Portrait of Jay Pharoah

Acting

Jay Pharoah

Career

Active from 2011 to 2024, busiest in 2024 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score42/100
Highest rated
Poster for Unsane
Unsane
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jay Pharoah Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.9, average 4.0
  • Psychological
    4.6, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Stand-Up Comedy 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Success Story 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Contemporary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

21 titles ยท average score 51
Good Times
Good Times (2024)
GoodWatch score 23

TV show ยท as Junior (voice)

Running on Empty
Running on Empty (2024)
GoodWatch score 28

as Sid

Jay Pharoah: Jared
Jay Pharoah: Jared (2024)

Executive Producer, Writer

Spinning Gold
Spinning Gold (2023)
GoodWatch score 46

as Cecil Holmes

Private Property
Private Property (2022)
GoodWatch score 20

as Richard Carlyle

Out of Office
Out of Office (2022)
GoodWatch score 44

as Neal

Resort to Love
Resort to Love (2021)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jason

Bad Hair
Bad Hair (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Julius

INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Bulletproof (voice) / Data Twin #1 / Cute Guy / Council Member #1 (voice)

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

as Noah (voice)

2 Minutes of Fame
2 Minutes of Fame (2020)
GoodWatch score 46

as Deandre

How to Fake a War
How to Fake a War (2020)
GoodWatch score 26

as Harry Hope

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 61
A Black Lady Sketch Show
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Jaybrien

Unsane
Unsane (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Nate Hoffman

A Million Little Things
A Million Little Things (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Omar

White Famous
White Famous (2017)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Floyd Mooney

Legends of Chamberlain Heights
Legends of Chamberlain Heights (2016)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Montrel

Sing
Sing (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as Meena's Grandfather (voice)

Jay Pharoah: Can I Be Me?
Jay Pharoah: Can I Be Me? (2015)

Writer

BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman (2014)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Dashawn Manheim (voice)

Ride Along
Ride Along (2014)
GoodWatch score 43

as Runflat

Portlandia
Portlandia (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Jay-Z

Bubble Guppies
Bubble Guppies (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Buster (voice)

The Cookout 2
The Cookout 2 (2011)

as Eddie O

2000s

1 title ยท average score 60
American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Dwayne Johnson (voice) / Mr. Fritz (voice)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 64
Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Moses / Man's Voice (voice) / Skeetle (voice)

1980s

1 title ยท average score 83
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Drederick Tatum (voice)