Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#16
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Seth Rogen represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 26 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 Rogen appears in 59 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Seth. Donnie Darko is the clearest case: a film rated 7.9 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 drama, animation, science fiction. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Andy Serkis, Alex Timbers, Craig Gillespie and others, Seth Rogen 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.
Donnie Darko (2001) as Ricky Danforth · The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) as Donkey Kong (voice) · Adele One Night Only (2021) as Self
Career snapshot
Ranked #16 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
59
2001–2027
Career length
26 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.9
Donnie Darko
Average Nutevio score
6.4
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Adele One Night Only
Most frequent director
Judd Apatow
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Judd Apatow
Most common genre
Comedy
43 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
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
6.5
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
6.5 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. The Lion King, Like Father, The Disaster Artist — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.5
Across 19 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.5
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. Monsters vs Aliens, Observe and Report, Funny People.
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 | 6.45 films | 6.95 films | 5.66 films |
| Action | 7.02 films | 6.57 films | 7.13 films |
| Comedy | 6.316 films | 6.516 films | 6.311 films |
| Crime | 6.13 films | 6.22 films | 7.01 film |
| Romance | 6.13 films | — | 7.21 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio · Highest rated performance
2001Donnie Darko
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Ricky Danforth. 7.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2022The Fabelmans
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Tangles
The current state of the argument, as Zach (voice).
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.
59 of 59 films
as Benny Loewy
Directed by Steven Spielberg
as Joe
Directed by Olivia Wilde
as Donkey Kong (voice)
Directed by Aaron Horvath
as Ricky Danforth
Directed by Richard Kelly
as Self
Directed by Paul Dugdale
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
Benny Loewy
The Fabelmans (2022)
Performance score7.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Benny Loewy gives Seth Rogen a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Joe
The Invite (2026)
Performance score7.8
The Invite asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Joe is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Donkey Kong (voice)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Performance score7.8
The Super Mario Bros. Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Donkey Kong (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Ricky Danforth
Donnie Darko (2001)
Performance score7.7
Donnie Darko asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ricky Danforth 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 Benny Loewy
Start here. The Fabelmans is the clearest statement of what Seth Rogen does — accessible, 151 minutes, and rated 7.6 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.
Donnie Darko (2001)
Keeps the drama register of The Fabelmans but asks for a colder reading of it.
Adele One Night Only (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Donnie Darko — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
A deliberate change of key after Adele One Night Only — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Invite (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of The Super Mario Bros. Movie but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Adam McKay
Director
3 films together
Notably Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Judd Apatow
Director
3 films together
Notably The 40 Year Old Virgin
Greg Mottola
Director
2 films together
Notably Superbad
Evan Goldberg
Director
2 films together
Notably The Interview
Jonathan Levine
Director
2 films together
Notably 50/50
Nicholas Stoller
Director
2 films together
Notably Neighbors
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Director
2 films together
Notably Kung Fu Panda 2
Craig Gillespie
Director
2 films together
Notably Supergirl
Richard Kelly
Director
1 film together
Notably Donnie Darko
Anthony Russo
Director
1 film together
Notably You, Me and Dupree
Chris Miller
Director
1 film together
Notably Shrek the Third
Fred Wolf
Director
1 film together
Notably Strange Wilderness
Mark Waters
Director
1 film together
Notably The Spiderwick Chronicles
David Gordon Green
Director
1 film together
Notably Pineapple Express
Mark Osborne
Director
1 film together
Notably Kung Fu Panda
Peter Ramsey
Director
1 film together
Notably Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Jody Hill
Director
1 film together
Notably Observe and Report
Rob Letterman
Director
1 film together
Notably Monsters vs Aliens
Tim Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably Kung Fu Panda Holiday
Michel Gondry
Director
1 film together
Notably The Green Hornet
Phil Lord
Director
1 film together
Notably 22 Jump Street
Danny Boyle
Director
1 film together
Notably Steve Jobs
Conrad Vernon
Director
1 film together
Notably Sausage Party
James Franco
Director
1 film together
Notably The Disaster Artist
Lauren Miller Rogen
Director
1 film together
Notably Like Father
Jon Favreau
Director
1 film together
Notably The Lion King
John Maggio
Director
1 film together
Notably The Perfect Weapon
Brandon Trost
Director
1 film together
Notably An American Pickle
Paul Dugdale
Director
1 film together
Notably Adele One Night Only
Akiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together
Notably Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together
Notably The Fabelmans
Jeff Rowe
Director
1 film together
Notably Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Aaron Horvath
Director
1 film together
Notably The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Mike Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Kung Fu Panda 4
Barry Jenkins
Director
1 film together
Notably Mufasa: The Lion King
Morgan Neville
Director
1 film together
Notably Breakdown: 1975
Aziz Ansari
Director
1 film together
Notably Good Fortune
Olivia Wilde
Director
1 film together
Notably The Invite
Alex Timbers
Director
1 film together
Notably The Muppet Show
Andy Serkis
Director
1 film together
Notably Animal Farm
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Adam McKay
Director
3 films together · 6.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyJudd Apatow
Director
3 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The 40 Year Old VirginGreg Mottola
Director
2 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
SuperbadJennifer Yuh Nelson
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Kung Fu Panda 2Craig Gillespie
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
SupergirlJonathan Levine
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
50/50Evan Goldberg
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 InterviewNicholas Stoller
Director
2 films together · 6.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
NeighborsRichard Kelly
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Donnie DarkoAaron Horvath
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Super Mario Bros. MoviePaul Dugdale
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Adele One Night OnlySteven Spielberg
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The FabelmansMark Osborne
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kung Fu PandaBarry Jenkins
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mufasa: The Lion KingAlex Timbers
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Muppet ShowOlivia Wilde
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The InviteJeff Rowe
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemJon Favreau
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 Lion KingJames 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 ArtistMike Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kung Fu Panda 4Akiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersJohn Maggio
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 Perfect WeaponTim Johnson
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kung Fu Panda HolidayAziz Ansari
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Good FortuneMorgan Neville
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Breakdown: 1975Danny Boyle
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Steve JobsPhil Lord
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
22 Jump StreetMark Waters
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Spiderwick ChroniclesDavid Gordon Green
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pineapple ExpressRob Letterman
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Monsters vs AliensChris Miller
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Shrek the ThirdAndy Serkis
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Animal FarmLauren Miller Rogen
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Like FatherPeter Ramsey
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer SpaceBrandon Trost
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
An American PickleConrad Vernon
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sausage PartyMichel Gondry
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Green HornetAnthony Russo
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
You, Me and DupreeJody Hill
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Observe and ReportFred Wolf
Director
1 film together · 4.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Strange WildernessSix 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
Donnie Darko
as Ricky Danforth
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Lion King
as Pumbaa (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Donnie Darko
as Ricky Danforth
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
22 Jump Street
as Morton Schmidt Double (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Fabelmans
as Benny Loewy
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 Rogen 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
26 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
43 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
Donnie Darko
as Ricky Danforth
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Donnie Darko
as Ricky Danforth
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Lion King
as Pumbaa (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Donnie Darko
as Ricky Danforth
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Kung Fu Panda
as Mantis (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Mantis (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Mantis (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Supergirl
as Mousy Alien (voice) (uncredited)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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