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Jonah Hill

Actor, producer and writer, also director · Born December 20, 1983 (42) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar nominee · Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Jonah Hill (born Jonah Hill Feldstein; December 20, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hill ranked 28th on Forbes's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. Among his accolades are nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.  Hill had comedic roles in films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Superbad (2007), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). For his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also had roles in Cyrus (2010), War Dogs (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). Hill voiced characters in the animated films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019), Megamind (2010), The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), and Sausage Party (2016). As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Sausage Party, Why Him? (2016), and You People (2023). He starred in the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018). He made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s (2018), for which he also wrote the screenplay. He directed and produced the documentary Stutz (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonah Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 20, 1983 (42)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Actor, producer and writer, also director
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 81 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 5% in 30 days

What are Jonah Hill's films like?

Across their 55 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy26 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Bonds
27%
Society
16%
Morality
10%
Power
9%
Ideas
5%
Survival
3%
Friendship15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 51 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 32 · Serious 16 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 14

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 15 · Charged 27 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 16

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 33

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 10

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 37 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 44 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

21 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 21 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 21
Trickster
5 of 21
Ally
2 of 21
Shadow
2 of 21
Mentor
2 of 21
Herald
1 of 21
Threshold guardian
1 of 21
Show the 21 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
34
Joyful
19
Warm
17
Tense
13
Manic
11
Other
62

How their films linger

Fun22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet24
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9
  • Cyclical2

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 Jonah Hill's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 48 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jonah Hill'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

81 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page; 28 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • 24 Jump Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer · Writer · as Schmidt

  • Outcome(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Ira Slitz

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Mortician(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Overcompensating(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Y2K(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Sausage Party: Foodtopia(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • You People(2023)

    Producer · Writer · as Ezra

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • This Place Rules(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Stutz(2022)

    Director · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Look Up(2021)

    as Jason Orlean

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Beastie Boys Story(2020)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Richard Jewell(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Good Boys(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Beach Bum(2019)

    as Lewis

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part(2019)

    as Green Lantern (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)

    as Snotlout (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Mid90s(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Maniac(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Owen Milgrim

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018)

    as Donny

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Batman Is Just Not That Into You(2017)

    as Green Lantern (voice)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Ain't It Funny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • The Lego Batman Movie(2017)

    as Green Lantern (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Why Him?(2016)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • War Dogs(2016)

    as Efraim Diveroli

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Sausage Party(2016)

    Executive Producer · Story · as Carl (voice)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Animals.(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as The President

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Hail, Caesar!(2016)

    as Joe Silverman

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • True Story(2015)

    as Michael Finkel

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Freaks of Nature(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • 22 Jump Street(2014)

    Producer · Story · as Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2(2014)

    as Snotlout (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Movie(2014)

    as Green Lantern (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

    as Donnie Azoff

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • This Is the End(2013)

    as Jonah Hill

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Django Unchained(2012)

    as Bag Head #2

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Watch(2012)

    as Franklin

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • 21 Jump Street(2012)

    Executive Producer · Story · as Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Sitter(2011)

    Executive Producer · as Noah Griffith

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury(2011)

    as Snotlout Jorgenson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Allen Gregory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · Writer · as Allen Gregory De Longpre

  • Moneyball(2011)

    as Peter Brand

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Megamind(2010)

    as Tighten (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Snotlout Jorgenson (voice)

  • Cyrus(2010)

    as Cyrus Fawcett

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Get Him to the Greek(2010)

    as Aaron Green

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon(2010)

    as Snotlout (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Prequel: The Dawn of Lying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • The Invention of Lying(2009)

    as Frank Fawcett

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Funny People(2009)

    as Leo Koenig

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Brüno(2009)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian(2009)

    as Brundon the Security Guard (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall(2008)

    as Matthew Van Der Wyk

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Just Add Water(2008)

    as Eddie Tuckby

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Horton Hears a Who!(2008)

    as Tommy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Strange Wilderness(2008)

    as Cooker

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story(2007)

    as Older Nate (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Superbad(2007)

    as Seth

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Evan Almighty(2007)

    as Eugene

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Knocked Up(2007)

    as Jonah

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Clark and Michael (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · as Derek

  • Human Giant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Weenie King Customer

  • Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as John A. Hill as Jeffrey Simmons

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Rocket Science(2007)

    as Junior Philosopher

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • 10 Items or Less(2006)

    as Packy

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Accepted(2006)

    as Sherman Schrader

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Click(2006)

    as Ben at 17 years old

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Campus Ladies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 20 episodes · Actor

  • Grandma's Boy(2006)

    as Barry

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin(2005)

    as eBay Customer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Pancho's Pizza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • I Heart Huckabees(2004)

    as Bret Hooten

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Reno 911! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Daniel Shaheen (uncredited)

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonah Hill

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Andy Hamilton (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 5 episodes · Writer · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Cut Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Ashton Bismol

  • Pure Imagination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Writer

  • Starf*ckers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Grateful Dead Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Jerry Garcia

  • Untitled John Daly Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as John Daly

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 81 titles, 75 of them dated from 1975 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

$622M worldwide

Highest rated

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19752026

Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 25 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.

Show 3 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting64 of 81: 52 only acting, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thDirecting6 of 81: 2 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting12 of 81: 1 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thProducing25 of 81: 10 only producing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew1 of 81: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

81 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s1 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s27 · 26 acting · 1 crew2010s34 · 29 acting · 11 crew2020s11 · 3 acting · 10 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 16% of 44 roles
04091419

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.

Awards

9 major nominations and no wins, 2012–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2019
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Panorama
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
  3. 2017
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  4. 2014
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  5. 2012
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

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 Jonah Hill's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 51 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up29
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 66 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved15
  • Universally Panned2
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Strange Wilderness (2008)

67th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Django Unchained (2012)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 47 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. 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 Jonah Hill's work okay for kids?

Across up to 43 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore40 titles23–79 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity43 titles15–77 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity42 titles21–93 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs40 titles9–89 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense40 titles9–66 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Jonah Hill work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonah Hill's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alison Goodwin shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles