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Duncan Joiner

Duncan Joiner

Actor

Born in Los Angeles, Duncan Joiner booked his first, open-call commercial at age three. It led to a Fox network pilot, a Lifetime Christmas movie, and a lead in the feature film "Some Kind of Beautiful" with Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek. After guest appearances on "Community" and "Jane the Virgin," and a recurring role on "We Bare Bears," he earned another lead in the feature film "The Disappointments Room" with Kate Beckinsale. Recurring roles on Fox's "Lethal Weapon," HBO's "Camping," Netflix's "Spirit Riding Free," and Paramount's "Waco" followed, before being cast as a lead in Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories." Shortly after, he became a series regular on Amazon's "Tales from the Loop," where he was directed by Mark Romanek, Andrew Stanton, and Jodie Foster, receiving critical praise for his honest, heartbreaking turn as Cole Willard. Most recently, he completed shooting the lead role in the independent feature "Tahoma," and will be attending Yale University.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 48% in 30 days

What are Duncan Joiner's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Self
24%
Society
16%
Ideas
11%
Morality
4%
Power
3%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · 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 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 3
Herald
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Warm
4
Hopeful
2
Contemplative
1
Melancholic
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Duncan Joiner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Duncan Joiner'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

23 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • Ordinary Joe(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Joe Kimbreau

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Snips Stone (voice)

  • We Bare Bears: The Movie(2020)

    as Baby Panda (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Loop(2020)

    Show 5 episodes · as Cole

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Snips

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Amazing Stories(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Elijah Whitaker

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Snips Stone (voice)

  • Camping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Orvis

  • 30 Nights(2018)

    as Spencer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Waco(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cyrus

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Spirit Riding Free(2017)

    Show as Snips Stone

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales(2017)

    Show as Snips Stone

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Lethal Weapon(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ben

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Disappointments Room(2016)

    as Lucas Barrow

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Teachers(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Carl

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Perfect Guy(2015)

    as Zach

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • We Bare Bears(2014)

    Show 22 episodes · as Baby Ice Bear (voice) · as Baby Panda (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Some Kind of Beautiful(2014)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Jane the Virgin(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Tyler

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Enlisted(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Little Brother

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Christmas in the City(2013)

    as William

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Community(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Greg

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Hank

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles from 2005 to 2021; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

The Disappointments Room (2016)

$5.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Tales from the Loop (2020)

Midcredits 64th

Most popular right now

Spirit Riding Free (2017)

Film career

20052021

Peak 2015 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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
Acting21 of 21: 21 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score42nd

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 6 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 Duncan Joiner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy (2020)

88th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Waco (2018)

Midcredits 87th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 27. 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 Duncan Joiner's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Duncan Joiner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Duncan Joiner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Allan Jacobsen shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers