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Joe Roche

Joe Roche

Writer and actor

Joe Roche is an actor, writer and comedian based in Los Angeles. A graduate of Second City Chicago and Upright Citizens Brigade Hollywood, he continues to improvise and do stand-up between writing gigs. He has written over a dozen feature-length sci-fi and disaster movies, as well as co-written films with writing partner Lauren Pritchard (MadTv, Stuck In The Middle, Show Offs) consisting of many "mockbuster" films produced by The Asylum studio (Sharknado movie franchise, Z Nation TV series). He has also performed for numerous theater companies throughout his career, most notably Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Writer and actor
Titles
23 on Motif · 24 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 16% in 30 days

What are Joe Roche's films like?

Across their 14 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival 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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 10 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 12 · Intense 1

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Casual 11 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 1 · 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

Tense
10
Thrilling
7
Absurd
5
Dread
5
Melancholic
3
Other
2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet5
  • 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 Joe Roche's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 23 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Subscription and free streaming for Joe Roche'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

24 credits, 23 with a Motif page.

  • Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs(2025)

    Writer · as Pyrite (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Continental Split (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer

  • Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Doomsday Meteor(2023)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Ice Storm(2023)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • 20.0 Megaquake(2022)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Battle for Pandora(2022)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Super Volcano(2022)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • 4 Horsemen: Apocalypse(2022)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Moon Crash(2022)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Planet Dune(2021)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Robot Apocalypse(2021)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Alien Conquest(2021)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Devil's Triangle(2021)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Meteor Moon(2020)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Collision Earth(2020)

    Screenplay · as Private Daniels

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Fortune Cookie(2016)

    as Rick

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Telenovela(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Hank

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • Kill Me, Deadly(2015)

    as Jonesy

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Scorpion(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Lawyer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Boyle

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • InAPPropriate Comedy(2013)

    as Rookie

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 58th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 2013 to 2025; peak year 2024.

Film career

20132025

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. 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 23: 9 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score5thWriting14 of 23: 12 only writing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score1st

By decade

2010s6 · acting2020s17 · 5 acting · 14 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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Joe Roche's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 2nd percentile, the median of all 20; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 3rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

3rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

1stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th17

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 23 titles are Universally Panned.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned10
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive4
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed5

Reviewers score the dialogue 10/100 and the plot and story 15/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Joe Roche work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joe Roche's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Michael Latt shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • David Michael Latt14 titles
    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with David Michael Latt
  • David Rimawi14 titles
    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with David Rimawi
  • Paul Bales14 titles
    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Paul Bales
  • David Courtice11 titles
    See all 11 shared titles with David Courtice