From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Johnny Whitworth (born October 31, 1975) is an American actor. His early years were spent in his birth place of Charleston, South Carolina, with his mother. When he grew older, he moved to Dallas, Texas with his father (his parents are divorced). At age 15/16 in 1991, he won the 1st Young and Modern Man Contest. Shortly after, he moved to Los Angeles with his mother and at the age of 18 started his acting career with a guest appearance on Party of Five in 1994. His debut in movies was with Bye Bye Love in 1995. That same year, he played A.J. in the film Empire Records. The movie became a cult classic. He quit acting after his first few movies, but then made a comeback in 1997s The Rainmaker. He currently has a recurring role on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, where he plays bad-boy Detective Jake Berkeley, a love interest of Calleigh Duquesne. The storyline is swiftly making Whitworth's character a controversial one, as his competition for Calleigh is long-time CSI agent Eric Delko. Since the end of Season 5 and throughout Season 6, Jake was no longer an ATF agent but a Miami-Dade homicide detective working with the CSIs. Season 7 sees Whitworth return in the first episode, with a promise of more to come. In 2007, he appeared in the film 3:10 to Yuma, starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, and in 2009, co-starred in Gamer with Gerard Butler. He appeared in the films Locked in, Valley of the Sun, and Neil Burger's Limitless. He also will be playing the villain Blackout in the 2012 sequel and reboot Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Whitworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 31, 1975 (50)
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 34 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
What are Johnny Whitworth's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
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 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 19
Light 2 · Serious 7 · Dark 12
A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 11 · Intense 8
Steady 6 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 4
Casual 7 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 12 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas AJ in Empire Records (1995)
- Heroas Leon Ellis in Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
- Threshold guardianas Patty in Hell's Kitchen (1998)
- Shadowas Hendrix in Wuthering Heights (2003)
- Threshold guardianas Hendrix in Wuthering Heights (2003)
- Heraldas Vernon in Limitless (2011)
- Heroas Andy Taggert in Valley of the Sun (2011)
- Shadowas David James in Zephyr Springs (2013)
- Heraldas Kent Kendall in Bad Hurt (2015)
- Heroas Christian Baker in Still Here (2020)
- Heroas Sam in The A-Frame (2024)
- Shadowas Cody Stevens in Good Grief (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
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 Johnny Whitworth's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).
- Good Grief (2024) · actor · free
- Colony (2016) · actor · free
- Factory Girl (2006) · actor · free
- Party of Five (1994) · actor · free
- Still Here (2020) · actor · free
- Pathology (2008) · actor · free
- Gamer (2009) · actor · free
- Me and Will (1999) · actor · free
- Kiss the Bride (2002) · actor · free
- Locked In (2010) · actor · free
- Valentine (2001) · actor · free
- The A-Frame (2024) · actor · free
- +2 more
Subscription and free streaming for Johnny Whitworth'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
44 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Good Grief(2024)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The A-Frame(2024)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Darkness of the Road(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Still Here(2020)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Carte Blanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Bad Hurt(2015)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Colony(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Blindspot(2015)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The 100(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Zephyr Springs(2013)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Limitless(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Valley of the Sun(2011)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Locked In(2010)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Gamer(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Reach for Me(2008)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Pathology(2008)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
3:10 to Yuma(2007)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Factory Girl(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Numb3rs(2005)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Handler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Wuthering Heights(2003)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Kiss the Bride(2002)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Birdseye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
The Anarchist Cookbook(2002)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Shield(2002)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Valentine(2001)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Shadow Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Me and Will(1999)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Out in Fifty(1999)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Providence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Hell's Kitchen(1998)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Rainmaker(1997)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Somebody Is Waiting(1996)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Empire Records(1995)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Bye Bye Love(1995)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Party of Five(1994)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Six Days in Evergreen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sticky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 44 titles, 42 of them dated from 1994 to 2024; peak year 2010.
Film career
Peak 2010 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 1995Screen debut· Bye Bye Love
- 1995Breakout· Empire Records
- 2014Career best· The 100
- 2020First top-billed film· Still Here
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 Johnny Whitworth's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th13
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 34 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic7
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 37. 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 Johnny Whitworth's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Johnny Whitworth work with?
People who share at least 2 of Johnny Whitworth's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Taylor shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Brian TaylorShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Brian Taylor
- Mark NeveldineShared titles: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Neveldine
- Suri KrishnammaShared titles: Locked In (2010), Wuthering Heights (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Suri Krishnamma
Actors
- Peter JasonShared titles: Valley of the Sun (2011), Locked In (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Jason
- Alyssa MilanoShared titles: Pathology (2008), Kiss the Bride (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Alyssa Milano
- Seymour CasselShared titles: Reach for Me (2008), Me and Will (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Seymour Cassel
- Katherine HeiglShared titles: Wuthering Heights (2003), Valentine (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Katherine Heigl
Composers and cinematographers
- Ekkehart PollackShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Ekkehart Pollack
- Robbie C. WilliamsonShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Robbie C. Williamson
Producers
- Eric ReidShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Reid
- Gary LucchesiShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Lucchesi
- Richard S. WrightShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Richard S. Wright
- Skip WilliamsonShared titles: Gamer (2009), Pathology (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Skip Williamson