Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#624
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Blake Clark represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 41 years in, and Blake is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Blake Clark appears in 29 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Blake. 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, Kyle Newacheck, Beth McCarthy-Miller and others, Blake Clark 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 Slinky Dog (voice) · Toy Story 3 (2010) as Slinky Dog (voice) · Toy Story 4 (2019) as Slinky Dog (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #624 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
29
1985–2026
Career length
41 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.2
Toy Story 5
Average Nutevio score
6.4
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Toy Story 3
Most frequent director
Steven Brill
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Steven Brill
Most common genre
Comedy
28 titles
Average runtime
1h 39m
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
6.7
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
2020s
6.8 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Toy Story 5, Toy Story 5, Happy Gilmore 2 — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.8
Across 6 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
6.7
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. St. Elmo's Fire.
Most productive era
2000s
10 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 | 6.11 film | — | 6.51 film | — | — |
| Action | — | 6.61 film | 6.21 film | 5.21 film | — |
| Thriller | — | — | 6.22 films | — | — |
| Comedy | 6.11 film | 6.54 films | 6.010 films | 6.68 films | 7.15 films |
| Crime | — | 6.92 films | 6.11 film | — | — |
| Romance | 6.11 film | 6.72 films | 6.34 films | — | — |
| Horror | — | — | — | — | 5.91 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1985St. Elmo's Fire
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Wally.
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
2026Toy Story 5
The current state of the argument, as Slinky Dog (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.
29 of 29 films
as Slinky Dog (voice)
Directed by Andrew Stanton
as Slinky Dog (voice)
Directed by Lee Unkrich
as Slinky Dog (voice)
Directed by Josh Cooley
as Slinky Dog (voice)
Directed by Andrew Stanton
as Golfer #1 (voice)
Directed by David Wachtenheim
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 34 titles · 34 total credits · active 1982–2026
Toy Story 5
2026 · Slinky Dog (voice)
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Beach Man
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025 · Self
Leanne
2025 · TV · Daddy John
Leo
2023 · Golfer #1 (voice)
Hubie Halloween
2020 · Tayback the Cook
Toy Story 4
2019 · Slinky Dog (voice)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019 · Earl Canderton
The Ridiculous 6
2015 · Gulch Sheriff
That's My Boy
2012 · Gerald
Rango
2011 · Buford (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
2011 · Slinky Dog (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010 · Slinky Dog (voice)
Grown Ups
2010 · Bobby 'Buzzer' Ferdinando
Get Smart
2008 · General
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Biker
Strange Wilderness
2008 · Dick
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Crazy Homeless Man
Click
2006 · Roy (uncredited)
50 First Dates
2004 · Marlin Whitmore
The Ladykillers
2004 · Football Coach
Mr. Deeds
2002 · Buddy Ward
Joe Dirt
2001 · Old Cajun Man
Little Nicky
2000 · Jimmy the Demon
The defining work
#1
Slinky Dog (voice)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Performance score7.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Slinky Dog (voice) gives Blake Clark a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Slinky Dog (voice)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Performance score7.8
Toy Story 3 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Slinky Dog (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Slinky Dog (voice)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Performance score7.5
Toy Story 4 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Slinky Dog (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Slinky Dog (voice)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Performance score7.2
Toy Story 5 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Slinky Dog (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 Slinky Dog (voice)
Start here. Toy Story 5 is the clearest statement of what Blake Clark 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 Blake 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.
Toy Story 3 (2010)
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 Toy Story 3 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Leo (2023)
Keeps the comedy register of Toy Story 4 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of Leo but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Frank Coraci
Director
3 films together
Notably Click
Steven Brill
Director
3 films together
Notably Hubie Halloween
Peter Segal
Director
2 films together
Notably 50 First Dates
Dennis Dugan
Director
2 films together
Notably Grown Ups
Andrew Stanton
Director
2 films together
Notably Toy Story 5
Joel Schumacher
Director
1 film together
Notably St. Elmo's Fire
Chuck Russell
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mask
Steve Oedekerk
Director
1 film together
Notably Nothing to Lose
Dennie Gordon
Director
1 film together
Notably Joe Dirt
Joel Coen
Director
1 film together
Notably The Ladykillers
Fred Wolf
Director
1 film together
Notably Strange Wilderness
Adam Shankman
Director
1 film together
Notably Bedtime Stories
Lee Unkrich
Director
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 3
Gore Verbinski
Director
1 film together
Notably Rango
Scott Aukerman
Director
1 film together
Notably Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Josh Cooley
Director
1 film together
Notably Toy Story 4
David Wachtenheim
Director
1 film together
Notably Leo
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Director
1 film together
Notably Netflix Tudum 2025
Kyle Newacheck
Director
1 film together
Notably Happy Gilmore 2
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
Tony Hale
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
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Steven Brill
Director
3 films together · 5.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Hubie HalloweenFrank Coraci
Director
3 films together · 5.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
ClickAndrew 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 5Peter Segal
Director
2 films together · 6.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
50 First DatesDennis Dugan
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Grown UpsLee Unkrich
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Toy Story 3Josh 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 4David Wachtenheim
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LeoChuck Russell
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 MaskGore Verbinski
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RangoSteve Oedekerk
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Nothing to LoseKyle Newacheck
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Happy Gilmore 2Adam Shankman
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bedtime StoriesJoel Coen
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The LadykillersJoel Schumacher
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
St. Elmo's FireScott Aukerman
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Between Two Ferns: The MovieDennie Gordon
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Joe DirtBeth McCarthy-Miller
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Netflix Tudum 2025Fred 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
Toy Story 5
as Slinky Dog (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
Toy Story 5
as Slinky Dog (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
Toy Story 3
as Slinky Dog (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Click
as Roy (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Toy Story 5
as Slinky Dog (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. Blake Clark 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 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #644 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 | Comedy, Emotional range, Quiet performance | Emotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 1999–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Slinky Dog (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 · Tony Hale
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
41 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
28 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 Slinky Dog (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 Slinky Dog (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Bedtime Stories
as Biker
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Hubie Halloween
as Tayback the Cook
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Toy Story 5
as Slinky Dog (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Ridiculous 6
as Gulch Sheriff
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Rango
as Buford (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Toy Story 5
as Slinky Dog (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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