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Dan Shor

Dan Shor

Actor · Born November 16, 1956 (69) · New York City, New York, USA

Daniel Shor (born November 16, 1956) is an American veteran actor, director, writer and teacher with a career spanning over 30 years.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 16, 1956 (69)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 41 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 37 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Dan Shor's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Morality
24%
Bonds
19%
Power
19%
Survival
19%
Self
15%
Society
3%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 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 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 4

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 6 · 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 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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 6 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Trickster
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
4
Thrilling
3
Absurd
3
Dread
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

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 Dan Shor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dan Shor'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

41 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Jessica Jones(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Mathias Cole

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as FJ Powell

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • TRON: The Next Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Roy «Ram» Kleinberg

  • The Pixar Story(2007)

    as Ram (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as D.A. Daniel Boyd

  • Night Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Jones

  • Air Force One(1997)

    as Notre Dame Aide

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Voyager(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Arridor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Against the Grain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as 2nd ER Nurse

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Red Rock West(1993)

    as Deputy Russ Bowman

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Doppelganger(1993)

    as Stanley White

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story(1993)

    as Jass

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Solar Crisis(1990)

    as Harvard

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Ghoulies Go to College(1991)

    as Professor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure(1989)

    as Billy the Kid

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Daddy's Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Hawk

  • thirtysomething (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Arridor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Beauty and the Beast(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Bernie Spirko

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Black Moon Rising(1986)

    as Billy Lyons

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Mesmerized(1985)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Pierce

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Mike's Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Richard

  • My Mother's Secret Life(1984)

    as Jack Camaras

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Talk to Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Julian

  • Strangers Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Farris, the Producer

  • Strange Invaders(1983)

    as Teen Boy in Prologue

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • This Girl for Hire(1983)

    as Punk

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Blue and the Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · as Luke Geyser

  • Tron(1982)

    as Ram

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Cagney & Lacey(1981)

    Show 19 episodes · as Jonah Newman

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Strange Behavior(1981)

    as Pete Brady

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Back Roads(1981)

    as Spivey

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Friendly Fire(1979)

    as Prince

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • A Rumor of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · as Manhole

  • The Boy Who Drank Too Much(1980)

    as Art Collins

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • If Things Were Different(1980)

    as Eric Langford

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Knots Landing(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Bobby

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Wise Blood(1979)

    as Enoch Emory

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Clarence / Sir Paragraph

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 41 titles from 1978 to 2015; peak year 1982.

Biggest box office

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

$41M worldwide

Highest rated

Red Rock West (1993)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

Tron (1982)

Film career

19782015

Peak 1982 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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
Acting41 of 41: 41 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rd

By decade

1970s3 · acting1980s23 · acting1990s11 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s3 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
7984

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 Dan Shor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 29 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Ghoulies Go to College (1991)

75th percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Pixar Story (2007)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 39. 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 Dan Shor's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles16–44 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian 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 Dan Shor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dan Shor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Laughlin shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers