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Derek Hough

Derek Hough

Actor, also producer · Born May 17, 1985 (41) · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Derek Hough is an American professional Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor and singer. From 2007 to 2016, Hough was a professional dancer on the ABC dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, winning the show a record-breaking six times with his celebrity partners. He later became a judge on the series beginning with its 29th season. Hough has also appeared as an actor on stage, appearing at the West End premiere of Footloose: The Musical at the Novello Theatre and as well as the 2015 New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. In film and television, he has starred in the film Make Your Move and had a recurring role in the ABC musical-drama Nashville. In 2016, he appeared as Corny Collins in NBC's live musical TV-production of Hairspray Live! From 2017 to 2020, Hough served as a judge on the NBC dance competition series World of Dance. In 2024, Hough co-starred in Jennifer Lopez autobiographical musical comedy 'This Is Me... Now'. Hough is a four-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Choreography and has earned fourteen Emmy Award nominations in total for his work on Dancing with the Stars.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 17, 1985 (41)
From
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all

What are Derek Hough's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

Genres

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 8 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 7 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
8
Warm
6
Hopeful
7
Tense
2
Romantic
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet3
  • 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 Derek Hough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Derek Hough'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

16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 46 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Shards(2026)

    Show 1 episode · Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
  • Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro(2026)

    Show 1 episode · Producer · as Self - Guest Judge · as Self - Guest Judge / Mentor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
  • The Symphony of Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • This Is Me... Now(2024)

    as Husband #2

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Step Into... The Movies(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2(2020)

    Choreographer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • High School Musical: The Musical: The Series(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Zack Roy

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • Hairspray Live!(2016)

    as Corny Collins

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Jane the Virgin(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Salsa Dancer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Make Your Move(2013)

    as Donny

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Rock of Ages(2012)

    as Dancer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Better With You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Philip

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)

    as Ravenclaw Student (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Film career

20012026

Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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
Acting11 of 14: 11 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stProducing1 of 14: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew2 of 14: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s7 · acting2020s6 · 3 acting · 3 crew

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.

How do Derek Hough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the acting 40/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 53, detractors 23. 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 Derek Hough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Derek Hough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Julianne Hough shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers