Dewayne Perkins is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. Born and raised in Chicago, he received improv training at The Second City and also worked for iO Theater. His stand-up comedy was recommended by Variety magazine and Just for Laughs comedy festival. He has appeared on Wild 'n Out and The Upshaws.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 5, 1990 (35)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor, writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Dewayne Perkins' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Dewayne in The Blackening (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical1
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 Dewayne Perkins' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Dewayne Perkins' 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
14 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Long Story Short(2025)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Ironheart(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
The Studio(2025)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
One of Them Days(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Sausage Party: Foodtopia(2024)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Blackening(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Hip Hop Nutcracker(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Upshaws(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Saved by the Bell(2020)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
The Amber Ruffin Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Followed(2015)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all showsThe Blackening 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 69th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2013 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Blackening (2022)
Highest rated
The Studio (2025)
Most popular right now
Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)
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.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2021, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Dewayne Perkins' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 38. 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.
Is Dewayne Perkins' 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 Dewayne Perkins work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dewayne Perkins' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Evan Goldberg shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Evan GoldbergShared titles: The Studio (2025), Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Evan Goldberg
- Seth RogenShared titles: The Studio (2025), Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Rogen
Producers
- Alex McAteeShared titles: The Studio (2025), Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Alex McAtee
- James WeaverShared titles: The Studio (2025), Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)See all 2 shared titles with James Weaver
