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Max Adler

Max Adler

Actor, also producer · Born June 17, 1986 (40) · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Max Adler (born January 17, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dave Karofsky on the television series Glee (2009–2015).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 17, 1986 (40)
From
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 52 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 156 days to Oct 27Up 29% in 30 days

What are Max Adler's films like?

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

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Thriller 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
31%
Bonds
25%
Morality
16%
Survival
16%
Society
7%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 11 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 8 · 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 11 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5

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

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
6
Dread
5
Hopeful
4
Absurd
4
Other
17

How their films linger

Hopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

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 Max Adler's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Max Adler'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

52 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Behemoth!(2026)

    as Host

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Committed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • The Interrogation of Anna Goode(2025)

    as Detective Marshall

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Jim

  • The Pitt(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Ralph O'Hearn

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Good Bad Things(2024)

    as Gabe

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Scrambled(2023)

    as Ron

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Producer · as Samson Steel

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Along Came Wanda(2021)

    as Bill Higgins

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Assault on VA-33(2021)

    as Reino

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Hot Water(2021)

    as Danny "Dog" Bassett

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

    Co-Executive Producer · as Officer Wojohowski

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Tax Collector(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Radioflash(2019)

    as Officer Jimmy

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • All Rise(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Deputy Sheriff Jacobs

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Stressed to Death(2019)

    as George Wright

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Mope(2019)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Foster Boy(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Rookie(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Cisco Fane

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Officer Freer

  • Snapshots(2018)

    as Joe

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Fishbowl California(2018)

    as Billy Kobrin

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • 9-1-1(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Sam

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Michael Boswell

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Sully(2016)

    as Jimmy Stefanik

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Binding(2016)

    as David Mann

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Café Society(2016)

    as Walt (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Midnight Man(2016)

    as Simmons

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Saugatuck Cures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Drew Callaghan

  • 23 Blast(2014)

    as Cameron Marshall

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Flash(2014)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jaco Birch · as Jaco Birch / The Hotness

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Believe Me(2014)

    as Baker

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Mom(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Officer Blankenship

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Love and Honor(2013)

    as Burns

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Detention of the Dead(2012)

    as Jimmy

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Wolf Town(2011)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Switched at Birth(2011)

    Show 20 episodes · as Miles 'Tank' Conroy

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Shameless(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Eric

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Defenders(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Church

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Rizzoli & Isles(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Browning

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Glee(2009)

    Show 29 episodes · as Dave Karofsky

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Viva Laughlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Big Bang Theory(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Zombie

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • What About Brian(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Frat Guy #1

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Whisperer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Craig

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Assistant Chief Jimmy Mackenzie

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Bones(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Randy Stringer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Rookie (1994) (uncredited)

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Luke Stana

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Kyle Banks

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • 21 Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Assistant Coach

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles, 48 of them dated from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

The Tax Collector (2020)

$1.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Snapshots (2018)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

The Tax Collector (2020)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20002025

Peak 2017 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 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.

  • 2009Screen debut· Glee
  • 2009Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Glee
  • 2011First film· Wolf Town
  • 2016First top-billed film· The Binding
  • 2016Career best· Sully

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting50 of 50: 49 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thProducing1 of 50: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s10 · acting2010s27 · acting2020s11 · 11 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 7% of 15 roles
1116

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

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2011, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

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 Max Adler's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · actor

Behemoth! (2026)

98th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, producer

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 33. 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 Max Adler's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles28–63 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 33

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 Max Adler work with?

People who share at least 2 of Max Adler's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; D.C. Hamilton shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles