Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#25
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
J.K. Simmons represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 30 years in, and J.K. is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
J.K. Simmons appears in 83 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without J.K.. Whiplash is the clearest case: a film rated 9.1 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 war, drama, history. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Michael Russell Gunn, David Ayer, Gavin O'Connor and others, J.K. Simmons 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.
Whiplash (2014) as Fletcher · Whiplash (2014) as Fletcher · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #25 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
83
1996–2026
Career length
30 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.1
Whiplash
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.5
Whiplash
Most frequent director
Jason Reitman
9 films together
Longest collaboration
9×
With Jason Reitman
Most common genre
Drama
38 titles
Average runtime
1h 50m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.2
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
7.0
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
1990s
6.7 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. The Cider House Rules, For Love of the Game, Celebrity — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
6.7
Across 6 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
6.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
3 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Spider-Man: Far From Home, Klaus, 21 Bridges.
Most productive era
2010s
32 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 | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.53 films | 6.59 films | 6.819 films | 4.77 films |
| Action | 6.41 film | 6.95 films | 6.69 films | 6.510 films |
| Thriller | 6.41 film | 6.34 films | 6.79 films | 4.36 films |
| Comedy | 6.32 films | 6.210 films | 6.516 films | 6.510 films |
| Crime | 6.41 film | 6.23 films | 6.55 films | 6.42 films |
| Romance | 6.41 film | 6.36 films | 6.76 films | 7.31 film |
| Horror | — | 6.32 films | 5.82 films | 5.81 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Federal Marshall.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2014Whiplash
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.1 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
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.
83 of 83 films
as Fletcher
Directed by Damien Chazelle
as Fletcher
Directed by Damien Chazelle
as Klaus (voice)
Directed by Sergio Pablos
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos
as J. Jonah Jameson
Directed by Jon Watts
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 108 titles · 108 total credits · active 1989–2026
The Brink of War
2026 · George Shultz
Heart of the Beast
2026 · Actor
The Westies
2026 · TV · Eamon Sweeney
The Accountant²
2025 · Ray King
Red One
2024 · Nick
Juror #2
2024 · Harold
The Union
2024 · Tom Brennan
Saturday Night
2024 · Milton Berle
You Can't Run Forever
2024 · Wade
Ren & Stimpy
2024 · TV · Lint (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023 · Ben (voice)
Rally Road Racers
2023 · Gnash (voice)
One Day as a Lion
2023 · Walter Boggs
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022 · Captain Putty (voice)
Marmaduke
2022 · Zeus (voice)
Glorious
2022 · Ghat (voice)
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022 · Edward Hopper (voice)
Night Sky
2022 · TV · Franklin York
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · J. Jonah Jameson
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Commissioner Gordon
The Tomorrow War
2021 · James Forester
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Ivo Shandor
The defining work
#1
Fletcher
Whiplash (2014)
Performance score9.2
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Fletcher gives J.K. Simmons a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Fletcher
Whiplash (2014)
Performance score8.8
Whiplash asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Fletcher is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Klaus (voice)
Klaus (2019)
Performance score8.3
Klaus asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Klaus (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Performance score8.2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. J. Jonah Jameson (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 Fletcher
Start here. Whiplash is the clearest statement of what J.K. Simmons does — accessible, 106 minutes, and rated 9.1 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet J.K. 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.
Whiplash (2014)
Same director as Whiplash, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Klaus (2019)
A deliberate change of key after Whiplash — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Klaus — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Keeps the action register of Spider-Man: No Way Home but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jason Reitman
Director
9 films together
Notably Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Sam Raimi
Director
5 films together
Notably Spider-Man
Joel Coen
Director
3 films together
Notably True Grit
Damien Chazelle
Director
3 films together
Notably Whiplash
Zack Snyder
Director
2 films together
Notably Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jon Watts
Director
2 films together
Notably Spider-Man: No Way Home
Gavin O'Connor
Director
2 films together
Notably The Accountant²
David Ayer
Director
2 films together
Notably Harsh Times
Hugh Wilson
Director
1 film together
Notably The First Wives Club
Michael Caton-Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably The Jackal
Gary Goldman
Director
1 film together
Notably Anastasia
Woody Allen
Director
1 film together
Notably Celebrity
Lasse Hallström
Director
1 film together
Notably The Cider House Rules
Joan Chen
Director
1 film together
Notably Autumn in New York
Gore Verbinski
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mexican
Joe Johnston
Director
1 film together
Notably Hidalgo
Gavin Hood
Director
1 film together
Notably Rendition
Vicky Jenson
Director
1 film together
Notably Post Grad
Mike Judge
Director
1 film together
Notably Extract
John Hamburg
Director
1 film together
Notably I Love You, Man
Karyn Kusama
Director
1 film together
Notably Jennifer's Body
Brad Peyton
Director
1 film together
Notably Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Tom McGrath
Director
1 film together
Notably Megamind
Brian Klugman
Director
1 film together
Notably The Words
Baltasar Kormákur
Director
1 film together
Notably Contraband
Scott Stewart
Director
1 film together
Notably Dark Skies
Andrew Fleming
Director
1 film together
Notably Barefoot
Marc Lawrence
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rewrite
Alan Taylor
Director
1 film together
Notably Terminator Genisys
Kevin Pollak
Director
1 film together
Notably The Late Bloomer
Lorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together
Notably The Meddler
Peter Berg
Director
1 film together
Notably Patriots Day
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Director
1 film together
Notably Kung Fu Panda 3
Ash Brannon
Director
1 film together
Notably Rock Dog
Byron Howard
Director
1 film together
Notably Zootopia
Lawrence Sher
Director
1 film together
Notably Father Figures
Tomas Alfredson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Snowman
Brian Kirk
Director
1 film together
Notably 21 Bridges
Sergio Pablos
Director
1 film together
Notably Klaus
Trent O'Donnell
Director
1 film together
Notably Ride the Eagle
Ric Roman Waugh
Director
1 film together
Notably National Champions
Aaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together
Notably Being the Ricardos
Andy Serkis
Director
1 film together
Notably Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Rebekah McKendry
Director
1 film together
Notably Glorious
Akiva Schaffer
Director
1 film together
Notably Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Ross Venokur
Director
1 film together
Notably Rally Road Racers
Christopher McCulloch
Director
1 film together
Notably The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Joaquim Dos Santos
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Julian Farino
Director
1 film together
Notably The Union
Clint Eastwood
Director
1 film together
Notably Juror #2
Jake Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably Red One
Michael Russell Gunn
Director
1 film together
Notably The Brink of War
Miles Teller
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Paul Reiser
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Melissa Benoist
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Austin Stowell
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Nate Lang
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Chris Mulkey
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Damon Gupton
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Suanne Spoke
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Max Kasch
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Charlie Ian
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Jayson Blair
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Kofi Siriboe
Actor
1 film together
Notably Whiplash
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Jason Reitman
Director
9 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 9 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Ghostbusters: AfterlifeSam Raimi
Director
5 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 5 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Spider-ManDamien Chazelle
Director
3 films together · 8.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
WhiplashJoel Coen
Director
3 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
True GritJon Watts
Director
2 films together · 8.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Spider-Man: No Way HomeGavin O'Connor
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
The Accountant²Zack Snyder
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
Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueDavid Ayer
Director
2 films together · 3.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Harsh TimesJoaquim Dos Santos
Director
1 film together · 8.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseSergio Pablos
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KlausByron Howard
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ZootopiaGary Goldman
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AnastasiaChristopher McCulloch
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon HeartJake Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Red OnePeter Berg
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Patriots DayLasse Hallström
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 Cider House RulesAkiva 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 RangersTom McGrath
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MegamindClint Eastwood
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Juror #2Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kung Fu Panda 3Joe Johnston
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HidalgoBrian Kirk
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
21 BridgesAndy Serkis
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Venom: Let There Be CarnageAndrew Fleming
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BarefootBrian Klugman
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 WordsHugh Wilson
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 First Wives ClubJohn Hamburg
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Love You, ManAaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Being the RicardosRoss Venokur
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rally Road RacersRic Roman Waugh
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
National ChampionsScott Stewart
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dark SkiesBaltasar Kormákur
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ContrabandGavin Hood
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RenditionMichael Caton-Jones
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 JackalAsh Brannon
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rock DogTrent O'Donnell
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ride the EagleJoan Chen
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Autumn in New YorkJulian Farino
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The UnionLorene Scafaria
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MeddlerAlan Taylor
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Terminator GenisysMarc Lawrence
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The RewriteKaryn Kusama
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jennifer's BodyGore Verbinski
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MexicanWoody Allen
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CelebrityMike Judge
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ExtractRebekah McKendry
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GloriousLawrence Sher
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Father FiguresKevin Pollak
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Late BloomerTomas Alfredson
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The SnowmanBrad Peyton
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreVicky Jenson
Director
1 film together · 5.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Post GradMichael Russell Gunn
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 Brink of WarSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
2 wins · 2 nominations
1 win · 2 nominations · latest 2015
Whiplash
as Actor
as Actor
1 win · latest 2015
as Actor
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Whiplash
as Fletcher
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Whiplash
as Fletcher
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Whiplash
as Fletcher
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Whiplash
as Fletcher
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. J.K. Simmons has known it for a long time.”
“There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job.'”
“Not quite my tempo.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.2 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #227 of 681 | #1 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 1 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 5 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Directors | Damien Chazelle | Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese |
| Performance DNA | Emotional range, Drama, Quiet performance | Transformation, Drama, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2014–2014 | 2006–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Fletcher — Whiplash | Odysseus — The Odyssey |
| Most rewatchable film | Whiplash | Interstellar |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Best Movies of the 2010s, Drama Movies
Matt Damon 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
30 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.
Drama Legend
Awarded
38 catalogue titles in drama, 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
Whiplash
as Fletcher
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Accountant²
as Ray King
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Red One
as Nick
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Whiplash
as Fletcher
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 3 Nutevio collections
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