Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1130
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Topher Grace represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 26 years in, and Topher is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Topher Grace appears in 27 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Topher. Interstellar is the clearest case: a film rated 9.4 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, thriller, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Chris Rock, Casper Kelly, Mel Gibson and others, Topher Grace 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.
Interstellar (2014) as Getty · Interstellar (2014) as Getty · Breakthrough (2019) as Pastor Jason Noble
Career snapshot
Ranked #1130 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
27
2000–2026
Career length
26 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.4
Interstellar
Average Nutevio score
6.2
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.7
Interstellar
Most frequent director
Christopher Nolan
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Christopher Nolan
Most common genre
Comedy
12 titles
Average runtime
1h 56m
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
6.7
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
2000s
6.9 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Spider-Man 3, Ocean's Twelve, In Good Company — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.9
Across 6 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.8
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
1 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Breakthrough, Delirium, BlacKkKlansman.
Most productive era
2010s
14 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 | 6.73 films | 7.57 films | 3.02 films |
| Action | 6.71 film | 6.03 films | 5.91 film |
| Thriller | 7.13 films | 6.02 films | 6.63 films |
| Comedy | 6.11 film | 6.17 films | 4.84 films |
| Sci-Fi | — | 9.41 film | — |
| Crime | 7.13 films | 6.92 films | — |
| Romance | 6.52 films | 5.94 films | — |
| Horror | — | 5.71 film | 3.52 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2000Traffic
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Seth Abrahms.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2014Interstellar
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.4 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
2026Buddy
The current state of the argument, as Ben.
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.
27 of 27 films
as Getty
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Getty
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Pastor Jason Noble
Directed by Roxann Dawson
as David Duke
Directed by Spike Lee
as Topher Grace (uncredited)
Directed by Unknown
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 30 titles · 31 total credits · active 1998–2026
Never Change!
2026 · Mr. Whiley
How to Make a Killing
2026 · Steven Redfellow
Misty Green
2026 · Actor
Buddy
2026 · Ben
Flight Risk
2025 · Winston
Heretic
2024 · Elder Kennedy
That '90s Show
2023 · TV · Eric Forman
Irresistible
2020 · Kurt
Breakthrough
2019 · Pastor Jason Noble
The Hot Zone
2019 · TV · Peter Jahrling
Love, Death & Robots
2019 · TV · Rob
Delirium
2018 · Tom
BlacKkKlansman
2018 · David Duke
Under the Silver Lake
2018 · Bar Buddy
American Ultra
2015 · Adrian Yates
Truth
2015 · Mike Smith
Barely Lethal
2015 · Mr. Larson (photograph) (uncredited)
Interstellar
2014 · Getty
Playing It Cool
2014 · Scott
The Big Wedding
2013 · Jared Griffin
Take Me Home Tonight
2011 · Matt Franklin · Story
Valentine's Day
2010 · Jason
Predators
2010 · Edwin
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Venom / Eddie Brock
The defining work
#1
Getty
Interstellar (2014)
Performance score9.0
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Getty gives Topher Grace a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Getty
Interstellar (2014)
Performance score8.4
Interstellar asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Getty is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Pastor Jason Noble
Breakthrough (2019)
Performance score8.0
Breakthrough asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Pastor Jason Noble is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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David Duke
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Performance score7.8
BlacKkKlansman asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. David Duke 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 Getty
Start here. Interstellar is the clearest statement of what Topher Grace does — accessible, 169 minutes, and rated 9.4 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Topher 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.
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
A deliberate change of key after Interstellar — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Interstellar (2014)
A deliberate change of key after Ocean's Eleven — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Keeps the drama register of Interstellar but asks for a colder reading of it.
Breakthrough (2019)
Keeps the drama register of BlacKkKlansman but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together
Notably Interstellar
Mike Newell
Director
1 film together
Notably Mona Lisa Smile
Paul Weitz
Director
1 film together
Notably In Good Company
Sam Raimi
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man 3
Nimród Antal
Director
1 film together
Notably Predators
Garry Marshall
Director
1 film together
Notably Valentine's Day
Michael Dowse
Director
1 film together
Notably Take Me Home Tonight
James Vanderbilt
Director
1 film together
Notably Truth
Nima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together
Notably American Ultra
David Robert Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Under the Silver Lake
Spike Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably BlacKkKlansman
Roxann Dawson
Director
1 film together
Notably Breakthrough
Jon Stewart
Director
1 film together
Notably Irresistible
Mel Gibson
Director
1 film together
Notably Flight Risk
Casper Kelly
Director
1 film together
Notably Buddy
Chris Rock
Director
1 film together
Notably Misty Green
Matthew McConaughey
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Anne Hathaway
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Michael Caine
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Jessica Chastain
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Casey Affleck
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Wes Bentley
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Mackenzie Foy
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Ellen Burstyn
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
John Lithgow
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Bill Irwin
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
David Gyasi
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Timothée Chalamet
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together · 9.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
InterstellarRoxann Dawson
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BreakthroughSpike Lee
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BlacKkKlansmanMike Newell
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mona Lisa SmileSam Raimi
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man 3James Vanderbilt
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TruthDavid Robert Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Under the Silver LakeNimród Antal
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PredatorsNima 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 UltraPaul Weitz
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
In Good CompanyJon Stewart
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
IrresistibleMichael Dowse
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Take Me Home TonightMel Gibson
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Flight RiskGarry Marshall
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Valentine's DayChris Rock
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Misty GreenCasper Kelly
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BuddySix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
1 win
1 win · latest 2015
Interstellar
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Interstellar
as Getty
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Mona Lisa Smile
as Tommy Donegal
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Interstellar
as Getty
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Ocean's Twelve
as Topher Grace (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Interstellar
as Getty
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. Topher Grace has known it for a long time.”
“Do not go gentle into that good night.”
“Murph, I'm coming back.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.1 | 8.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #268 of 681 | #2 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 4 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| Genres | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan |
| Performance DNA | Drama, Screen presence, Physical performance | Transformation, Screen presence, Rewatchability |
| Career timeline | 2014–2014 | 2006–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Getty — Interstellar | Professor Brand — Interstellar |
| Most rewatchable film | Interstellar | The Dark Knight |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Interstellar
Shared directors
Christopher Nolan
Shared collections
Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies, Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked, Best Time Travel Movies, Adventure Movies, Sci-Fi Movies, Best Space Movies
Collaborators in common
Christopher Nolan · Matthew McConaughey · Anne Hathaway · Jessica Chastain · Casey Affleck · Wes Bentley · Mackenzie Foy · Ellen Burstyn
Michael Caine 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
26 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Editor's Icon
Awarded
Named by our desk for a body of work we return to when we need to explain what screen acting is for.
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
12 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
Interstellar
as Getty
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Interstellar
as Getty
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Mona Lisa Smile
as Tommy Donegal
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Interstellar
as Getty
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Interstellar
as Getty
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Spider-Man 3
as Venom / Eddie Brock
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
BlacKkKlansman
as David Duke
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Interstellar
as Getty
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 9 Nutevio collections
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