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Naheem Garcia

Naheem Garcia

Actor

Alexis Rene Garcia, professionally known as Naheem Garcia, has been an actor and theatre educator for thirty years. He grew up in Boston, arriving here from Cuba with his mother, grandmother and aunt in 1968. Naheem is proudly bilingual (English and Spanish) and known for his deep, mellifluous voice. He received his formal training in theater arts at New African Company, where he has been a Distinguished Artist-In-Residence since 2004. Naheem is the Founder and lead teaching Artist for NG edutainment, an Arts/Education Program, founded in Boston Massachusetts. He has been a teaching artist and a member of the Huntington Theatre Company's Education Department, for close to 30 years. He is the former speaker in Residents for the METCO Program at Sharon High School, Sharon, MA and is doing workshops with the Boston Police Department's youth program, Acting Up With the 5-0 program, as well as an adjunct professor at Salva Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. Naheem is a long time member of AFTRA-SAG, New England. Naheem is also the Artistic Director for the Oversoul Theatre Collective, and a member of the Board of Directors for Song Keepers, LTD. Naheem's work has been lauded by his peers and he received the The Brown Sugar Culture Excellence 2021, State Street-El Planeta Powermeter 100 of the Most Influential Latinx (2014), OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center-Sojourner Truth Award (2007) and In recognition of his excellence as a theatre educator, he represented the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation for NeighborWorks American and Community Leadership Institute Los Angeles California in 2017, in same year, he completed the Aesthetic Education Immersion program with the Lincoln Center Summer Forum at Julliard, New York, NY. Naheem continues his path as an actor and theatre educator whose mission is to represent and encourage youth and audiences through his work.

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Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 16% in 30 days

What are Naheem Garcia's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
51%
Self
27%
Survival
9%
Society
8%
Morality
5%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
3
Contemplative
2
Melancholic
1
Joyful
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Naheem Garcia's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Naheem Garcia'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

20 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

  • At the Sea(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Challengers(2024)

    as Tashi's Father

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Madame Web(2024)

    as Landlord

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Holdovers(2023)

    as Danny

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Spirited(2022)

    as Harlan

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hocus Pocus 2(2022)

    as Fred

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Free Guy(2021)

    as Convenience Store Owner Joe

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Kevin Can F**k Himself(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Isaac

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Jungleland(2019)

    as Clem

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Christmas on Ice(2020)

    as Bank Manager

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Sleepover(2020)

    as Music Teacher / Mr. Campbell

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • CodeSwitching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • A Snow White Christmas(2018)

    as Hap

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer 2(2018)

    as Israel & Rose Horowitz Residence Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Daddy's Home 2(2017)

    as Santa

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Purge: Election Year(2016)

    as Angel Munoz

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Joy(2015)

    as Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Black Mass(2015)

    as DEA Agent

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • R.I.P.D.(2013)

    as R.I.P.D. Cop

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Maiden Heist(2009)

    as Shipping Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 2009 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

The Holdovers (2023)

$49M worldwide

Highest rated

The Holdovers (2023)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

20092026

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.

  • 2009Screen debut· The Maiden Heist
  • 2023Career best· The Holdovers

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting20 of 20: 20 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47th

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s8 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles

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.

How do Naheem Garcia's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 18; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

At the Sea (2026)

77th percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Holdovers (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. 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 Naheem Garcia work with?

People who share at least 2 of Naheem Garcia's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ed Grenga shares the most, 2.

Composers

Producers