Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#213
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Tony Hale 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.
Tony Hale appears in 41 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Tony. Toy Story 5 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.2 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 animation, family, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Andrew Stanton, Anna Kendrick, Eric Fogel and others, Tony Hale 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.
Toy Story 5 (2026) as Forky (voice) · Love, Simon (2018) as Mr. Worth · Toy Story 4 (2019) as Forky (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #213 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
41
2006–2026
Career length
20 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.2
Toy Story 5
Average Nutevio score
6.1
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.0
Love, Simon
Most frequent director
Bob Peterson
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Bob Peterson
Most common genre
Comedy
31 titles
Average runtime
1h 29m
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
6.3
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. Toy Story 4, Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate, Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art? — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.3
Across 15 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. The Informant!, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, The Tale of Despereaux.
Most productive era
2020s
21 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 | 6.82 films | 6.54 films | 6.34 films |
| Action | — | 6.15 films | — |
| Thriller | — | 5.41 film | 6.03 films |
| Comedy | 6.24 films | 6.412 films | 6.215 films |
| Crime | 6.21 film | 6.61 film | 6.41 film |
| Romance | 7.31 film | 7.91 film | — |
| Horror | — | 4.71 film | 5.82 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2006RV
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Frank.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026Toy Story 5
8.2 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
2026The Wrong Girls
The current state of the argument, as Martin Flynn.
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.
41 of 41 films
as Forky (voice)
Directed by Andrew Stanton
as Fear (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Forky (voice)
Directed by Josh Cooley
as Mr. Worth
Directed by Greg Berlanti
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 62 titles · 64 total credits · active 2003–2026
Toy Story 5
2026 · Forky (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
2026 · Self
The Wrong Girls
2026 · Martin Flynn
Opus
2025 · Soledad Yusef
Sketch
2025 · Taylor Wyatt · Producer
Meet Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
2025 · TV · Ultron (voice) (uncredited)
Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
2025 · TV · Ultron (voice)
Inside Out 2
2024 · Fear (voice)
Woman of the Hour
2024 · Ed
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
2024 · Mel / Mr. Donut / TV Announcer (voice)
Unfrosted
2024 · Eddie Mink
Universal Basic Guys
2024 · TV · Trent Portal (voice)
The Decameron
2024 · TV · Sirisco
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
2024 · TV · Self
Dream Productions
2024 · TV · Fear (voice)
Megamind Rules!
2024 · TV · Mel / Mr. Donut (voice)
Quiz Lady
2023 · Ben Franklin
The Ultimate Improv Show
2023 · TV · Monologist
Hocus Pocus 2
2022 · Mayor / Reverend Traske
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022 · TV · Sir Fince (voice)
Password
2022 · TV · Self - Celebrity Guest
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021 · Zack Tieran
Nine Days
2021 · Alexander
Being the Ricardos
2021 · Jess Oppenheimer
The defining work
#1
Forky (voice)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Performance score7.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Forky (voice) gives Tony Hale a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
View movie#2
Taylor Wyatt
Sketch (2025)
Performance score7.7
Sketch asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Taylor Wyatt is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Fear (voice)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Performance score7.7
Inside Out 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Fear (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Forky (voice)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Performance score7.7
Toy Story 4 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Forky (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 Forky (voice)
Start here. Toy Story 5 is the clearest statement of what Tony Hale does — accessible, 100 minutes, and rated 8.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Tony 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.
Love, Simon (2018)
Keeps the comedy register of Toy Story 5 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Keeps the comedy register of Love, Simon but asks for a colder reading of it.
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Keeps the comedy register of Toy Story 4 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Sketch (2025)
Same director as Inside Out 2, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Bob Peterson
Director
4 films together
Notably Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?
Andrew Stanton
Director
2 films together
Notably Toy Story 5
Marc Forster
Director
1 film together
Notably Stranger Than Fiction
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director
1 film together
Notably RV
Neal Brennan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Paul Feig
Director
1 film together
Notably The Heat
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together
Notably The Kings of Summer
Nima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together
Notably American Ultra
Kevin Smith
Director
1 film together
Notably Yoga Hosers
Michael Bay
Director
1 film together
Notably Transformers: The Last Knight
Clint Eastwood
Director
1 film together
Notably The 15:17 to Paris
Greg Berlanti
Director
1 film together
Notably Love, Simon
Thurop Van Orman
Director
1 film together
Notably The Angry Birds Movie 2
Josh Cooley
Director
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 4
Ken Cunningham
Director
1 film together
Notably LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
Aaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together
Notably Being the Ricardos
Anne Fletcher
Director
1 film together
Notably Hocus Pocus 2
Jessica Yu
Director
1 film together
Notably Quiz Lady
Jerry Seinfeld
Director
1 film together
Notably Unfrosted
Eric Fogel
Director
1 film together
Notably Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate
Anna Kendrick
Director
1 film together
Notably Woman of the Hour
Tom Hanks
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Tim Allen
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Joan Cusack
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Greta Lee
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Conan O'Brien
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Craig Robinson
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Shelby Rabara
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Scarlett Spears
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Jay Hernandez
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Lori Alan
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Bonnie Hunt
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Kristen Schaal
Actor
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 5
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Bob Peterson
Director
4 films together · 6.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?Andrew Stanton
Director
2 films together · 7.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Toy Story 5Greg Berlanti
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Love, SimonJosh Cooley
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Toy Story 4Marc Forster
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stranger Than FictionAnne Fletcher
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hocus Pocus 2Thurop Van Orman
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 Angry Birds Movie 2Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Kings of SummerKen Cunningham
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying TalesJessica Yu
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Quiz LadyPaul Feig
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The HeatAaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Being the RicardosAnna Kendrick
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Woman of the HourMichael Bay
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Transformers: The Last KnightNima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
American UltraBarry Sonnenfeld
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RVJerry Seinfeld
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnfrostedClint Eastwood
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The 15:17 to ParisNeal Brennan
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardEric Fogel
Director
1 film together · 5.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Megamind vs. the Doom SyndicateKevin Smith
Director
1 film together · 4.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Yoga HosersSix 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
Toy Story 5
as Forky (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
Love, Simon
as Mr. Worth
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Toy Story 5
as Forky (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Unfrosted
as Eddie Mink
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Toy Story 5
as Forky (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. Tony Hale has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 7.3 | 8.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #654 of 681 | #9 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Genres | Animation, Family, Comedy | Animation, Family, Comedy, Drama |
| Directors | Andrew Stanton | Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont |
| Performance DNA | Emotional range, Comedy, Quiet performance | Emotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 1999–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Forky (voice) — Toy Story 5 | Paul Edgecomb — The Green Mile |
| Most rewatchable film | Toy Story 5 | The Green Mile |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 2 catalogue films |
Films together
Toy Story 5
Shared directors
andrew-stanton
Shared collections
Animation Movies, Comedy Movies
Collaborators in common
Andrew Stanton · Tim Allen · Joan Cusack · Greta Lee · Conan O'Brien · Craig Robinson · Shelby Rabara · Scarlett Spears
Tom Hanks edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
20 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
31 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
Toy Story 5
as Forky (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Toy Story 5
as Forky (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Teeny Tiny Tony (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Opus
as Soledad Yusef
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Mime (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Mime (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Arlo the Alligator Boy
as Teeny Tiny Tony (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Toy Story 5
as Forky (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 2 Nutevio collections
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