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Dave Bresnahan

Dave Bresnahan

Actor, producer, writer and director · Born March 12, 1953 (73) · Westborough, Massachusetts, USA

Dave Bresnahan is an award-winning journalist, book author, broadcaster, radio talk show host, motivational speaker, actor and filmmaker. He has a bachelor's degree in Communications with a minor in Computer Science and another minor in American History from Westminster College of Salt Lake City (1986). He grew up in Massachusetts, and has lived in Ireland (where he has family). He now has a neutral accent, but can easily provide a New England or Irish accent as needed. He also does various European accents. In addition to acting, he does voice over for commercials, narration, characters in video games, instructional and industrial videos. He has many years of experience as a radio news caster, talk show host, and radio station owner. He was a high school and college gymnast, and coached the USA men's team (1986). He volunteers as a community service EMT (licensed in Utah), and teaches first aid, CPR, AED classes to the public to help people be better prepared to save lives. Dave Bresnahan is a skilled character actor who has taken the skills he learned as a broadcaster and put them to good use as a voice and film actor. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dave Bresnahan

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 12, 1953 (73)
From
Westborough, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Actor, producer, writer and director
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Dave Bresnahan's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
43%
Bonds
14%
Survival
13%
Self
12%
Power
8%
Society
6%
Ideas
4%
Sacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 1

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · 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 1 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Hopeful
4
Thrilling
2
Melancholic
3
Dread
1

How their films linger

Hopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4

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 Dave Bresnahan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Dave Bresnahan'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

11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Devil's Men(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Chaplain Oliver Liggett

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story · as Aaron

  • Murder Among the Mormons(2021)

    Show as John Pickup

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

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

    as Smitty

  • Andi Mack(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Shopper (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Mythica: The Necromancer(2015)

    Producer · as Dying Soldier

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Miracle Maker(2015)

    as Merchant (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Mythica: The Darkspore(2015)

    Producer · as Medieval soldier (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Gulag Barashevo(2015)

    as Gulag Commissar 1

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mythica: A Quest for Heroes(2014)

    Producer · as Townsperson

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Day Zero: The Series(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Boom Operator

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 41st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 2011 to 2023.

Highest rated

Murder Among the Mormons (2021)

Midcredits 50th

Most popular right now

Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 9: 6 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thDirecting1 of 9: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 9: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 9: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 9: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s7 · 6 acting · 1 crew2020s2 · 2 acting · 2 crew

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 Dave Bresnahan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Gulag Barashevo (2015)

99th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Miracle Maker (2015)

Midcredits 69th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 33. 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 Dave Bresnahan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dave Bresnahan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Faller shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers