Michael Alan Herman (born May 26, 1992) is an American actor best known for playing Sam in Head Count on Netflix. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016 where he won the Jay Roach Scholarship for excellence in screenwriting. In 2017, he co-wrote the historical feature film The Mad Whale starring James Franco and Camilla Belle. In addition to Head Count, Herman appears in Disfluency and the Late Late Show with James Corden. Michael is 5'10".
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 26, 1992 (34)
- Saint Joseph, Michigan, USA
- Actor and writer, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Michael Alan Herman's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
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.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 9 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 8 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Warren Jr. in Quicksand (2023)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous3
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 Michael Alan Herman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- Quicksand (2023) · actor · free
- Disfluency (2021) · actor · free
- The Mad Whale (2017) · writer · free
- Head Count (2018) · actor · free
- The Latent Image (2022) · actor · free
- Chasing Hope (2023) · actor · free
- The Resonator: Miskatonic U (2021) · actor · free
- House of Ka (2026) · actor, writer, producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Alan Herman'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, 9 with a MovieCove page.
House of Ka(2026)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
American Cryptids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Dead Girl Summer(2025)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Take Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Disfluency(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Chasing Hope(2023)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Quicksand(2023)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Latent Image(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Head Count(2018)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Mad Whale(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Escape Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
You'll Never See It Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 40th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2017 to 2026.
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· Head Count
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 Michael Alan Herman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 16th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic3
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 24. 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 Michael Alan Herman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Alan Herman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brandon Kirby shares the most, 2.
Producers
- Brandon KirbyShared titles: House of Ka (2026), The Latent Image (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Brandon Kirby
- Brandon SomerhalderShared titles: Head Count (2018), The Mad Whale (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Brandon Somerhalder
- Nicholas RuffShared titles: Head Count (2018), The Mad Whale (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Ruff
Mixed roles
- Brendan HaleyShared titles: House of Ka (2026), The Latent Image (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Brendan Haley
