Aaron McCusker

Actor · Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

Aaron McCusker is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jamie Maguire in Channel 4's television series Shameless and Freddie Mercury's boyfriend Jim Hutton in the 2018 feature film Bohemian Rhapsody. In 2025, he joined ITV soap Coronation Street as Ben Driscoll.

What are Aaron McCusker's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

32%

Survival

30%

Self

20%

Society

10%

Morality

6%

Ideas

2%

Survival3 Family bonds4 Identity2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Heroas Bridges in Incoming (2018)
Shadowas Gerald in Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Warm

2

Melancholic

3

Thrilling

2

Contemplative

2

Other

6

How their films linger

Feel-good2 Unsettling2 Hopeful2 Bittersweet2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet3
Ambiguous2

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 Aaron McCusker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV
Vemox Cine1 title, show their title on Vemox Cine
ViX1 title, show their title on ViX
Wonder Project1 title, show their title on Wonder Project

Subscription and free streaming for Aaron McCusker'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

19 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

Whitetail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
as Oscar
Prancer: A Christmas Tale(2022)
as Gerald
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Nightride(2021)
as Ringo (voice)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Hope Street(2020)
Show 51 episodes · as Clint Dunwoody
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
as Jim Hutton
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Secret Child: The Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Bill
Women on the Verge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 6 episodes · as Martin
Final Score(2018)
as Captain Reynolds
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Incoming(2018)
as Bridges
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Astronaut Wives Club(2015)
Show 10 episodes · as Wally Schirra
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Fortitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 11 episodes · as Jason Donnelly
Shooting for Socrates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Gerry Armstrong
Castle(2009)
Show 1 episode · as Wesley Connors
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Dexter(2006)
Show 2 episodes · as A.J. Yates
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Rotters' Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 1 episode · as Liam Morrissey
Shameless(2004)
Show 113 episodes · as Jamie Maguire
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 4 episodes · as D.S. T J Holland
24(2001)
Show 1 episode · as DOD Tech
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Coronation Street(1960)
Show 8 episodes · as Ben Driscoll
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1960 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

$911M worldwide

Highest rated

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Midcredits 95^th

Film career

19602026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 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.

1960Screen debut· Coronation Street
2018First film· Incoming

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting19 of 19 · 56^th

By decade

1960s1 · acting2000s6 · acting2010s8 · acting2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

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 Aaron McCusker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39^th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

43^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

70^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

75^th and up5
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th3
Below 25^th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.

Universally Loved4
Universally Panned1
Crowd Pleaser3
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Coronation Street (1960)

87^th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Midcredits 95^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 34. 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.