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Dylan Walsh

Dylan Walsh

Actor · Born November 17, 1963 (62) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Dylan Walsh (born Charles Hunter Walsh, November 17, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, Al Burns on Unforgettable, and Sam Lane on Superman & Lois.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 17, 1963 (62)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 71 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 156 days to Oct 27Up 73% in 30 days

What are Dylan Walsh's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Mystery3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Mystery movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action 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
Self
26%
Bonds
24%
Morality
18%
Survival
18%
Power
6%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Survival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 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 8 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 17 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 3

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

Steady 12 · Shifting 10 · 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 12 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 4

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 12 · Even-paced 11 · 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 11 · 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 8 · Heavy 4

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

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 17 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 17
Shadow
4 of 17
Shapeshifter
3 of 17
Threshold guardian
1 of 17
Ally
1 of 17
Mentor
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Dread
6
Hopeful
8
Melancholic
6
Warm
5
Other
28

How their films linger

Hopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Dylan Walsh's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dylan Walsh'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

71 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Highest Stakes(2026)

    as Tom Cartright

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Window(2026)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Heated Rivalry(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as David Hollander

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Les révoltés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Xavier

  • Alter Ego(2021)

    as Alan Schaeffer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Superman & Lois(2021)

    Show 45 episodes · as Samuel Lane

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • JL Family Ranch 2(2020)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Whiskey Cavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alex Ollerman

  • Deadly Switch(2021)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • American Fright Fest(2018)

    as Spencer Crowe

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Life Sentence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as Paul Abbott

  • SEAL Team(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Captain Walch

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Chicago Justice(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Ken Banks

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Designated Survivor(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Max Clarkson

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • C Street(2016)

    as Senator Fallon

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • NCIS: New Orleans(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Detective Messier · as Jim Messier

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Authors Anonymous(2014)

    as Alan Mooney

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Motive(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Wayne Hobbs

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Longmire(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Shane Muldoon

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jason Prosser

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Unforgettable(2011)

    Show 61 episodes · as Al Burns

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Bloods(2010)

    Show 10 episodes · as Mayor Peter Chase

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Secretariat(2010)

    as Jack Tweedy

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Stepfather(2009)

    as David Harris

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Agent Harris

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Just Add Water(2008)

    as Ray Tuckby

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Lost Holiday: The Jim & Suzanne Shemwell Story(2007)

    as Jim Shemwell

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

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

    Casting Assistant · Costume Supervisor

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

    Assistant Director Trainee · Wardrobe Supervisor · as Tony Gates

  • Edmond(2005)

    as Interrogator

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Lake House(2006)

    as Morgan

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Antebody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jacob Ambro

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 100 episodes · as Sean McNamara

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story(2003)

    as Jim Brock

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Lone Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Kansas City Haas

  • Presidio Med (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Danny Gibson

  • The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Adam

  • Everwood(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Carl Feeney

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Blood Work(2002)

    as Detective John Waller

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Par 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Mac Hegelman

  • We Were Soldiers(2002)

    as Capt. Robert Edwards

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Power Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Matt Nash

  • Deadly Little Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Cole Chamberlain

  • Jet Boy(2001)

    as Boon Palmer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Tom Cooley

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Chapter Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Adam Lazaras

  • Final Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Aaron

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as John Conway · as Malcolm Royce

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery(1997)

    as Frank Syler

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Eden(1996)

    as Bill Kunen

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Teo Morrison

  • Brooklyn South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 22 episodes · as Jimmy Doyle

  • Changing Habits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Felix Shepherd

  • Divided by Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Louis Gibbs

  • Congo(1995)

    as Dr. Peter Elliot

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Outer Limits(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Sgt. Eldritch

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Nobody's Fool(1994)

    as Peter Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Radio Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Michael Anderson

  • Telling Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Jesse Graham

  • Arctic Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Eric Desmond

  • Gabriel's Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 22 episodes · as Louis Klein

  • Betsy's Wedding(1990)

    as Jake Lovell

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Where the Heart Is(1990)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Chameleons(1989)

    as Stan

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • When We Were Young(1989)

    as Lee Jameson

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Loverboy(1989)

    as Jory Talbot

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Kate & Allie(1984)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • 21 Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Kevin

  • The Evilry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Lloyd Parker

  • The Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Up in the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Saul Ashburn

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles, 67 of them dated from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

Congo (1995)

$152M worldwide

Highest rated

Nobody's Fool (1994)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Superman & Lois (2021)

Film career

19842026

Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 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
Acting70 of 71: 69 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thOther crew2 of 71: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s22 · 21 acting · 2 crew2010s16 · acting2020s7 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 17% of 18 roles
899909

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 Dylan Walsh's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

C Street (2016)

99th percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Heated Rivalry (2025)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 35. 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 Dylan Walsh's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles31–85 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles8–52 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles23–74 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles27–63 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles6–74 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Dylan Walsh work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dylan Walsh's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Teri Polo shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Producers