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Sebastian Maniscalco

Sebastian Maniscalco

Actor, writer and producer · Born July 8, 1973 (53) · Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA

Sebastian Maniscalco (born July 8, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has since released five comedy specials. Maniscalco has also had supporting acting roles in the films Green Book (2018) and The Irishman (2019), playing mobster Joe Gallo in the latter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 8, 1973 (53)
From
Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, writer and producer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are Sebastian Maniscalco's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
Society
41%
Bonds
27%
Self
22%
Survival
5%
Ideas
3%
Power
2%
Community7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 10 · Intense 0

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 11

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 15 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4
Trickster
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
13
Warm
9
Absurd
6
Hopeful
4
Tense
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical2
  • 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 Sebastian Maniscalco's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sebastian Maniscalco'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

23 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: It Ain't Right(2025)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • IF(2024)

    as Magician Mouse (voice)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Unfrosted(2024)

    as Chester Slink

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Bookie(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer · as Danny Colavito

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • About My Father(2023)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Sebastian Maniscalco

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere in Queens(2022)

    as Frank Russo

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie(2023)

    as Spike (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Spinning Gold(2023)

    as Giorgio Moroder

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me?(2022)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Maniscalco presents Pat McGann: When's Mom Gonna Be Home(2020)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Irishman(2019)

    as Crazy Joe Gallo

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: Stay Hungry(2019)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Green Book(2018)

    as Johnny Venere

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Cruise(2018)

    as Dinardo

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Tag(2018)

    as Pastor

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature(2017)

    as Johnny (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The House(2017)

    as The Stand-Up

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That?(2016)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Says (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Sebastian

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: Aren't You Embarrassed?(2014)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Maniscalco: What's Wrong with People?(2012)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Writer · as Self

  • Complete Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Dance Club Manager

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 2004 to 2025; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

$1.4B worldwide

Highest rated

Green Book (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Film career

20042025

Peak 2024 · their film career is on the way up. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting15 of 23: 12 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thWriting8 of 23: 4 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thProducing7 of 23: 1 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

23 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s11 · 7 acting · 5 crew2020s10 · 7 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 8% of 12 roles
1722

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.

How do Sebastian Maniscalco's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 20 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor, writer

Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That? (2016)

81st percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Green Book (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 38. 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 Sebastian Maniscalco's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles20–55 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles22–79 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles20–62 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian 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 Sebastian Maniscalco work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sebastian Maniscalco's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Judi Marmel shares the most, 7.

Actors

Editors

Producers