Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#2273
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Rob Huebel 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.
Rob Huebel appears in 31 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Rob. Despicable Me 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 horror, romance, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Brea Grant, Loren Bouchard, Michael Lembeck and others, Rob Huebel 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.
Despicable Me (2010) as Anchorman (voice) · Modern/Love in 7 Short Films (2019) as Drew · The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) as Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #2273 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
31
2007–2026
Career length
19 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.5
Despicable Me
Average Nutevio score
5.7
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.3
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Most frequent director
Brea Grant
1 film together
Longest collaboration
1×
With Brea Grant
Most common genre
Comedy
30 titles
Average runtime
1h 35m
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
6.3 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Transparent: Musicale Finale, Modern/Love in 7 Short Films, Baywatch — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.3
Across 19 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.2
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. I Love You, Man, The Love Guru, Norbit.
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 | — | 6.67 films | 2.42 films |
| Action | — | 6.04 films | — |
| Comedy | 5.53 films | 6.319 films | 5.38 films |
| Crime | — | 6.34 films | 6.32 films |
| Romance | 5.32 films | 6.15 films | 5.72 films |
| Horror | — | — | 3.42 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2007Norbit
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Excited Man on TV.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2010Despicable Me
7.5 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
2026Grind
The current state of the argument.
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.
31 of 31 films
as Anchorman (voice)
Directed by Chris Renaud
as Charlie
Directed by Unknown
as Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
Directed by Loren Bouchard
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
Anchorman (voice)
Despicable Me (2010)
Performance score7.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Anchorman (voice) gives Rob Huebel a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Drew
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films (2019)
Performance score7.2
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Drew is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Charlie
Spontaneous (2020)
Performance score7.0
Spontaneous asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Charlie is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
Performance score6.8
The Bob's Burgers Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice) 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 Anchorman (voice)
Start here. Despicable Me is the clearest statement of what Rob Huebel does — accessible, 95 minutes, and rated 7.5 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Rob 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.
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
Keeps the comedy register of Despicable Me but asks for a colder reading of it.
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films (2019)
Keeps the comedy register of How to Be a Latin Lover but asks for a colder reading of it.
Spontaneous (2020)
Same director as Modern/Love in 7 Short Films, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
Keeps the comedy register of Spontaneous but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Brian Robbins
Director
1 film together
Notably Norbit
Marco Schnabel
Director
1 film together
Notably The Love Guru
John Hamburg
Director
1 film together
Notably I Love You, Man
Paul Weitz
Director
1 film together
Notably Little Fockers
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably The Other Guys
Chris Renaud
Director
1 film together
Notably Despicable Me
Alexander Payne
Director
1 film together
Notably The Descendants
Lee Toland Krieger
Director
1 film together
Notably Celeste & Jesse Forever
Kirk Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably What to Expect When You're Expecting
Lorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together
Notably Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Peter Atencio
Director
1 film together
Notably Keanu
Ken Marino
Director
1 film together
Notably How to Be a Latin Lover
Alethea Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably Fun Mom Dinner
Seth Gordon
Director
1 film together
Notably Baywatch
Joey Soloway
Director
1 film together
Notably Transparent: Musicale Finale
Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Valley Girl
Robert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together
Notably Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
Zoe Lister-Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably How It Ends
Jessica Brunetto
Director
1 film together
Notably Sisters
Michael Lembeck
Director
1 film together
Notably Snow Day
Loren Bouchard
Director
1 film together
Notably The Bob's Burgers Movie
Brea Grant
Director
1 film together
Notably Grind
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Chris Renaud
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Despicable MeLoren Bouchard
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 Bob's Burgers MovieKen Marino
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
How to Be a Latin LoverAlexander Payne
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DescendantsJoey Soloway
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Transparent: Musicale FinaleLorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldJohn Hamburg
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Love You, ManMichael Lembeck
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Snow DayLee Toland Krieger
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Celeste & Jesse ForeverAdam McKay
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 Other GuysSeth Gordon
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BaywatchPeter Atencio
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KeanuKirk Jones
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
What to Expect When You're ExpectingRobert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnonRachel 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 GirlAlethea Jones
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fun Mom DinnerPaul Weitz
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Little FockersBrian Robbins
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
NorbitZoe Lister-Jones
Director
1 film together · 4.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
How It EndsMarco Schnabel
Director
1 film together · 4.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Love GuruBrea Grant
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GrindJessica Brunetto
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SistersSix 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
Despicable Me
as Anchorman (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Man Who Cuts In Line
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Despicable Me
as Anchorman (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Other Guys
as Officer Watts
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Despicable Me
as Anchorman (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. Rob Huebel 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
30 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
The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Man Who Cuts In Line
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Dizzy Dog Carnie (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Despicable Me
as Anchorman (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Other Guys
as Officer Watts
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Man Who Cuts In Line
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Despicable Me
as Anchorman (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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