Chicago native Trae Ireland is an Actor, Producer, Writer, Director with an impressive list of Movie, Television, & Theatre credits. Trae has had the privilege to join an elite cast of A-listers in the high powered action movie and one of "Bruce Willi's" last films in "FORTRESS." Trae has had a stints on "HBO's" "Golden Globe" nominated show "SMILF" & "HBO's" Emmy nominated show "Silicon Valley." Trae has also produced, and starred in the hit seasonal "BET" Christmas movie, "For The Love of Christmas" which airs annually on all "BET" platforms. Inking a deal with Netflix...Trae's movie "Pierre Jackson" (in which he Produced & Starred) broke records domestic and internationally on the streaming platform. His performance lead him Trae to win the "HAPAWARD'S" "BEST ACTOR" Leading male in a feature film for his role in "Pierre Jackson." Trae has a feature movie that he has funded, produced and starred in titled, "I Left My Girlfriend For Regina Jones," starring "Elise Neal,""KJ Smith,""Wesley Jonathan" and "Adel Givens which was released in the fall of 2022. In Theatre...Trae has Starred alongside "Loretta Devine," "Ledisi," & "Ernest Thomas" in "Don B Welch's" Hit Stage-play, "Yes! God is Real." Trae has also toured nationwide sharing the stage with, "Morris Chestnut," "Michelle Williams" (Destiny's Child), "Tiffany Haddish," "Brian White," & "Clifton Davis" in "David E. Talbert's" hit Stage-play, "What My Husband Doesn't Know." As a Producer on the "Major" studio level, Trae has been producing and consulting at Sony Screen Gems from 2002-Present. "First Sunday, Death At A Funeral, Takers, Think Like A Man 1 & 2, Residents Evil & Underworld, & "Black & Blue to name a few. As a Director...Trae has been mentored and trained to direct sitcoms by comedy heavyweight "Bentley Kyle Evans" ("Martin," The Jamie Foxx Show," & "Netflix's "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me" to name a few. This has led Trae to direct the hysterical sitcoms, "Arnolds Caribbean Pizza," House Out of Order," & "Bff's" to name a few. Follow him on Twitter/Instagram @traeireland3 and "Trae Ireland" on Facebook.
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Biography from IMDb.
- April 8, 1978 (48)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor, also producer and director
- 38 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
What are Trae Ireland's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds 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 1 · Wry 4 · Earnest 14
A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 5 · Dark 4
Grounded 14 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 12 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 10 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1
Casual 10 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 2
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Bluebeard in Sinister Squad (2016)
- Heroas Jonas Johnson Johnson in The Matchmaker (2021)
- Shadowas Frank in Sawed Off (2022)
- Mentoras Smith in House Out of Order (2022)
- Shadowas Parker in Night of Blood (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous10
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 Trae Ireland's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).
- For the Love of Christmas (2016) · actor, producer · free
- The Matchmaker (2021) · actor · free
- Psycho Ex (2024) · actor · free
- A Beautiful Soul (2012) · actor · free
- What My Husband Doesn't Know (2012) · actor · free
- Perfectly Single (2019) · actor · free
- Armored (2009) · producer · free
- House Out of Order (2022) · actor, director · free
- From Jennifer (2017) · actor · free
- 13/13/13 (2013) · actor · free
- Out on Parole (2004) · actor · free
- The Soap Star Murder Mystery (2026) · actor · free
- +7 more
- Chicago P.D. (2014) · actor
- Bones (2005) · actor
- S.W.A.T. (2017) · actor
- For the Love of Christmas (2016) · actor, producer
- The Matchmaker (2021) · actor
- JAG (1995) · actor
- House Out of Order (2022) · actor, director
- 13/13/13 (2013) · actor
- Sawed Off (2022) · actor, producer
- Tales from the Other Side (2022) · actor
- ALLBLK, show their 3 titles on ALLBLK
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Curiosity Stream, show their title on Curiosity Stream
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their title on IndiePix Unlimited
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
Subscription and free streaming for Trae Ireland'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
57 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Night of Blood(2026)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
A Life of Sunshine(2025)
The Contract(2024)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Psycho Ex(2024)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Hard Hit(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Adam + Eve(2022)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sawed Off(2022)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Blunt News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
House Out of Order(2022)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Fortress(2021)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Matchmaker(2021)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Ayanna Shon's Christmas Hypnosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Gen Zone(2021)
I Left My Girlfriend for Regina Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Perfectly Single(2019)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Verotika(2019)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Deadly Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Pierre Jackson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
S.W.A.T.(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
From Jennifer(2017)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Paranoia Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Chocolate City: Vegas(2017)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Betrothed(2016)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Sinister Squad(2016)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Condo(2015)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Assistant Motives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
About Last Night(2014)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Chicago P.D.(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Patterns of Attraction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Angry Insecure Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
13/13/13(2013)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Baggage Claim(2013)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Holla 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Cleaver Family Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
No Man's Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
A Beautiful Soul(2012)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Mardi Gras: Spring Break(2011)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Twisted Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Death at a Funeral(2010)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Armored(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
First Sunday(2008)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Welfare Checks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Bunny Whipped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Coach Carter(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Out on Parole(2004)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Breakin' All the Rules(2004)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Makin' Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Strong Medicine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Once and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Moesha(1996)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
JAG(1995)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 52 titles from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2013.
Film career
Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2004Screen debut· Breakin' All the Rules
- 2013First top-billed film· 13/13/13
Billing
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.
How do Trae Ireland's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of the 30 of 31 with a score; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th10
- Below 25th19
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 36 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned3
- Loved with Detractors2
- Divisive10
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 44/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 26. 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 Trae Ireland's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Trae Ireland work with?
People who share at least 2 of Trae Ireland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Cullen Bressack shares the most, 5.
Directors
- James Cullen BressackShared titles: Sawed Off (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022), From Jennifer (2017), The Condo (2015), 13/13/13 (2013)See all 5 shared titles with James Cullen Bressack
- Frank MerleShared titles: Tales from the Other Side (2022), From Jennifer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Merle
- David E. TalbertShared titles: What My Husband Doesn't Know (2012), First Sunday (2008)See all 2 shared titles with David E. Talbert
Actors
- Jody BartonShared titles: Sawed Off (2022), 13/13/13 (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jody Barton
- Columbus ShortShared titles: Death at a Funeral (2010), Armored (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Columbus Short
- Regina HallShared titles: Death at a Funeral (2010), First Sunday (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Regina Hall
- Tracy MorganShared titles: Death at a Funeral (2010), First Sunday (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Tracy Morgan
Composers and cinematographers
- David BatemanShared titles: Psycho Ex (2024), Tales from the Other Side (2022), The Condo (2015)See all 3 shared titles with David Bateman
- Richard TrejoShared titles: Sawed Off (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Trejo
Producers
- Baron JayShared titles: House Out of Order (2022), The Condo (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Baron Jay
- Erin KilleanShared titles: Tales from the Other Side (2022), From Jennifer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Erin Killean
- Hunter JohnsonShared titles: Sawed Off (2022), From Jennifer (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Hunter Johnson
- Jarrett FurstShared titles: Sawed Off (2022), Tales from the Other Side (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jarrett Furst
Mixed roles
- Jared CohnShared titles: Psycho Ex (2024), 13/13/13 (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jared Cohn
