Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#745
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Kevin Durand represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 27 years in, and Kevin is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Kevin Durand appears in 28 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Kevin. Ready or Not: Here I Come is the clearest case: a film rated 7.5 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, horror, thriller. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Eli Craig, Akiva Schaffer and others, Kevin Durand 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.
Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026) as Bill Wilkinson · Fruitvale Station (2013) as Officer Caruso · Real Steel (2011) as Ricky
Career snapshot
Ranked #745 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
28
1999–2026
Career length
27 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.5
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.6
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Most frequent director
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Most common genre
Action
13 titles
Average runtime
1h 47m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
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
6.6 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Ready or Not: Here I Come, Clown in a Cornfield, The Naked Gun — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.6
Across 6 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
6.6
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Most productive era
2010s
13 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 | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.12 films | 6.48 films | — |
| Action | — | 6.34 films | 6.26 films | 6.53 films |
| Thriller | — | 6.42 films | 6.04 films | 6.64 films |
| Comedy | 6.31 film | 6.14 films | 6.01 film | 6.93 films |
| Crime | 6.31 film | 6.13 films | 6.12 films | 6.41 film |
| Romance | — | — | 6.31 film | — |
| Horror | — | — | 5.93 films | 6.83 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Assassin.
Career peak
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Highest rated performance · Most recent film
7.5 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. The current state of the argument, as Bill Wilkinson.
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.
28 of 28 films
as Proximus Caesar
Directed by Wes Ball
as Ricky
Directed by Shawn Levy
as Bill Wilkinson
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
From the library
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The defining work
#1
Proximus Caesar
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
Performance score7.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Proximus Caesar gives Kevin Durand a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Officer Caruso
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Performance score7.5
Fruitvale Station asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Officer Caruso is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Ricky
Real Steel (2011)
Performance score7.4
Real Steel asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ricky is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Bill Wilkinson
Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)
Performance score7.3
Ready or Not: Here I Come asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bill Wilkinson 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 Proximus Caesar
Start here. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the clearest statement of what Kevin Durand does — accessible, 145 minutes, and rated 7.1 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Kevin 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.
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
A deliberate change of key after Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Real Steel (2011)
A deliberate change of key after 3:10 to Yuma — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Keeps the drama register of Real Steel but asks for a colder reading of it.
Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)
A deliberate change of key after Fruitvale Station — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Atom Egoyan
Director
2 films together
Notably Devil's Knot
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Director
2 films together
Notably Ready or Not: Here I Come
Jay Roach
Director
1 film together
Notably Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Raja Gosnell
Director
1 film together
Notably Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Kevin Bray
Director
1 film together
Notably Walking Tall
John Whitesell
Director
1 film together
Notably Big Momma's House 2
Joe Carnahan
Director
1 film together
Notably Smokin' Aces
James Mangold
Director
1 film together
Notably 3:10 to Yuma
Rowan Woods
Director
1 film together
Notably Winged Creatures
Gavin Hood
Director
1 film together
Notably X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Scott Stewart
Director
1 film together
Notably Legion
Ridley Scott
Director
1 film together
Notably Robin Hood
D.J. Caruso
Director
1 film together
Notably I Am Number Four
Shawn Levy
Director
1 film together
Notably Real Steel
David Cronenberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Cosmopolis
Paul W. S. Anderson
Director
1 film together
Notably Resident Evil: Retribution
Ryan Coogler
Director
1 film together
Notably Fruitvale Station
Darren Aronofsky
Director
1 film together
Notably Noah
Akiva Goldsman
Director
1 film together
Notably Winter's Tale
David Hackl
Director
1 film together
Notably Dangerous
Wes Ball
Director
1 film together
Notably Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Akiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together
Notably The Naked Gun
Eli Craig
Director
1 film together
Notably Clown in a Cornfield
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Director
2 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Ready or Not: Here I ComeAtom Egoyan
Director
2 films together · 6.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Devil's KnotRyan Coogler
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fruitvale StationShawn Levy
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Real SteelJames Mangold
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
3:10 to YumaWes Ball
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kingdom of the Planet of the ApesJoe Carnahan
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Smokin' AcesAkiva Schaffer
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 Naked GunRidley Scott
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Robin HoodGavin Hood
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
X-Men Origins: WolverineAkiva Goldsman
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Winter's TaleKevin Bray
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Walking TallJay Roach
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeD.J. Caruso
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Am Number FourEli Craig
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Clown in a CornfieldRaja Gosnell
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedDavid Hackl
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DangerousScott Stewart
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LegionRowan Woods
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Winged CreaturesPaul W. S. Anderson
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Resident Evil: RetributionJohn Whitesell
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Big Momma's House 2Darren Aronofsky
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
NoahDavid Cronenberg
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CosmopolisSix 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
Real Steel
as Ricky
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Winter's Tale
as Cesar Tan
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Fruitvale Station
as Officer Caruso
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
as Black Knight Ghost
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
as Proximus Caesar
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. Kevin Durand 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
27 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.
Action Legend
Awarded
13 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
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as Bill Wilkinson
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as Bill Wilkinson
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Winter's Tale
as Cesar Tan
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Clown in a Cornfield
as Mayor Arthur Hill
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
as Proximus Caesar
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
as Proximus Caesar
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Robin Hood
as Little John
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Real Steel
as Ricky
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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