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James Tupper

James Tupper

Actor · Born August 4, 1965 (61) · Canada

James Tupper (born August 4, 1965) is a Canadian actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Tupper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 4, 1965 (61)
From
Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 60 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 18% in 30 days

What are James Tupper's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 4th 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
Bonds
30%
Morality
19%
Survival
16%
Self
14%
Power
8%
Ideas
8%
Society
6%
Family bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 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 13 · Serious 4 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 21 · Stylized 3 · 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 11 · Charged 9 · Intense 4

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

Steady 14 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 6 · 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 12 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 0

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 6

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

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 16 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 16
Hero
3 of 16
Shapeshifter
3 of 16
Shadow
2 of 16
Threshold guardian
1 of 16
Trickster
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Dread
9
Warm
9
Melancholic
12
Hopeful
10
Other
14

How their films linger

Feel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 James Tupper's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for James Tupper'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

60 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • If I Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Gordon Keegan

  • The 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Sugar Baby(2024)

    as Jeff

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Cold Copy(2023)

    as Aleksy

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Blessings of Christmas(2023)

    as Adam Carraway

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Irrational(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sanford

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • We Have Notes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Bishop Cauchon

  • Weathering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Dr. Horell

  • Ride(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Cody

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Fall Into Winter(2023)

    as Brooks

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Mid-Love Crisis(2022)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Sam Moore

  • The Requin(2022)

    as Kyle

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • My Christmas Family Tree(2021)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Hardy Boys(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Fenton Hardy

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Beneath Us(2019)

    as Ben Rhodes

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The World Without You(2019)

    as Nathan

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Emma Fielding Mysteries: More Bitter Than Death(2019)

    as Jim Conner

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Million Little Things(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Andrew Pollock

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • FBI(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Phil

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery(2018)

    as Jim Conner

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Totem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as James

  • The Brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alex Hoffman

  • Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery(2017)

    as Jim Conner

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Last Word(2017)

    as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Big Little Lies(2017)

    Show 14 episodes · as Nathan Carlson

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Aftermath(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · as Joshua Copeland

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • My Sweet Audrina(2016)

    as Damian Jonathan Adare

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Resurrection(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dr. Eric Ward

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Mom's Day Away(2014)

    as Michael Miller

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Decoding Annie Parker(2013)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Sticks & Stones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jeff

  • Nothing Left to Fear(2013)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives(2013)

    as Richard Deaver

  • Playing for Keeps(2012)

    as Matt

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Girl Fight(2011)

    as Ray

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Revenge(2011)

    Show 43 episodes · as David Clarke

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Popper's Penguins(2011)

    as Rick

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Mercy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 22 episodes · as Chris Sands

  • The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger(2009)

    as BJ Stoker

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Toxic Skies(2008)

    as Jack Bowen

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • For Heaven's Sake(2008)

    as Peter Whitman

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Me and Orson Welles(2008)

    as Joseph Cotten

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Wendy Williams Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Pictures of Hollis Woods(2007)

    as John Regan

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Samantha Who?(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · as Owen

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Invisible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer · as Joe

  • Love's Abiding Joy(2006)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Men in Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 36 episodes · as Jack Slattery

  • Love's Long Journey(2005)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Loudmouth Soup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Keith Miller

  • How I Met Your Mother(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Derek

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 7 episodes · as Andrew Perkins

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: NY(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Paul Zernecky

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Corky Romano(2001)

    as FBI Agent

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Joe Dirt(2001)

    as Cop at Bridge

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Peroxide Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jed

  • Gilmore Girls(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Biker

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Aversion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Open Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 60 titles, 58 of them dated from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Playing for Keeps (2012)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

My Christmas Family Tree (2021)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Aftermath (2016)

Film career

20002025

Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 14 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
Acting59 of 60: 58 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting1 of 60: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleWriting1 of 60: 0 only writing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s20 · 20 acting · 1 crew2010s22 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 22 roles
051520

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 James Tupper's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of the 29 of 30 with a score; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 43 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

For Heaven's Sake (2008)

95th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Big Little Lies (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 31. 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 James Tupper's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does James Tupper work with?

People who share at least 2 of James Tupper's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tess Atkins shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles