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Lil Rel Howery

Lil Rel Howery

Actor and producer, also writer and director · Born December 17, 1979 (46) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Milton "Lil Rel" Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979) is an American actor and comedian. Howery is known for playing Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series The Carmichael Show and Rod Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 17, 1979 (46)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also writer and director
Titles
62 on MovieCove · 80 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 17% in 30 days

What are Lil Rel Howery's films like?

Across their 44 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror 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
Bonds
35%
Self
24%
Morality
13%
Society
12%
Survival
9%
Power
4%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds16 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 24 · Serious 5 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 12 · Charged 17 · Intense 8

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

A split, not a type: Steady 17 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 5

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 9 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 17

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

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 24 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 4

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 11 of 23 analyzed roles.

Ally
11 of 23
Hero
5 of 23
Mentor
3 of 23
Trickster
2 of 23
Herald
1 of 23
Threshold guardian
1 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
22
Tense
13
Absurd
13
Hopeful
15
Warm
14
Other
42

How their films linger

Feel-good24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy22
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical2

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 Lil Rel Howery's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 62 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lil Rel Howery'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

80 credits, 62 with a MovieCove page; 39 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Animal Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • God with Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Gabe

  • Maybe We Should (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Kevin

  • Haunted Heist(2025)

    Director · Producer · as Ron

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • F*ck Valentines Day(2026)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Unexpected Christmas(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Richard

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Code 3(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Mike

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Lil Rel Howery: Rel Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

  • Too Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Michael

  • The Class Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Principal Eli Washington

  • The Studio(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Lil Rel Howery

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Win or Lose(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as James (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Dog Man(2025)

    as Chief (voice)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • One of Them Days(2025)

    as The Buyer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Harold and the Purple Crayon(2024)

    as Moose

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Reunion(2024)

    Producer · as Ray Hammond

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • We Grown Now(2023)

    as Jason

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Good Times(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Gabriel (voice) · as Gabriel / Pigeon #2 (voice) · as Skoochie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • A Hip Hop Story(2024)

    as Big Greg

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Good Burger 2(2023)

    as Cecil McNevin

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Dashing Through the Snow(2023)

    as Nick

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Mill(2023)

    Producer · as Joe

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie(2023)

    as Sam Stinger (voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Vacation Friends 2(2023)

    as Marcus

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Out-Laws(2023)

    as Tyree

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Poker Face(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Taffy

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Lil Rel Howery: I Said It. Y'all Thinking It(2022)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Bromates(2022)

    as Jonesie

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Spin Me Round(2022)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • I Love My Dad(2022)

    as Jimmy

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Luck(2022)

    as Marvin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Eureka!(2022)

    Show 60 episodes · as Rollo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Deep Water(2022)

    as Grant

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • We Baby Bears(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Uncle Orion (voice) · as Uncle Orion / Game Voice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • National Champions(2021)

    as Coach Dunn

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Harlem(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Freddie Wilson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Vacation Friends(2021)

    as Marcus

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Free Guy(2021)

    as Buddy

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Home(2020)

    Producer · as Jayden

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)

    as Game Announcer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Fatherhood(2021)

    as Jordan

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Bad Trip(2021)

    as Bud Malone

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)

    as Wayne

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Tom & Jerry(2021)

    as Angel / Devil Tom (voice)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Clouds(2020)

    as Mr. Weaver

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • I Can See Your Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Woke(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as BPFR T-Shirt (voice)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Royalties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Dwayne D

  • The Photograph(2020)

    as Kyle

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw(2019)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Brittany Runs a Marathon(2019)

    as Demetrius

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Good Boys(2019)

    as Lucas' Dad

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Fake Manager

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The Angry Birds Movie 2(2019)

    as Alex (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Sherman's Showcase(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History(2019)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Bird Box(2018)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Rel(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer · Story · as Rel

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • The Bobby Brown Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brian Irvine

  • Uncle Drew(2018)

    as Dax Winslow

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Tag(2018)

    as Reggie

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Chuckles (voice)

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Craig of the Creek(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Darnell (voice) · as Darnell / Teen #1 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Chi(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Zeke Remnick

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Do You Want to See a Dead Body? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Joey

  • Get Out(2017)

    as Rod Williams

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mad Families(2017)

    as Ron Ron

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Insecure(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · as Quentin

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Kevin Hart Presents Lil' Rel: RELevent(2015)

    Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Carmichael Show(2015)

    Show 32 episodes · as Bobby Carmichael

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Friends of the People(2014)

    Show 20 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Various

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Lucas Bros. Moving Co. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bell · as Sub Zero · as The Champ

  • Get a Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Terry

  • The Bad Boys of Comedy(2005)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black Stallions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Peaking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Bench (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Come Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Things We Hide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Logan

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles, 72 of them dated from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

Free Guy (2021)

$332M worldwide

Highest rated

Get Out (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

20102026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 29 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 79: 70 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting2 of 79: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting5 of 79: 1 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing8 of 79: 0 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score27th

79 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2010s25 · 23 acting · 3 crew2020s47 · 45 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 14% of 37 roles
1722

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.

How do Lil Rel Howery's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 44; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 62 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 62 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive7
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · actor

Good Times (2024)

96th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Get Out (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 41. 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 Lil Rel Howery's work okay for kids?

Across up to 24 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles9–71 · median 33 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity24 titles19–56 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles28–93 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles13–49 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles13–75 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Lil Rel Howery work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lil Rel Howery's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tiffany Haddish shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles