Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American television producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the entire Law & Order franchise. Throughout his career, he has won several awards including an Emmy as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has also authored three books, with the first, Law & Order: Crime Scenes is a nonfiction companion to the Law & Order series. The Intercept and The Execution are the first volumes in a new thriller series with N.Y.P.D. special agent Jeremy Fisk.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 20, 1946 (79)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Producer and writer, also actor
- 45 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
What are Dick Wolf's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
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 1 · Earnest 10
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 8
Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 6
Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Mentoras Narrator in Homicide (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous8
- 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 Dick Wolf's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Peacock (13).
- Chicago P.D. (2014) · writer, producer
- Cold Justice (2013) · producer
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) · writer, producer
- Chicago Fire (2012) · writer, producer
- Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) · writer, producer
- Law & Order (1990) · director, writer, producer
- Chicago Med (2015) · writer, producer
- The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (2025) · producer
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) · writer, producer
- FBI (2018) · writer, producer
- FBI: Most Wanted (2020) · writer, producer
- Dragnet (2003) · producer
- +1 more
- discovery+
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Dick Wolf'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
74 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Daughters of 9/11(2026)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
CIA(2026)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
On Call(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Sins of the South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Homicide(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
LA Fire and Rescue(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Blood & Money(2023)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Final Moments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
FBI: International(2021)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Naked Singularity(2021)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
FBI: Most Wanted(2020)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
First Responders Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Murder for Hire(2019)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Super(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
FBI(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Nightwatch Nation(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Criminal Confessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Inside the FBI: New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Chicago Justice(2017)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Chicago Med(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Chicago P.D.(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Cold Justice(2013)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Chicago Fire(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Stars Earn Stripes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Law & Order: LA(2010)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
When You're Strange(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Law & Order: UK(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Conviction(2006)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Dragnet(2003)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Twin Towers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Crime & Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all showsArrest & Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
D.C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Exiled(1998)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Invisible Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Players (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Feds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Swift Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Wright Verdicts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
New York Undercover(1994)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
South Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Crime & Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
School Ties(1992)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all filmsThe Human Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Mann & Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
H.E.L.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Nasty Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Christine Cromwell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Gideon Oliver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Nasty Boys(1989)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Masquerade(1988)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
No Man's Land(1987)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Miami Vice(1984)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Gas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Skateboard(1978)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all filmsMurder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 72 titles, 71 of them dated from 1978 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Masquerade (1988)
Highest rated
When You're Strange (2009)
Most popular right now
CIA (2026)
Film career
- 1988Screen debut· Masquerade
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.
Awards
2 Primetime Emmys and 4 other major awards from 22 major nominations, 1986–2011.
- Grammy Award, won · Best Long Form Music Video
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
- Producers Guild Award, won
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Made for Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
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- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Dick Wolf's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up21
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Dick Wolf's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Dick Wolf work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dick Wolf's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tom Thayer shares the most, 8.
Composers and editors
- Justin D. RobertsonShared titles: Blood & Money (2023), LA Fire and Rescue (2023), Murder for Hire (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Justin D. Robertson
- Ron WassermanShared titles: Blood & Money (2023), LA Fire and Rescue (2023), Murder for Hire (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Wasserman
- Katrina BitnerShared titles: LA Fire and Rescue (2023), Nightwatch Nation (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Katrina Bitner
- Basil PoledourisShared titles: Nasty Boys (1989), No Man's Land (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Basil Poledouris
Producers
- Tom ThayerShared titles: Daughters of 9/11 (2026), The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (2025), Blood & Money (2023), BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer (2022), Murder for Hire (2019), Nightwatch Nation (2018), The Super (2017), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)See all 8 shared titles with Tom Thayer
- Peter JankowskiShared titles: CIA (2026), When You're Strange (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Jankowski
- Dan CutforthShared titles: The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (2025), Blood & Money (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Cutforth
- Dan VolpeShared titles: The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (2025), Blood & Money (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Volpe