and his mother remarried several times, including a marriage with Jim Robbins, a former semi-professional baseball player who legally adopted Anthony when he was 12. During high school, Robbins grew ten inches in a year, a growth spurt later attributed to a pituitary tumor. When he was 17 years old, he left home and never returned. Robbins later worked as a janitor, and did not attend college. One day he asked the landlord on site, who was a family friend, about how he became so successful. The landlord then told him that he started to turn his life around after going to a Jim Rohn seminar. Robbins began promoting seminars for motivational speaker and author Jim Rohn when he was 17 years old. He subsequently learned to firewalk and incorporated it into his seminars. Robbins has worked on an individual basis with Bill Clinton, Justin Tuck, Hugh Jackman, and Pitbull. He has counseled American businessmen Peter Guber, Steve Wynn, and Marc Benioff. In July 2010, NBC debuted "Breakthrough with Tony Robbins", a reality show that followed Robbins as he helped the show's participants face their personal challenges. NBC canceled the show after airing two of the planned six episodes due to low viewership. In March 2012, the OWN Network picked up the show for another season beginning with the original first season set to re-run and thereafter leading directly into the new 2012 season. In April 2012, Robbins began cohosting Oprah's Lifeclass on the OWN Network. In 2015, filmmaker Joe Berlinger directed and produced the documentary Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, about the Tony Robbins event "Date with Destiny" after filming it in Boca Raton, Florida, in December 2014. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2016.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 29, 1960 (66)
- North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Anthony Robbins' films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Tony Robbins in Shallow Hal (2001)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical1
- Other1
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 Anthony Robbins' films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Anthony Robbins' 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
7 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
City of Dreams(2023)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Sound of Freedom(2023)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Shallow Hal(2001)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Men in Black(1997)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Cable Guy(1996)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all filmsMan’s Search for Meaning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Nine Little Indians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 52nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 5 titles, 3 of them dated from 1996 to 2001.
Film career
- 2001Screen debut· Shallow Hal
How do Anthony Robbins' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 27. 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 Anthony Robbins work with?
People who share at least 2 of Anthony Robbins' MovieCove titles; Sean Wolfington shares the most, 2.
- Sean WolfingtonShared titles: City of Dreams (2023), Sound of Freedom (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Wolfington
- Mira SorvinoShared titles: City of Dreams (2023), Sound of Freedom (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Mira Sorvino
