Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1494
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Randall Park 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.
Randall Park appears in 36 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Randall. PAW Patrol: The Movie is the clearest case: a film rated 7.3 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 romance, science fiction, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Will Ropp, Jessica Yu, Shawn Simmons and others, Randall Park 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.
PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) as Butch (voice) · Strays (2023) as Hunter (voice) · The Disaster Artist (2017) as Male Actor
Career snapshot
Ranked #1494 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
36
2009–2027
Career length
18 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.3
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Average Nutevio score
5.9
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.3
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Most frequent director
James Wan
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With James Wan
Most common genre
Comedy
27 titles
Average runtime
1h 38m
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
6.2
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
2010s
6.1 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe, Always Be My Maybe, Ant-Man and the Wasp — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.1
Across 19 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.1
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. Winged Creatures.
Most productive era
2010s
19 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 | 5.91 film | 6.35 films | 5.94 films |
| Action | — | 6.64 films | 6.64 films |
| Thriller | — | — | 5.83 films |
| Comedy | — | 6.016 films | 5.311 films |
| Crime | 5.91 film | 5.61 film | 6.22 films |
| Romance | — | 6.14 films | 4.74 films |
| Horror | — | — | 5.92 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2009Winged Creatures
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Resident.
Highest rated performance
7.3 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2023Strays
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Wishful Thinking
The current state of the argument, as Bobby.
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.
36 of 36 films
as Hunter (voice)
Directed by Josh Greenbaum
as Butch (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Jimmy Woo
Directed by Peyton Reed
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
Hunter (voice)
Strays (2023)
Performance score7.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Hunter (voice) gives Randall Park a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Butch (voice)
PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
Performance score7.2
PAW Patrol: The Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Butch (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Jimmy Woo
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Performance score7.1
Ant-Man and the Wasp asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jimmy Woo is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Marcus
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Performance score7.0
Always Be My Maybe asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Marcus 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 Hunter (voice)
Start here. Strays is the clearest statement of what Randall Park does — accessible, 93 minutes, and rated 7.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Randall 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.
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Keeps the comedy register of Strays but asks for a colder reading of it.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
A deliberate change of key after The Disaster Artist — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
A deliberate change of key after Ant-Man and the Wasp — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
Keeps the comedy register of Always Be My Maybe but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Nicholas Stoller
Director
2 films together
Notably Neighbors
Peyton Reed
Director
2 films together
Notably Ant-Man and the Wasp
Nahnatchka Khan
Director
2 films together
Notably Totally Killer
James Wan
Director
2 films together
Notably Aquaman
Rowan Woods
Director
1 film together
Notably Winged Creatures
Jay Roach
Director
1 film together
Notably Dinner for Schmucks
Tom Hanks
Director
1 film together
Notably Larry Crowne
Jake Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably Sex Tape
David Wain
Director
1 film together
Notably They Came Together
Evan Goldberg
Director
1 film together
Notably The Interview
Jonathan Levine
Director
1 film together
Notably The Night Before
Judd Apatow
Director
1 film together
Notably Trainwreck
John Krasinski
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hollars
Lorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together
Notably The Meddler
Josh Gordon
Director
1 film together
Notably Office Christmas Party
Charlie Bean
Director
1 film together
Notably The Lego Ninjago Movie
James Franco
Director
1 film together
Notably The Disaster Artist
Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Valley Girl
Claire Scanlon
Director
1 film together
Notably The People We Hate at the Wedding
Randall Park
Director
1 film together
Notably Shortcomings
Josh Greenbaum
Director
1 film together
Notably Strays
Max Minghella
Director
1 film together
Notably Shell
Benjamin Caron
Director
1 film together
Notably Night Always Comes
Shawn Simmons
Director
1 film together
Notably Eenie Meanie
Jessica Yu
Director
1 film together
Notably A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Will Ropp
Director
1 film together
Notably Brian
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
James Wan
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
AquamanNahnatchka Khan
Director
2 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Totally KillerPeyton Reed
Director
2 films together · 6.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Ant-Man and the WaspNicholas Stoller
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
NeighborsJosh Greenbaum
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
StraysJames Franco
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 Disaster ArtistCharlie Bean
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 Lego Ninjago MovieShawn Simmons
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eenie MeanieClaire Scanlon
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The People We Hate at the WeddingJohn Krasinski
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The HollarsJessica Yu
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Very Jonas Christmas MovieEvan Goldberg
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The InterviewBenjamin Caron
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Night Always ComesRandall Park
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ShortcomingsJonathan Levine
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Night BeforeLorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MeddlerTom Hanks
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Larry CrowneRowan 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 CreaturesJudd Apatow
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TrainwreckRachel Lee Goldenberg
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Valley GirlJosh Gordon
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Office Christmas PartyJay Roach
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dinner for SchmucksDavid Wain
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
They Came TogetherJake Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sex TapeMax Minghella
Director
1 film together · 5.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ShellWill Ropp
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BrianSix 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
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Jimmy Woo
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Larry Crowne
as Trainee Wong
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
PAW Patrol: The Movie
as Butch (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Winged Creatures
as Resident
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Strays
as Hunter (voice)
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. Randall Park 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.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
27 catalogue titles in comedy, 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
Aquaman
as Dr. Stephen Shin
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
PAW Patrol: The Movie
as Butch (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Larry Crowne
as Trainee Wong
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Aquaman
as Dr. Stephen Shin
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
PAW Patrol: The Movie
as Butch (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Jimmy Woo
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Chen the Cheerleader (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Dr. Shin
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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