Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#203
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Anthony Molinari works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Anthony Molinari appears in 26 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Anthony. The Odyssey is the clearest case: a film rated 8.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, fantasy, adventure. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Christopher Nolan, Nicola Peltz, Michael Keaton and others, Anthony Molinari helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Odyssey (2026) as Perimedes · Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) as Police - Confetti · Wrath of Man (2021) as Robber (uncredited)
Career snapshot
Ranked #203 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
26
2010–2026
Career length
16 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.0
The Odyssey
Average Nutevio score
6.9
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.0
The Odyssey
Most frequent director
Christopher Nolan
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Christopher Nolan
Most common genre
Action
16 titles
Average runtime
1h 58m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
7.0 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. The Odyssey, Lola, 1992 — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
7.0
Across 15 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
6.9
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Captain Marvel, Central Intelligence, Patriots Day.
Most productive era
2020s
15 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.77 films | 6.95 films |
| Action | 6.77 films | 7.29 films |
| Thriller | 6.75 films | 6.97 films |
| Comedy | 6.82 films | 6.91 film |
| Crime | 6.87 films | 7.15 films |
| Horror | — | 6.42 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2010The Fighter
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Neary.
Highest rated performance · Career peak · Most recent film
2026The Odyssey
8.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once. The current state of the argument, as Perimedes.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
26 of 26 films
as Perimedes
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Police - Confetti
Directed by Daniel Kwan
as Robber (uncredited)
Directed by Guy Ritchie
as Man on the Ladder
Directed by Chris Sanders
as FBI Truck Driver
Directed by Louis Leterrier
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Perimedes
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score7.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Perimedes gives Anthony Molinari a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Police - Confetti
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Performance score7.6
Everything Everywhere All at Once asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Police - Confetti is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Robber (uncredited)
Wrath of Man (2021)
Performance score7.5
Wrath of Man asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Robber (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Man on the Ladder
The Call of the Wild (2020)
Performance score7.3
The Call of the Wild asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Man on the Ladder is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Perimedes
Start here. The Odyssey is the clearest statement of what Anthony Molinari does — accessible, 173 minutes, and rated 8.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Anthony at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Now You See Me (2013)
A deliberate change of key after The Odyssey — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Call of the Wild (2020)
A deliberate change of key after Now You See Me — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Wrath of Man (2021)
Keeps the drama register of The Call of the Wild but asks for a colder reading of it.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
A deliberate change of key after Wrath of Man — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together
Notably The Odyssey
David O. Russell
Director
1 film together
Notably The Fighter
Phil Lord
Director
1 film together
Notably 21 Jump Street
Ruben Fleischer
Director
1 film together
Notably Gangster Squad
Louis Leterrier
Director
1 film together
Notably Now You See Me
Scott Cooper
Director
1 film together
Notably Black Mass
Edward Zwick
Director
1 film together
Notably Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Ben Affleck
Director
1 film together
Notably Live by Night
Peter Berg
Director
1 film together
Notably Patriots Day
Ryan Fleck
Director
1 film together
Notably Captain Marvel
David Fincher
Director
1 film together
Notably Mank
Dave Franco
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rental
Bilall Fallah
Director
1 film together
Notably Bad Boys for Life
Chris Sanders
Director
1 film together
Notably The Call of the Wild
Cathy Yan
Director
1 film together
Notably Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Everardo Gout
Director
1 film together
Notably The Forever Purge
Guy Ritchie
Director
1 film together
Notably Wrath of Man
Barry Levinson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Survivor
Akiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together
Notably Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Daniel Kwan
Director
1 film together
Notably Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michael Keaton
Director
1 film together
Notably Knox Goes Away
Nicola Peltz
Director
1 film together
Notably Lola
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together · 7.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The OdysseyDaniel Kwan
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Everything Everywhere All at OnceGuy Ritchie
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wrath of ManChris Sanders
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Call of the WildLouis Leterrier
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Now You See MeDavid O. Russell
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The FighterBilall Fallah
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bad Boys for LifePeter Berg
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Patriots DayCathy Yan
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Ryan Fleck
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Captain MarvelPhil Lord
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
21 Jump StreetAkiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersEverardo Gout
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Forever PurgeMichael Keaton
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Knox Goes AwayDavid Fincher
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MankScott Cooper
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Black MassBarry Levinson
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The SurvivorRuben Fleischer
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Gangster SquadBen Affleck
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Live by NightEdward Zwick
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jack Reacher: Never Go BackNicola Peltz
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LolaDave Franco
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The RentalSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Police - Confetti
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Call of the Wild
as Man on the Ladder
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Odyssey
as Perimedes
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Mafiosi (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Odyssey
as Perimedes
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Anthony Molinari has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Action Legend
Awarded
16 catalogue titles in action, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Odyssey
as Perimedes
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Wrath of Man
as Robber (uncredited)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Call of the Wild
as Man on the Ladder
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Cop (uncredited)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Odyssey
as Perimedes
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Odyssey
as Perimedes
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Mank
as Hobo (uncredited)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Lola
as Officer #2
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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