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Ron Silver

Ron Silver

Actor, also director and producer · Died March 15, 2009, aged 62 · New York City, New York, USA

Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and political activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Silver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 2, 1946
Died
March 15, 2009 (aged 62)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, also director and producer
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 91 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 64 days to Oct 27Down 36% in 30 days

What are Ron Silver's films like?

Across their 42 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Mystery2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Mystery 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
32%
Bonds
18%
Self
17%
Survival
12%
Power
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
6%
Justice14 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 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 12 · Serious 14 · Dark 15

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

Grounded 26 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 10 · Charged 16 · Intense 15

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

Steady 14 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 4

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 22 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 18 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 16 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 7

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

33 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 11 of 33 analyzed roles.

Shadow
11 of 33
Hero
8 of 33
Mentor
7 of 33
Ally
2 of 33
Herald
2 of 33
Threshold guardian
2 of 33
Shapeshifter
1 of 33
Show the 33 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
28
Thrilling
10
Warm
10
Contemplative
10
Dread
10
Other
37

How their films linger

Fun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical1

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 Ron Silver's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ron Silver'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

91 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A Secret Promise(2011)

    as Dunbar

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Xenophobia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as President

  • The Ten(2007)

    as Fielding Barnes

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")

  • Find Me Guilty(2006)

    as Sidney Finestein

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Red Mercury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Sidney

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Bernie Adler

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Co-Director · Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

  • Fahrenhype 9/11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Jack(2004)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story(2002)

    as Mike Fine

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mike Fine

  • The Wisher(2002)

    as Campbell

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Exposure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Gary Whitford

  • Ali(2001)

    as Angelo Dundee

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Festival in Cannes(2001)

    as Rick Yorkin

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Crossing Jordan(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Shelly Levine

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • When Billie Beat Bobby(2001)

    as Bobby Riggs

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • American Tragedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Robert Shapiro

  • Cutaway(2000)

    as Lt. Brian Margate

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

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

    as Herb Soric

  • Black and White(1999)

    as Simon Herzel

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • In the Company of Spies(1999)

    as Tom Lenahan

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The West Wing(1999)

    Show 19 episodes · as Bruno Gianelli

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Love Is Strange(1999)

    as Tom Ainsworth

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Heat Vision and Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Ron Silver

  • The White Raven(1998)

    as Tully Windsor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Bloom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mitch Bloom

  • Veronica's Closet(1997)

    Show 22 episodes · as Alec Bilson

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Skeletons(1997)

    as Peter Crane

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Attorney John Mockler

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Beneficiary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Guy Girard

  • Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Valentine

  • Danger Zone(1996)

    as Maurice Dupont

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Arrival(1996)

    as Gordian

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Girl 6(1996)

    as Director #2 - LA

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Outbreak(1995)

    as Colonel Baron

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Kissinger and Nixon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Henry A. Kissinger

  • Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story(1995)

    as Ron Kershaw

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • A Woman of Independent Means(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Arthur

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 11 episodes · as Tommy Wilmette

  • Timecop(1994)

    as Senator Aaron McComb

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator

  • Lifepod(1993)

    Director · as Terman

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Blind Side(1993)

    as Doug Kaines

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Saturday Night(1992)

    as Larry Meyerson

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Live Wire(1992)

    as Frank Traveres

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Married to It(1991)

    as Leo Rothenberg

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Good Policeman(1993)

    Executive Producer · as Isaac Seidel

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files(1990)

    as Jordan Ford

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Reversal of Fortune(1990)

    as Alan Dershowitz

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bernie Adler

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Steel(1990)

    as Eugene Hunt

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Enemies, a Love Story(1989)

    as Herman Broder

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Fellow Traveller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Asa Kaufman

  • A Father's Revenge(1988)

    as Max Greenwald

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Billionaire Boys Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Ron Levin

  • Billionaire Boys Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ron Levin

  • Trying Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Wiseguy(1987)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Eat and Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mickey McSorely

  • Trapped In Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Dr. Jeff Tomlinson

  • Kane & Abel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 3 episodes · as Thaddeus Cohen

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Asa Kaufman

  • Oh, God! You Devil(1984)

    as Gary Frantz

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Garbo Talks(1984)

    as Gilbert Rolfe

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Goodbye People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Eddie Bergson

  • Romancing the Stone(1984)

    as Vendor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Silkwood(1983)

    as Paul Stone

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Lovesick(1983)

    as Ted Caruso

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Best Friends(1982)

    as Larry Weisman

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Entity(1982)

    as Phil Sneiderman

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Silent Rage(1982)

    as Dr. Tom Halman

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Bakers' Dozen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mike Locasale

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Gruenwald

  • Hill Street Blues(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Word of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as David Lerner

  • The Stockard Channing Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 13 episodes · as Brad Gabriel

  • Dear Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Dear Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Det. Schwartz

  • Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Bob Cohen

  • Murder at the Mardi Gras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Larry Cook

  • Semi-Tough(1977)

    as Vlada

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to L.A.(1976)

    as Massuese (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Return of the World's Greatest Detective(1976)

    as Dr. Collins

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Tunnel Vision(1976)

    as Dr. Manuel Labor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Big Eddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Rockford Files(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Ted Haller

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Rhoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 73 episodes · as Gary Levy

  • McMillan & Wife(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 91 titles from 1971 to 2009; peak year 1983.

Biggest box office

Timecop (1994)

$102M worldwide

Highest rated

Heat Vision and Jack (1999)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Veronica's Closet (1997)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19712009

Peak 1983 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 9 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
Acting91 of 91: 88 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thDirecting2 of 91: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 91: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

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

By decade

1970s12 · acting1980s25 · acting1990s32 · 32 acting · 2 crew2000s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 4% of 25 roles
778797

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 Ron Silver's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 44; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th23
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 55 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed30

Most divisive · actor

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files (1990)

72nd percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The West Wing (1999)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 41. 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 Ron Silver's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 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 & Gore9 titles24–79 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles26–65 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles52–85 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles30–61 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles42–80 · median 54 · moderateheavier 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 Ron Silver work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ron Silver's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sidney Lumet shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles