Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#849
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Chris Pine 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.
Chris Pine appears in 32 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Chris. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the clearest case: a film rated 8.7 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 romance, comedy, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Dave McCary, Chris Pine, John Francis Daley and others, Chris Pine 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.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) as Peter Parker (voice) · The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020) as Self · Star Trek (2009) as Cadet James T. Kirk
Career snapshot
Ranked #849 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
32
2004–2027
Career length
23 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.7
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Average Nutevio score
6.2
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.4
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Most frequent director
Patty Jenkins
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Patty Jenkins
Most common genre
Action
14 titles
Average runtime
1h 47m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
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
2000s
6.9 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Star Trek, Smokin' Aces, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.9
Across 3 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.9
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. Star Trek, Smokin' Aces, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
Most productive era
2010s
18 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 | 6.71 film | 6.55 films | 7.51 film |
| Action | 7.02 films | 6.910 films | 6.42 films |
| Thriller | 6.51 film | 6.24 films | 6.43 films |
| Comedy | 6.62 films | 6.25 films | 2.94 films |
| Crime | 6.51 film | 7.31 film | — |
| Romance | 6.71 film | 6.13 films | 0.02 films |
| Horror | — | — | 6.81 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2004The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Nicholas Devereaux.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8.7 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
2027The Catch
The current state of the argument.
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.
32 of 32 films
as Peter Parker (voice)
Directed by Peter Ramsey
as Cadet James T. Kirk
Directed by J.J. Abrams
as Edgin
Directed by John Francis Daley
as Jack Frost (voice)
Directed by Peter Ramsey
as Captain James T. Kirk
Directed by J.J. Abrams
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
Peter Parker (voice)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Performance score8.4
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Peter Parker (voice) gives Chris Pine a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Cadet James T. Kirk
Star Trek (2009)
Performance score8.1
Star Trek asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Cadet James T. Kirk is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Edgin
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Performance score8.0
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Edgin is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Jack Frost (voice)
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Performance score8.0
Rise of the Guardians asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jack Frost (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 Peter Parker (voice)
Start here. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the clearest statement of what Chris Pine does — accessible, 117 minutes, and rated 8.7 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Chris 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.
Star Trek (2009)
Keeps the action register of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse but asks for a colder reading of it.
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Keeps the action register of Star Trek but asks for a colder reading of it.
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Keeps the action register of Rise of the Guardians but asks for a colder reading of it.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Keeps the adventure register of Star Trek Into Darkness but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
J.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together
Notably Star Trek
Joe Carnahan
Director
2 films together
Notably Smokin' Aces
David Mackenzie
Director
2 films together
Notably Hell or High Water
Peter Ramsey
Director
2 films together
Notably Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Patty Jenkins
Director
2 films together
Notably Wonder Woman
Garry Marshall
Director
1 film together
Notably The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Tony Scott
Director
1 film together
Notably Unstoppable
Lee Toland Krieger
Director
1 film together
Notably Celeste & Jesse Forever
McG
Director
1 film together
Notably This Means War
Alex Kurtzman
Director
1 film together
Notably People Like Us
Kenneth Branagh
Director
1 film together
Notably Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Rob Marshall
Director
1 film together
Notably Into the Woods
Craig Zobel
Director
1 film together
Notably Z for Zachariah
Justin Lin
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Trek Beyond
Ava DuVernay
Director
1 film together
Notably A Wrinkle in Time
Garret Price
Director
1 film together
Notably Love, Antosha
Janus Metz
Director
1 film together
Notably All the Old Knives
Tarik Saleh
Director
1 film together
Notably The Contractor
Olivia Wilde
Director
1 film together
Notably Don't Worry Darling
Chris Buck
Director
1 film together
Notably Wish
John Francis Daley
Director
1 film together
Notably Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Chris Pine
Director
1 film together
Notably Poolman
Dave McCary
Director
1 film together
Notably The Catch
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Peter Ramsey
Director
2 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseJ.J. Abrams
Director
2 films together · 7.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Star TrekDavid Mackenzie
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
Hell or High WaterPatty Jenkins
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
Wonder WomanJoe Carnahan
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
Smokin' AcesJohn Francis Daley
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesGarret Price
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Love, AntoshaOlivia Wilde
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Don't Worry DarlingJustin Lin
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Trek BeyondAlex Kurtzman
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
People Like UsGarry Marshall
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 Princess Diaries 2: Royal EngagementTony Scott
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnstoppableTarik Saleh
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ContractorLee Toland Krieger
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Celeste & Jesse ForeverChris Buck
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
WishMcG
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
This Means WarKenneth Branagh
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitJanus Metz
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
All the Old KnivesRob Marshall
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Into the WoodsCraig Zobel
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Z for ZachariahAva DuVernay
Director
1 film together · 5.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Wrinkle in TimeChris Pine
Director
1 film together · 4.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PoolmanDave McCary
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The CatchSix 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
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (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
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Nicholas Devereaux
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
as Self
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (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. Chris Pine 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
23 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.
Action Legend
Awarded
14 catalogue titles in action, 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
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Wish
as King Magnifico (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
All the Old Knives
as Henry Pelham
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Nicholas Devereaux
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
as Peter Parker (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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