Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#2853
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
J.D. Evermore 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.
J.D. Evermore appears in 35 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without J.D.. Django Unchained is the clearest case: a film rated 8.4 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 comedy, drama, horror. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Joe Lynch, Fisher Stevens, Sam Levinson and others, J.D. Evermore 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.
Django Unchained (2012) as O.D. · 12 Years a Slave (2013) as Chapin · Dallas Buyers Club (2013) as Clint
Career snapshot
Ranked #2853 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
35
2000–2024
Career length
24 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.4
Django Unchained
Average Nutevio score
6.6
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.2
Django Unchained
Most frequent director
Jay Roach
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Jay Roach
Most common genre
Drama
27 titles
Average runtime
1h 53m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
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
2000s
6.8 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Stop-Loss, The Great Debaters — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.8
Across 7 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.8
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Stop-Loss, The Great Debaters.
Most productive era
2010s
24 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 | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.96 films | 6.718 films | 7.03 films |
| Action | 7.11 film | 6.47 films | — |
| Thriller | — | 6.18 films | 5.62 films |
| Comedy | 6.72 films | 6.14 films | 7.21 film |
| Crime | 6.21 film | 6.36 films | — |
| Romance | 7.32 films | 6.22 films | — |
| Horror | — | 5.82 films | 5.31 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Orderly.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2012Django Unchained
8.4 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.
Most recent film
2024Snack Shack
The current state of the argument, as Bill Workman.
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.
35 of 35 films
as O.D.
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
as Chapin
Directed by Steve McQueen
as Principal Forbes
Directed by Fisher Stevens
as F.B.I. Man
Directed by James Mangold
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
O.D.
Django Unchained (2012)
Performance score8.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. O.D. gives J.D. Evermore a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Chapin
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Performance score7.8
12 Years a Slave asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Chapin is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Clint
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Performance score7.8
Dallas Buyers Club asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Clint is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Principal Forbes
Palmer (2021)
Performance score7.6
Palmer asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Principal Forbes 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 O.D.
Start here. Django Unchained is the clearest statement of what J.D. Evermore does — accessible, 165 minutes, and rated 8.4 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet J.D. 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.
Walk the Line (2005)
Keeps the drama register of Django Unchained but asks for a colder reading of it.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Keeps the drama register of Walk the Line but asks for a colder reading of it.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Keeps the drama register of 12 Years a Slave but asks for a colder reading of it.
Palmer (2021)
Keeps the drama register of Dallas Buyers Club but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jean-Marc Vallée
Director
2 films together
Notably Dallas Buyers Club
Jay Roach
Director
2 films together
Notably Trumbo
Matt Williams
Director
1 film together
Notably Where the Heart Is
James Mangold
Director
1 film together
Notably Walk the Line
Andrew Davis
Director
1 film together
Notably The Guardian
Denzel Washington
Director
1 film together
Notably The Great Debaters
Kimberly Peirce
Director
1 film together
Notably Stop-Loss
Werner Herzog
Director
1 film together
Notably Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Glenn Ficarra
Director
1 film together
Notably I Love You Phillip Morris
Roger Donaldson
Director
1 film together
Notably Seeking Justice
Simon West
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mechanic
Lee Daniels
Director
1 film together
Notably The Paperboy
Antonio Negret
Director
1 film together
Notably Transit
Quentin Tarantino
Director
1 film together
Notably Django Unchained
Richard LaGravenese
Director
1 film together
Notably Beautiful Creatures
Steve McQueen
Director
1 film together
Notably 12 Years a Slave
Matt Reeves
Director
1 film together
Notably Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Thomas Carter
Director
1 film together
Notably When the Game Stands Tall
Stephen Frears
Director
1 film together
Notably The Program
Ramin Bahrani
Director
1 film together
Notably 99 Homes
Peter Berg
Director
1 film together
Notably Deepwater Horizon
Ben Affleck
Director
1 film together
Notably Live by Night
Damien Chazelle
Director
1 film together
Notably First Man
Sam Levinson
Director
1 film together
Notably Assassination Nation
Fisher Stevens
Director
1 film together
Notably Palmer
Joe Lynch
Director
1 film together
Notably Suitable Flesh
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Jean-Marc Vallée
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Dallas Buyers ClubJay Roach
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
TrumboQuentin Tarantino
Director
1 film together · 8.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Django UnchainedSteve McQueen
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
12 Years a SlaveFisher Stevens
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PalmerJames Mangold
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Walk the LineMatt Reeves
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesDenzel Washington
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Great DebatersAndrew Davis
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The GuardianMatt Williams
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Where the Heart IsDamien Chazelle
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
First ManPeter Berg
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Deepwater HorizonRamin Bahrani
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
99 HomesThomas Carter
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
When the Game Stands TallSimon West
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MechanicStephen Frears
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ProgramGlenn Ficarra
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Love You Phillip MorrisSam Levinson
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Assassination NationBen Affleck
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Live by NightWerner Herzog
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansKimberly Peirce
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stop-LossRichard LaGravenese
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Beautiful CreaturesRoger Donaldson
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Seeking JusticeAntonio Negret
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TransitLee Daniels
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The PaperboyJoe Lynch
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Suitable FleshSix 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
12 Years a Slave
as Chapin
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
12 Years a Slave
as Chapin
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Django Unchained
as O.D.
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Django Unchained
as O.D.
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Django Unchained
as O.D.
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. J.D. Evermore 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.
Career Achievement
Awarded
24 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
27 catalogue titles in drama, 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
Django Unchained
as O.D.
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
as Sniper
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
12 Years a Slave
as Chapin
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Paperboy
as Gate Guard
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Django Unchained
as O.D.
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Guardian
as Jailer
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Bossy Guard
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Django Unchained
as O.D.
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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