Joey Pollari

Actor · Born April 9, 1994 (32) · Minnesota, USA

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Joey Pollari started his acting career when he attended a scouting event in downtown Minneapolis. He received callbacks the next day from agents who wanted to represent him. Pollari took acting lessons from the Stagecoach Theatre Arts. Pollari has appeared in stage productions at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, and the SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development, also in Saint Paul. On April 30, 2006, Pollari appeared as a newsboy in "The Hen House", an episode of the police procedural television series Cold Case. The Walt Disney Company cast him in Skyrunners, a 2009 Disney XD Original Movie about two brothers who stumble upon a spaceship that is sought after by the FBI agents and space aliens. The film, which was shot in New Zealand, premiered on Disney XD on November 27, 2009. He was fifteen years old when it first aired. In 2010, he starred in the Disney film Avalon High (2010), with Britt Robertson and Gregg Sulkin. In 2012, Joey headlined MTV's series The Inbetweeners (2012), which took a comedic look at a group of teenagers navigating high school and charging into adulthood. The show, based on the hit UK series and movie of the same title, premiered August 2012. In 2016, Joey starred in the 2nd season of the ABC series, "American Crime," created by John Ridley ("12 Years A Slave"), as accused perpetrator Eric Tanner, for which he gained critical acclaim. Joey made his major film debut in the 2018 teen romance Love, Simon (2018), playing a friendly waiter, Lyle. Then, in 2019, he supported the indie feature "The Obituary of Tunde Johnson" directed by Ali LeRoi ("Everybody Hates Chris"). He has since gone onto release music under his own name with his debut album, "About Men," in 2019 for which he directed music videos.

What are Joey Pollari's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

39%

Bonds

37%

Survival

10%

Power

6%

Society

5%

Ideas

3%

Identity3 Family bonds2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

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

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Ally

1 of 5

Mentor

1 of 5

Trickster

1 of 5

Hero

1 of 5

Shapeshifter

1 of 5

Allyas Tyler Burns in Skyrunners (2009)
Mentoras Miles in Avalon High (2010)
Tricksteras Miles in Avalon High (2010)
Heroas Will Mackenzie in The Inbetweeners (2012)
Shapeshifteras Zack Mandel in Things Like This (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Romantic

2

Warm

3

Dread

2

Joyful

2

Other

7

How their films linger

Feel-good4 Fun3 Unsettling2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet5
Ambiguous1

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 Joey Pollari's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).

Also on these channels

Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Joey Pollari'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

20 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 5 episodes · as John Morse
The Beauty(2026)
Show 2 episodes · as Mike (Post Beauty)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 3 episodes · as Anthony Perkins
Things Like This(2025)
as Zack Mandel
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Sugar(2024)
Show 4 episodes · as Moss
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson(2019)
as Charlie Laveyen
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Love, Simon(2018)
as Lyle
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
SEAL Team(2017)
Show 5 episodes · as Ben Gossett
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Romeo Robot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Composer
Eden(2014)
as Georgie
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
American Crime(2015)
Show 10 episodes · as Eric Tanner
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Saint George(2014)
Show 4 episodes · as Tanner Whitman
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows
Profile of a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as David Jenks
The Inbetweeners(2012)
Show 12 episodes · as Will McKenzie
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
American Horror Story(2011)
Show 13 episodes · as Ben DeSoto
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Up All Night(2011)
Show 1 episode · as Max
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Avalon High(2010)
as Miles
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Skyrunners(2009)
as Tyler Burns
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 1 episode · as Newsboy (1945)
Quiet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Aleks

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 2003 to 2026; peak year 2010.

Highest rated

Avalon High (2010)

Midcredits 40^th

Film career

20032026

Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

2009Screen debut· Skyrunners
2009First top-billed film· Skyrunners

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting19 of 20 · 35^thMusic1 of 20

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s12 · 11 acting · 1 crew2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 20% 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 Joey Pollari's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

30^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

58^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

75^th and up3
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th4
Below 25^th5

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved2
Divisive2
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser3
Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Saint George (2014)

93^rd percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Love, Simon (2018)

Midcredits 92^nd · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 46/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 71, 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.

Who does Joey Pollari work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joey Pollari's MovieCove titles; Janine Dickins shares the most, 2.

Janine Dickins2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Janine Dickins