Michael "Mike" Tollin (born June 10, 1955) is an American film director and film/television producer. His career highlights included Radio, Coach Carter, and Varsity Blues. He frequently collaborates with Brian Robbins in which they own a production company together called Tollin/Robbins Productions. They created and produced such shows like All That, The Amanda Show, Kenan & Kel, One Tree Hill, Smallville, What I Like About You, The Bronx is Burning and a few others. Tollin was the producer of the weekly highlights show for the United States Football League, the springtime football league which played from 1983 through 1985. In 2009, he served as executive producer for the hour-long documentary Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? for ESPN's 30 for 30 series. He was also part of a number of the series films, as one of the production members. Tollin is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Tollin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 6, 1955 (71)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Producer and director, also writer
- 48 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
What are Michael Tollin's films like?
Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 28
Light 19 · Serious 8 · Dark 2
Grounded 24 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 18 · Charged 8 · Intense 3
Steady 22 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 7
Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1
Casual 23 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 14 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 4
Resolved 27 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy12
- Bittersweet14
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical3
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 Michael Tollin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Fastball (2016) · producer · free
- Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story (2018) · producer · free
- Silly Silly Fun Boy (2026) · producer · free
- Hardball (2001) · producer · free
- What I Like About You (2002) · producer · free
- Wild Hogs (2007) · producer · free
- Ready to Rumble (2000) · producer · free
- Norbit (2007) · producer · free
- Meltdown (2021) · producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Tollin'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
81 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Born to Bowl(2026)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Silly Silly Fun Boy(2026)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Unraveling George(2025)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Justice, USA(2024)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Iceman(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Stand(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Kids in a Cage(2023)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Redeem Team(2022)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Captain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Arctic Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Meltdown(2021)
Klutch Academy(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Comedy Store(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Last Dance(2020)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Iron Hammer(2020)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
One Crazy Night in Baseball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
All That(2019)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Golden Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Improbably Gibson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Morningside 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Chuck(2016)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Zookeeper's Wife(2017)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Bigger Fatter Liar(2017)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
CounterPunch(2017)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Fastball(2016)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Tose: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Kareem: Minority of One(2015)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Summer Dreams(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
One Night in Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Jordan Rides the Bus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Muhammad and Larry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Band That Wouldn't Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
30 for 30(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Kings Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Bronx Is Burning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Unstrung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Wild Hogs(2007)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Norbit(2007)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Bonds on Bonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Crumbs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Inconceivable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Dreamer(2005)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Coach Carter(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Perfect Score(2004)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Radio(2003)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
I'm with Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
One Tree Hill(2003)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Black Sash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Birds of Prey(2002)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
What I Like About You(2002)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Big Fat Liar(2002)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Nick Cannon Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Smallville(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Hardball(2001)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Summer Catch(2001)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Ready to Rumble(2000)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Amanda Show(1999)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Varsity Blues(1999)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Cousin Skeeter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Good Burger(1997)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Kenan & Kel(1996)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Arli$$(1996)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
All That(1994)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Hardwood Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Great Sports Moments of the 80's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Final Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
1981 Official World Series Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 72 titles, 71 of them dated from 1981 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Wild Hogs (2007)
Highest rated
Coach Carter (2005)
Most popular right now
All That (2019)
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 Michael Tollin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of the 30 of 31 with a score; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up22
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
18 of their 47 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Loved with Detractors2
- Divisive4
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed18
Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Michael Tollin's work okay for kids?
Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.
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 Michael Tollin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Tollin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Robbins shares the most, 14.
Directors
- Brian RobbinsShared titles: All That (2019), Bigger Fatter Liar (2017), Wild Hogs (2007), Coach Carter (2005), Dreamer (2005), The Perfect Score (2004), Radio (2003), Big Fat Liar (2002), Hardball (2001), Summer Catch (2001), Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Ready to Rumble (2000) and 2 moreSee newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Brian Robbins
Writers
- John GatinsShared titles: Coach Carter (2005), Dreamer (2005), Hardball (2001), Summer Catch (2001), Ready to Rumble (2000)See all 5 shared titles with John Gatins
- Heath SeifertShared titles: All That (2019), Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Good Burger (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Heath Seifert
- Kevin KopelowShared titles: All That (2019), Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Good Burger (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Kopelow
- Mark SchwahnShared titles: Coach Carter (2005), The Perfect Score (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Schwahn
Actors
- Kel MitchellShared titles: All That (2019), Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Good Burger (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Kel Mitchell
- Kenan ThompsonShared titles: All That (2019), Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Good Burger (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Kenan Thompson
- Liev SchreiberShared titles: Born to Bowl (2026), Chuck (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Liev Schreiber
- Matthew LillardShared titles: The Perfect Score (2004), Summer Catch (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Lillard
Cinematographers and editors
- Ned BastilleShared titles: The Perfect Score (2004), Hardball (2001), Ready to Rumble (2000), Varsity Blues (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Ned Bastille
- Bo BilstrupShared titles: Silly Silly Fun Boy (2026), Stand (2023), The Iron Hammer (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Bo Bilstrup
- Dan Shulman-MeansShared titles: Unraveling George (2025), Iceman (2023), Stand (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Shulman-Means
- Diego Hurtado de MendozaShared titles: Unraveling George (2025), The Redeem Team (2022), The Iron Hammer (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Producers
- Jonathan VoglerShared titles: Born to Bowl (2026), Silly Silly Fun Boy (2026), Unraveling George (2025), It's in the Game: Madden NFL (2024), Kids in a Cage (2023), Stand (2023), The Redeem Team (2022), CounterPunch (2017)See all 8 shared titles with Jonathan Vogler
- Jon WeinbachShared titles: Kids in a Cage (2023), The Redeem Team (2022), Klutch Academy (2021), The Iron Hammer (2020), CounterPunch (2017), Summer Dreams (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Jon Weinbach
- Mason GordonShared titles: Born to Bowl (2026), Iceman (2023), Kids in a Cage (2023), Stand (2023), Summer Dreams (2014)See all 5 shared titles with Mason Gordon
- Matt McDonaldShared titles: Unraveling George (2025), Iceman (2023), The Redeem Team (2022), Klutch Academy (2021), Chuck (2016)See all 5 shared titles with Matt McDonald