Jeff Grace got his career in writing/directing/producing/acting started on the stages of Second City and ImprovOlympic, while working days as an ad-man on the Altoids campaign at Leo Burnett in Chicago. He left advertising and moved to Los Angeles to write for IFC's The Henry Rollins Show. As an actor, you may have seen him opposite Jon Hamm on the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men in addition his roles on Narcos, How I Met Your Mother, Castle, Fresh Off The Boat and Silicon Valley. Jeff has produced and starred in several award-winning feature films -- It's A Disaster (Julia Stiles, David Cross), Mothers & Daughters (Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci), The Scenesters and Folk Hero & Funny Guy (Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Melanie Lynskey) -- all of which received theatrical distribution through Oscilloscope, Screen Media, Monterey Media and Gravitas Ventures respectively. For his directorial debut (Folk Hero & Funny Guy) IndieWire listed Grace as "a filmmaker to watch," Screen Anarchy called him "a remarkable filmmaking talent whose progress will be well worth watching" and Rotten Tomatoes gave it the film 80% "Certified Fresh." Jeff just finished shooting a scripted comedy pilot he co-created for E! Networks called Glam Squad through Adam Sandler's RecRoom. As a stand-up comedian, Jeff released his first stand-up comedy special (Live In Los Angeles) through Amazon Prime Video. Coming full circle with has advertising roots, Jeff is part of the creative team at 20th Century Fox's branded content agency All City, working on campaigns for such brands as Google, AirBNB, Mars, Lays and Samsung. You can keep up with Jeff on Twitter or Instagram at jeffgrace.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor and producer, also director and writer
- 17 on Motif · 19 credits in all
What are Jeff Grace's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their Motif 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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- 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 Jeff Grace's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 17 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Grace's titles on Motif; 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, 17 with a Motif page.
Cover Me(2020)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Unicorn(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
All American(2018)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Happy Anniversary(2018)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
It Happened In L.A.(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Folk Hero & Funny Guy(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Colony(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Mothers and Daughters(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Fresh Off the Boat(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Silicon Valley(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
It's a Disaster(2012)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
K.I.T. (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
Super Zeroes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
The Scenesters(2009)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Castle(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
iCarly(2007)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Mad Men(2007)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 65th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 2005 to 2020; peak year 2013.
Biggest box office
It's a Disaster (2012)
Highest rated
It's a Disaster (2012)
Most popular right now
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
Film career
Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2013Screen debut· It's a Disaster
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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jeff Grace's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Jeff Grace work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jeff Grace's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Blaise Miller shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Todd BergerShared titles: It's a Disaster (2012), The Scenesters (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Todd Berger
Actors
- Blaise MillerShared titles: Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), It's a Disaster (2012), The Scenesters (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Blaise Miller
- David CrossShared titles: Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), It's a Disaster (2012)See all 2 shared titles with David Cross
- Kevin M. BrennanShared titles: It's a Disaster (2012), The Scenesters (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin M. Brennan
Cinematographers
- Nancy SchreiberShared titles: Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), It's a Disaster (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Nancy Schreiber
Producers
- Brett D. ThompsonShared titles: It's a Disaster (2012), The Scenesters (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Brett D. Thompson
- Eric ShermanShared titles: It's a Disaster (2012), The Scenesters (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Sherman