Portrait of Richard Brooks

Acting

Richard Brooks

Career

Active from 1986 to 2022, with a break from 2005 to 2016, busiest in 1996 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Brooks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Urban Setting 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Action Thriller 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Conspiracy 2
  • Intense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 74
Reasonable Doubt
Reasonable Doubt (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Eddie Nicholas

Montross: Blood Rules
Montross: Blood Rules (2022)

as Cordell 'Dell' Montross, Sr.

Abbott Elementary
Abbott Elementary (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Gerald

Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters (2020)

as Floyd Cash

Anticipation
Anticipation (2020)

Director

2010s

13 titles · average score 67
Good Trouble
Good Trouble (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Joseph

All Rise
All Rise (2019)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Jack Healy

9-1-1
9-1-1 (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Chief Simpson / Chief Cornell Simpson

The Rich & The Ruthless
The Rich & The Ruthless (2017)

TV show · as Augustus Barringer

Bosch
Bosch (2015)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Dwight Wise

The Flash
The Flash (2014)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Warden Gregory Wolfe

Chicago P.D.
Chicago P.D. (2014)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Lt. Mike Carey

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Mitchell Young

Being Mary Jane
Being Mary Jane (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Patrick Patterson

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Detective Demps

Person of Interest
Person of Interest (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Marshal Pollack

Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels (2011)
GoodWatch score 26

TV show · as Richard Umbaque

2000s

8 titles · average score 69
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Ace Barnstone

Lie to Me
Lie to Me (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as City Engineer Boulware

Childrens Hospital
Childrens Hospital (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Robert

Drive
Drive (2007)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Detective Ehrle

Close to Home
Close to Home (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Phil Raab

If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely (2004)

as Ricardo French

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Walsh

Firefly
Firefly (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Jubal Early

1990s

18 titles · average score 63
G vs E
G vs E (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Judging Amy
Judging Amy (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mr. Plymouth

Johnny B Good
Johnny B Good (1998)

as Johnny B.

The Crow: City of Angels
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
GoodWatch score 31

as Judah Earl

Code Name: Wolverine
Code Name: Wolverine (1996)
GoodWatch score 53

as John Baines

The Substitute
The Substitute (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

as Wellman

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Mr. Freeman

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Henry Lavelle

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Mercury 'The Heat' Jones

Renegade
Renegade (1992)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Agent Marcus Donner

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Paul Robinette

To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
GoodWatch score 82

as Samuel “Baby Brother”

1980s

16 titles · average score 61
Shocker
Shocker (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

as Rhino

Terror on Highway 91
Terror on Highway 91 (1989)

as Lester Mitchell

84 Charlie Mopic
84 Charlie Mopic (1989)
GoodWatch score 77

as OD

Shakedown
Shakedown (1988)
GoodWatch score 59

as Michael Jones

Saxo
Saxo (1988)

as Joe

Off Limits
Off Limits (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

as Preacher

Tour of Duty
Tour of Duty (1987)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as PFC Martsen

The Hidden
The Hidden (1987)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sanchez

Resting Place
Resting Place (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

as Booker T. Douglas

Good to Go
Good to Go (1986)

as Chemist

Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf (1985)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lemonade

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as OD

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Douglas