Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#930
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Terry Crews represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 26 years in, and Terry is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Terry Crews appears in 35 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Terry. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie is the clearest case: a film rated 7.6 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, family. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with J.J. Perry, David Leitch, Boots Riley and others, Terry Crews 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.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (2026) as Alistair Stonewall (voice) · Training Day (2001) as Gang Member (uncredited) · Deadpool 2 (2018) as Bedlam
Career snapshot
Ranked #930 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
35
2000–2026
Career length
26 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.6
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Average Nutevio score
6.4
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.6
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Most frequent director
Frank Coraci
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Frank Coraci
Most common genre
Comedy
19 titles
Average runtime
1h 46m
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
2020s
6.7 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, The Killer's Game, Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
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
2020s
6.7
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. Gamer, Terminator Salvation, Get Smart.
Most productive era
2000s
16 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 | 6.86 films | 6.71 film | 5.21 film |
| Action | 6.47 films | 6.46 films | 6.41 film |
| Thriller | 6.37 films | 6.33 films | 5.82 films |
| Comedy | 6.09 films | 6.58 films | 7.02 films |
| Crime | 6.57 films | — | — |
| Romance | — | 6.72 films | — |
| Horror | 7.01 film | — | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2000The 6th Day
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Vincent.
Highest rated performance
2001Training Day
7.6 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2022Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
The current state of the argument, as Alistair Stonewall (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.
35 of 35 films
as Alistair Stonewall (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Gang Member (uncredited)
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
as Bedlam
Directed by David Leitch
as Latrell Spencer
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
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
Self
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2022)
Performance score7.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Self gives Terry Crews a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Alistair Stonewall (voice)
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (2026)
Performance score7.4
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Alistair Stonewall (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Gang Member (uncredited)
Training Day (2001)
Performance score7.4
Training Day asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Gang Member (uncredited) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Bedlam
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Performance score7.3
Deadpool 2 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bedlam 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 Self
Start here. Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the clearest statement of what Terry Crews does — accessible, 47 minutes, and rated 7.4 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Terry 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.
Training Day (2001)
A deliberate change of key after Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
White Chicks (2004)
Keeps the crime register of Training Day but asks for a colder reading of it.
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Keeps the comedy register of White Chicks but asks for a colder reading of it.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (2026)
Keeps the comedy register of Deadpool 2 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 Blended
David Ayer
Director
2 films together
Notably Street Kings
Peter Segal
Director
2 films together
Notably The Longest Yard
David Leitch
Director
2 films together
Notably Deadpool 2
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
1 film together
Notably The 6th Day
Antoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together
Notably Training Day
Reginald Hudlin
Director
1 film together
Notably Serving Sara
Todd Phillips
Director
1 film together
Notably Starsky & Hutch
Jessy Terrero
Director
1 film together
Notably Soul Plane
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Director
1 film together
Notably White Chicks
David Lynch
Director
1 film together
Notably Inland Empire
Brian Robbins
Director
1 film together
Notably Norbit
Robert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together
Notably Balls of Fury
McG
Director
1 film together
Notably Terminator Salvation
Brian Taylor
Director
1 film together
Notably Gamer
Erik White
Director
1 film together
Notably Lottery Ticket
Sylvester Stallone
Director
1 film together
Notably The Expendables
Paul Feig
Director
1 film together
Notably Bridesmaids
Simon West
Director
1 film together
Notably The Expendables 2
Cody Cameron
Director
1 film together
Notably Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Ivan Reitman
Director
1 film together
Notably Draft Day
Patrick Hughes
Director
1 film together
Notably The Expendables 3
Boots Riley
Director
1 film together
Notably Sorry to Bother You
J.J. Perry
Director
1 film together
Notably The Killer's Game
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Frank Coraci
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
BlendedDavid Leitch
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Deadpool 2David Ayer
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
Street KingsPeter Segal
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Longest YardAntoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Training DayKeenen Ivory Wayans
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
White ChicksDavid Lynch
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Inland EmpireBoots Riley
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sorry to Bother YouIvan Reitman
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Draft DayCody Cameron
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2Paul Feig
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BridesmaidsJ.J. Perry
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 Killer's GameSimon West
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 Expendables 2Sylvester Stallone
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ExpendablesPatrick Hughes
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 Expendables 3McG
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Terminator SalvationRoger Spottiswoode
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 6th DayTodd Phillips
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Starsky & HutchBrian Taylor
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GamerBrian Robbins
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
NorbitErik White
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Lottery TicketJessy Terrero
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Soul PlaneReginald Hudlin
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Serving SaraRobert Ben Garant
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Balls of FurySix 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
Training Day
as Gang Member (uncredited)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Rumble
as Tentacular (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
Training Day
as Gang Member (uncredited)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Inland Empire
as Street Person #3
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Self
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. Terry Crews 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
19 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
Inland Empire
as Street Person #3
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Training Day
as Gang Member (uncredited)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Rumble
as Tentacular (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Inland Empire
as Street Person #3
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Deadpool 2
as Bedlam
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Ridiculous 6
as Chico
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Longest Yard
as Cheeseburger Eddy
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Click
as Singing Driver (uncredited)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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