Elon Musk is a South African-born Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and chairman of SolarCity. He is the founder of SpaceX and a co-founder of PayPal, Inc., Tesla Motors, and Zip2. He has also envisioned a conceptual high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 28, 1971 (55)
- Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa [now Gauteng, South Africa]
- Actor and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Elon Musk's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 12 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 8 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous7
- Other2
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 Elon Musk's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Elon Musk'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
21 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 71 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Transition to Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Wild and Wonderful World of Elon Musk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Rise of the Billionaires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
From Tesla to SpaceX, the World According to Elon Musk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Jovanka Jolić: Black Nobility and Secret Knowledge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Young Sheldon(2017)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Why Him?(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Transcendence(2014)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Rick and Morty(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Machete Kills(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Iron Man 2(2010)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Dumbstruck(2010)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Big Bang Theory(2007)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Thank You for Smoking(2005)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all filmsPuzzled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
South Park(1997)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 40th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 1989 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Highest rated
Before the Flood (2016)
Most popular right now
Musk (2026)
Film career
- 2016Screen debut· Why Him?
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.
How do Elon Musk's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 43. 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 Elon Musk work with?
People who share at least 2 of Elon Musk's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Monroe shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Chris PaineShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Paine
Writers
- Mark MonroeShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Before the Flood (2016), Racing Extinction (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Monroe
Actors
- Kara SwisherShared titles: Musk (2026), Deepfaking Sam Altman (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Kara Swisher
- Donald TrumpShared titles: Can Elon Musk Rule the World? (2025), The Ruling Class (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Donald Trump
- Talulah RileyShared titles: The Elon Musk Show (2022), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Talulah Riley
Cinematographers and editors
- Thaddeus WadleighShared titles: Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Thaddeus Wadleigh
- Geoffrey RichmanShared titles: Before the Flood (2016), Racing Extinction (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Geoffrey Richman
Producers
- Jessie DeeterShared titles: Musk (2026), Do You Trust This Computer? (2018), Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jessie Deeter
- Alex GibneyShared titles: Musk (2026), The Ruling Class (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Gibney
- Richard PerelloShared titles: Musk (2026), The Ruling Class (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Perello
- Stacey OffmanShared titles: Musk (2026), The Ruling Class (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Stacey Offman
Mixed roles
- Peter ThielShared titles: The Ruling Class (2023), Thank You for Smoking (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Thiel
