Dave Hearn

Actor · Born June 6, 1988 (38) · Lewisham, London, England, UK

Hearn is a founding member of the British theater company Mischief Theatre. His stage credits include plays such as The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery and Magic Goes Wrong.[2] He also appears in the BBC comedy series The Goes Wrong Show. Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams is a collaborator of Mischief, serving as producer since the Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong.

What are Dave Hearn's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

49%

Self

28%

Ideas

17%

Bonds

6%

Community3 Ambition2 Art2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Shapeshifter

1 of 3

Trickster

1 of 3

Shadow

1 of 3

Shapeshifteras Max in Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016)
Tricksteras Max in A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)
Shadowas Max in The Goes Wrong Show (2019)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

3

Joyful

3

Manic

1

Thrilling

1

How their films linger

Fun3 Feel-good3

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 Hearn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+

Subscription and free streaming for Dave Hearn'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

7 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

The Time Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Actor
Mischief Movie Night In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 59 episodes · as No Idea
Bridgerton(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Lord Napier
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Goes Wrong Show(2019)
Show 11 episodes · as Max Bennett
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
as FN-0606
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong(2017)
as Max / Young Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Present / Charity Collector / Undertaker
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Peter Pan Goes Wrong(2016)
as Max Bennett / Michael Darling / Crocodile
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 74^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 7 titles from 2016 to 2023.

Highest rated

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

2016Screen debut· Peter Pan Goes Wrong

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting7 of 7 · 92^nd

By decade

2010s4 · acting2020s3 · acting

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.

Who does Dave Hearn work with?

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

Dave Hearn

What are Dave Hearn's films like?

Themes

Roles they play

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Dave Hearn's films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

Who does Dave Hearn work with?

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers