Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#276
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Seth Green represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 38 years in, and Seth is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Seth Green appears in 38 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Seth. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.1 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 thriller, comedy, animation. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with James Gunn, Mike Binder, Eric Appel and others, Seth Green 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.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Howard the Duck (voice) · Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) as Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) as Howard the Duck (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #276 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
38
1988–2026
Career length
38 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.1
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Average Nutevio score
6.1
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.9
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Most frequent director
James Gunn
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With James Gunn
Most common genre
Comedy
26 titles
Average runtime
1h 31m
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
6.6
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
6.8 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Changeland, Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee, Godzilla: King of the Monsters — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.8
Across 11 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.8
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1980s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. My Stepmother Is an Alien.
Most productive era
2000s
11 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 | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.81 film | — | 6.02 films | — |
| Action | — | 5.61 film | 6.63 films | 7.46 films | 8.11 film |
| Thriller | — | — | 6.11 film | — | 5.91 film |
| Comedy | 5.81 film | 6.23 films | 6.19 films | 6.56 films | 4.07 films |
| Crime | — | 6.52 films | 6.14 films | — | — |
| Romance | — | — | 6.12 films | — | — |
| Horror | — | 5.61 film | — | — | 6.22 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Fred Glass.
Career peak
2010The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Highest rated performance
8.1 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Most recent film
2026The Floaters
The current state of the argument, as Daniel.
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.
38 of 38 films
as Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Howard the Duck (voice)
Directed by James Gunn
as Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Directed by James Gunn
as Howard the Duck (voice)
Directed by James Gunn
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
Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (voice)
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (2010)
Performance score8.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (voice) gives Seth Green a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Howard the Duck (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Performance score7.8
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Howard the Duck (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Performance score7.8
Guardians of the Galaxy asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Himself
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ (2021)
Performance score7.7
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Himself 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 Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (voice)
Start here. The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III is the clearest statement of what Seth Green does — accessible, 45 minutes, and rated 7.5 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Seth 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.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Keeps the action register of The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III but asks for a colder reading of it.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Same director as Guardians of the Galaxy, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
A deliberate change of key after Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jay Roach
Director
3 films together
Notably Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
James Gunn
Director
3 films together
Notably Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
F. Gary Gray
Director
2 films together
Notably The Italian Job
Richard Benjamin
Director
1 film together
Notably My Stepmother Is an Alien
Allan Moyle
Director
1 film together
Notably Pump Up the Volume
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Director
1 film together
Notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Brian Koppelman
Director
1 film together
Notably Knockaround Guys
Joe Roth
Director
1 film together
Notably America's Sweethearts
Steven Brill
Director
1 film together
Notably Without a Paddle
Raja Gosnell
Director
1 film together
Notably Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Pete Michels
Director
1 film together
Notably Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Dominic Polcino
Director
1 film together
Notably Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
Peter Shin
Director
1 film together
Notably Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!
Simon Wells
Director
1 film together
Notably Mars Needs Moms
David Wain
Director
1 film together
Notably A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Michael Dougherty
Director
1 film together
Notably Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Seth Green
Director
1 film together
Notably Changeland
Jonathan Stern
Director
1 film together
Notably Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
Eric Appel
Director
1 film together
Notably Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mike Binder
Director
1 film together
Notably Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
James Gunn
Director
3 films together · 8.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Jay Roach
Director
3 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryF. Gary Gray
Director
2 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Italian JobJonathan Stern
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!Dominic Polcino
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark SidePete Michels
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryPeter Shin
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!Allan Moyle
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pump Up the VolumeEric Appel
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryMichael Dougherty
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Godzilla: King of the MonstersDavid Wain
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Futile and Stupid GestureRaja 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 UnleashedBrian Koppelman
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Knockaround GuysSimon Wells
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mars Needs MomsRichard Benjamin
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Stepmother Is an AlienJoe Roth
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
America's SweetheartsSeth Green
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ChangelandSteven Brill
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Without a PaddleFran Rubel Kuzui
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Buffy the Vampire SlayerMike Binder
Director
1 film together · 4.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget TributeSix 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
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Pump Up the Volume
as Joey
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Howard the Duck (voice) (uncredited)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Howard the Duck (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (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. Seth Green 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
38 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.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
26 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
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
as Self - Actor, "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed"
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Howard the Duck (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Pump Up the Volume
as Joey
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
as Self - Actor, "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed"
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Howard the Duck (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Howard the Duck (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Obi-Wan Kenobi / IG-88 / Weequay / Prune Face / R5-D4 (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Howard the Duck (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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