Wayne Kramer (born April 30, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and film and television composer. Kramer came to prominence as a teenager in 1967 as a co-founder of the Detroit rock group MC5 (Motor City 5), a group known for their powerful live performances and radical left-wing political stance. The MC5 broke up amid personality conflicts, drug abuse, and personal problems, which, for Kramer, led to several fallow years, as he battled drug addiction before returning to an active recording and performing schedule in the 1990s. Rolling Stone ranked him number ninety-two on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time".
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 30, 1948
- February 2, 2024 (aged 75)
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Actor and composer
- 8 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Wayne Kramer's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous1
- Other1
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 Wayne Kramer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- Curiosity Stream
Subscription and free streaming for Wayne Kramer'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
14 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 18 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Algren(2014)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Russian Five(2018)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Gimme Danger(2016)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Hell and Back(2015)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
MC5: Early Video Collection 1967-1972 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Concrete Blondes(2013)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Boneyard Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Hacking Democracy(2006)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Stan Ridgway's Holiday In Dirt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Rockin' in the USA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
MC5: Kick Out the Jams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Career shape
Star power in the 27th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 1999 to 2020.
Biggest box office
The Russian Five (2018)
Highest rated
The Russian Five (2018)
Most popular right now
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol (2025)
Film career
- 2016Screen debut· Gimme Danger
How do Wayne Kramer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 28. 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.
Who does Wayne Kramer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Wayne Kramer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alice Cooper shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Alice CooperShared titles: Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019), Danny Says (2015), Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Alice Cooper
- Iggy PopShared titles: Danny Says (2015), Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Iggy Pop
Producers
- Stephen NemethShared titles: I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol (2025), Fear and Loathing in Aspen (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Nemeth
- Jenny FeterovichShared titles: Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019), The Russian Five (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jenny Feterovich
- Raisa ChurinaShared titles: Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019), The Russian Five (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Raisa Churina
- Steve BannatyneShared titles: Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019), The Russian Five (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Bannatyne