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Robert Michael Ryan

Robert Michael Ryan

Actor, producer, writer and director, also editor · Born February 20, 1978 (48) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Robert Michael Ryan (born February 20, 1978) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. His acting career spans a number of direct-to-video features and guest roles on a variety of popular TV series, perhaps most notably as Marvin Jr., brother of Jason Segel's Marshall Eriksen, on CBS' How I Met Your Mother (2005–12). As a filmmaker, Ryan produced, wrote and directed Dark Revelations (2015), Ouija Witch (2023), Popeye the Slayer Man (2025) and its upcoming sequel.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 20, 1978 (48)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor, producer, writer and director, also editor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Robert Michael Ryan's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
56%
Bonds
21%
Morality
15%
Self
4%
Society
4%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Cathartic
2
Romantic
1
Joyful
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Michael Ryan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Michael Ryan'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

20 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Popeye the Slayer Man(2025)

    Director · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • 12 to Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Ouija Witch(2023)

    Director · Executive Producer · Visual Effects · Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Sleepwalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as The Unknown

  • Dolls(2019)

    Producer · as Orderly

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Dark Revelations(2015)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Cody

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Girl Meets Boy(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Necrosis(2009)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Michael

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Get the Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Freddy

  • In Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • How I Met Your Mother(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marvin Eriksen

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Miss Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Tall Guy

  • Bloodstream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Frank

  • Haunted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Officer Bob

  • V.I.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Wilgan's Bodyguard (uncredited)

  • Decay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Things II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Cop

  • Early Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hang Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 13 episodes · as Earl Hatfield

  • Popeye the Slayer Man 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Story

Career shape

Star power in the 33rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1995 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Popeye the Slayer Man (2025)

$80K worldwide

Highest rated

Popeye the Slayer Man (2025)

Midcredits 3rd

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting15 of 19: 11 only acting, 4 with another roleDirecting4 of 19: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting6 of 19: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing6 of 19: 1 only producing, 5 with another roleOther crew1 of 19: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

19 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s6 · acting2000s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew2010s3 · 3 acting · 3 crew2020s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Robert Michael Ryan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 4th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 4th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

4thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

7thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Girl Meets Boy (2013)

89th percentile spread · 62% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Midcredits 94th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 34/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 24. 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 Michael Ryan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Michael Ryan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cuyle Carvin shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers