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Skip Schwink

Skip Schwink

Actor

An actor and filmmaker known for the A24/Plan B produced Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Steven Yeun, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, as well as for the family comedy adventure feature film C.I.Ape, about the world's first chimpanzee secret agent, released by Lionsgate in 2021, where he appears as the supervillain known as Alpha Dog, and the family comedy/drama Breaking Them Up in which he co-stars alongside Kellen Coleman and Steven Schneider. Skip also stars opposite Dennis Quaid in the feature biopic Reagan where he portrays the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. A former student of the Upright Citizens Brigade and Groundlings improv and sketch schools in Los Angeles, Skip has performed at some of the worlds most famous comedy clubs including The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. His comedic talents are on full display in C.I.Ape.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 13 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 65 days to Oct 28Up 28% in 30 days

What are Skip Schwink's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
47%
Self
38%
Morality
7%
Survival
4%
Society
4%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

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 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn 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 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles
  • Threshold guardianas Franklin in Ape Canyon (2019)
  • Shadowas Alpha Dog in C.I.Ape (2021)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Thrilling
3
Warm
1
Absurd
2
Hopeful
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Ambiguous1

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 Skip Schwink's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Skip Schwink'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

13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Minding Your Business(2025)

    as Tim Craver

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Reagan(2024)

    as Jimmy Carter

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Guardians of Time(2022)

    as Jason

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Tulsa King(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Guard #2

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • C.I.Ape(2021)

    as Alpha Dog

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Joey and Ella(2021)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Ape Canyon(2019)

    as Franklin

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Minari(2020)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Sneak Over(2020)

    as Mr. Blevins

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Breaking Them Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Frank

  • Everything's Wonderful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Life 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Ryan Hall Dormmate

  • C.I.Ape: Mission Devious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer · as Alpha Dog

Career shape

Star power in the 42nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 1995 to 2025.

Biggest box office

C.I.Ape (2021)

$90K worldwide

Highest rated

C.I.Ape (2021)

Midcredits 43rd

Most popular right now

Guardians of Time (2022)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 13: 11 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thDirecting1 of 13: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 13: 0 only writing, 2 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s1 · crew2020s10 · acting

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 Skip Schwink's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 12th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 9 titles are Divisive.

  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

The Sneak Over (2020)

96th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Minari (2020)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 43/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 20. 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 Skip Schwink work with?

People who share at least 2 of Skip Schwink's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerome Reygner-Kalfon shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers