Jon Michael Hill
Actor · Born July 28, 1985 (41) · Waukegan - Illinois - USA
Jon Michael Hill is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Detective Damon Washington in the ABC police drama, Detroit 1-8-7 and currently co-stars as Detective Marcus Bell in the CBS series Elementary. Hill was born in Waukegan, Illinois. During his high school years, he played football and the saxophone before focusing on pursuing an acting career, attending a summer drama program at Northwestern University. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While at the university, he appeared in stage productions of King Lear, Six Degrees of Separation and Ain't Misbehavin'. In 2009, Hill was nominated for Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "The Tempest" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. In 2010, Hill was nominated for a Tony Award as Male Supporting Actor in Superior Donuts opposite Michael McKean. In the same year, he began his role as Detective Damon Washington in the ABC police drama Detroit 1-8-7. He also played the role of Puck in the Shakespeare in the Park production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. His other television credits include Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest and Eastbound & Down. He currently co-stars as Detective Marcus Bell in the CBS series Elementary.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 28, 1985 (41)
- Waukegan - Illinois - USA
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Jon Michael Hill's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Allyas Detective Damon Washington in Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
- Mentoras Richard Gonzalez in In the Radiant City (2016)
- Heroas Moses in Pass Over (2018)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
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 Jon Michael Hill's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Jon Michael Hill'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
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
As Easy As Closing Your Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
A Man in Full(2024)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Widows(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Pass Over(2018)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Good Fight(2017)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
No Pay, Nudity(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
In the Radiant City(2016)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Standing8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Person of Interest(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Detroit 1-8-7(2010)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 1999 to 2026.
Film career
- 2010Screen debut· Detroit 1-8-7
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 Jon Michael Hill's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
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 Jon Michael Hill's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jon Michael Hill work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jon Michael Hill's MovieCove titles; Lucy Liu shares the most, 2.
- Lucy LiuShared titles: A Man in Full (2024), Elementary (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Lucy Liu
