Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#2426
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Eric André 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.
Eric André appears in 23 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Eric. Sing 2 is the clearest case: a film rated 7.8 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, adventure, science fiction. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Peter Atencio, Boots Riley, Peter Farrelly and others, Eric André 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.
Sing 2 (2021) as Darius (voice) · The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) as Mark (voice) · Trolls Band Together (2023) as John Dory (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #2426 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
23
2009–2027
Career length
18 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.8
Sing 2
Average Nutevio score
5.6
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Sing 2
Most frequent director
Kitao Sakurai
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Kitao Sakurai
Most common genre
Comedy
20 titles
Average runtime
1h 26m
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
6.2
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. The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, The Lion King, Rough Night — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.3
Across 5 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.3
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 Invention of Lying.
Most productive era
2020s
17 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 | — | 6.42 films | — |
| Action | — | — | 4.84 films |
| Comedy | 6.21 film | 6.14 films | 5.615 films |
| Crime | — | — | 6.01 film |
| Romance | 6.21 film | — | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Man #4.
Highest rated performance
2021Sing 2
7.8 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2021The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Animal Friends
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.
23 of 23 films
as Mark (voice)
Directed by Mike Rianda
as Darius (voice)
Directed by Garth Jennings
as John Dory (voice)
Directed by Walt Dohrn
as Marcus Pinchel
Directed by Matt Spicer
as Azizi (voice)
Directed by Jon Favreau
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
Mark (voice)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
Performance score7.7
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Mark (voice) gives Eric André a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Darius (voice)
Sing 2 (2021)
Performance score7.6
Sing 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Darius (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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John Dory (voice)
Trolls Band Together (2023)
Performance score7.4
Trolls Band Together asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. John Dory (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Marcus Pinchel
Little Brother (2026)
Performance score7.0
Little Brother asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Marcus Pinchel 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 Mark (voice)
Start here. The Mitchells vs. the Machines is the clearest statement of what Eric André does — accessible, 110 minutes, and rated 7.7 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Eric 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.
The Lion King (2019)
Keeps the adventure register of The Mitchells vs. the Machines but asks for a colder reading of it.
Sing 2 (2021)
Keeps the family register of The Lion King but asks for a colder reading of it.
Trolls Band Together (2023)
Keeps the comedy register of Sing 2 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Little Brother (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of Trolls Band Together but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jeff Tremaine
Director
2 films together
Notably Jackass Forever
Kitao Sakurai
Director
2 films together
Notably Bad Trip
Ricky Gervais
Director
1 film together
Notably The Invention of Lying
Shawn Levy
Director
1 film together
Notably The Internship
Jorma Taccone
Director
1 film together
Notably Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Lucia Aniello
Director
1 film together
Notably Rough Night
Jon Favreau
Director
1 film together
Notably The Lion King
Eric Notarnicola
Director
1 film together
Notably Eric Andre: Legalize Everything
Garth Jennings
Director
1 film together
Notably Sing 2
Mike Rianda
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Fabrice Joubert
Director
1 film together
Notably Animal Attraction
Walt Dohrn
Director
1 film together
Notably Trolls Band Together
Kyle Newacheck
Director
1 film together
Notably Happy Gilmore 2
Matt Spicer
Director
1 film together
Notably Little Brother
Peter Farrelly
Director
1 film together
Notably Balls Up
Boots Riley
Director
1 film together
Notably I Love Boosters
Peter Atencio
Director
1 film together
Notably Animal Friends
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Jeff Tremaine
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
Jackass ForeverKitao Sakurai
Director
2 films together · 3.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Bad TripGarth Jennings
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sing 2Mike Rianda
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Mitchells vs. the MachinesWalt Dohrn
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Trolls Band TogetherJon 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 KingJorma Taccone
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingMatt Spicer
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Little BrotherKyle 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 2Shawn Levy
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The InternshipRicky Gervais
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Invention of LyingBoots Riley
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Love BoostersEric Notarnicola
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eric Andre: Legalize EverythingPeter Farrelly
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Balls UpFabrice Joubert
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Animal AttractionLucia Aniello
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rough NightPeter Atencio
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Animal FriendsSix 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
Sing 2
as Darius (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
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (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
Sing 2
as Darius (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Invention of Lying
as Man #4
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as Mark (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. Eric André 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.
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
20 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
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Sing 2
as Darius (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as Mark (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Balls Up
as Eco Warrior Aaron
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Trolls Band Together
as John Dory (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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