Maxwell Hamilton was born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. After doing regional theater in high school, he decided to attend UCLA's Theater, Film, Television department as an acting major and global studies minor. After graduation in 2013, he worked in San Francisco and New York with indie theater company Rising Pheonix Rep and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. He now lives in Los Angeles, working as an actor, director, producer and musician. His first feature "I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore" directed by Macon Blair, won the grand jury prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2017. Hamilton created and runs Five Horizons Media Group and continues to produce projects in theater and film.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Maxwell Hamilton's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Maxwell Hamilton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Maxwell Hamilton'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
7 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
The Mannequin(2025)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Jaunt(2024)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Initiation(2020)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Throwing Shade(2017)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Colony(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Dembanger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Career shape
Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 5 titles from 2013 to 2025; peak year 2017.
Biggest box office
Initiation (2020)
Highest rated
The Mannequin (2025)
Most popular right now
Throwing Shade (2017)
Film career
Peak 2017 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. 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.
- 2017Screen debut· I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
How do Maxwell Hamilton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 79, 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.
Who does Maxwell Hamilton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Maxwell Hamilton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Berardo shares the most, 2.
Directors
- John BerardoShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with John Berardo
Actors
- Isabella GomezShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Isabella Gomez
- Lindsay LaVanchyShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lindsay LaVanchy
- Shireen LaiShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Shireen Lai
Producers
- Brian FragerShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Frager
- En Ming LaiShared titles: The Mannequin (2025), Initiation (2020)See all 2 shared titles with En Ming Lai