Portrait of Cotter Smith

Acting

Cotter Smith

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, with a break from 2006 to 2016, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for MINDHUNTER
MINDHUNTER
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cotter Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Mystery 2
  • Legal Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles ยท average score 59
CIA
CIA (2026)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Peter Cooper

Time of Death
Time of Death (2026)
GoodWatch score 60

as Pat

Basic Psych
Basic Psych (2025)

as Dr. Grant Harrison

Unsinkable
Unsinkable (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

as Senator Smith

Rustin
Rustin (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

as Chief Wells

Things Heard & Seen
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
GoodWatch score 44

as Tom Claire

Jack and the Treehouse
Jack and the Treehouse (2021)

as Pap

2010s

16 titles ยท average score 69
MINDHUNTER
MINDHUNTER (2017)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Unit Chief Shepard

The Post
The Post (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

as Under Secretary William Macomber

The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner (2017)

as Preacher (voice)

Blindspot
Blindspot (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as General

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Darren Hahn

The Americans
The Americans (2013)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show ยท as Deputy Attorney General

The Following
The Following (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Nathan

Revolution
Revolution (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Jack Davis

666 Park Avenue
666 Park Avenue (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Mayor

Friends with Kids
Friends with Kids (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Phil Fryman

Person of Interest
Person of Interest (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Denton Weeks

Unforgettable
Unforgettable (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Jay Barrett

2000s

17 titles ยท average score 69
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Forrest Burke

White Collar
White Collar (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Adam Wilson

Damages
Damages (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Federal Investigator

Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Gordon Alexander

The Unit
The Unit (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Bill Lachey

Sleeper
Sleeper (2005)

as Dr. Altman

Night Stalker
Night Stalker (2005)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Tony Vincenzo

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Gerald Lucas

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Sam Stevens

Tru Calling
Tru Calling (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Richard Davies

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Sean McGinnis

Run the Wild Fields
Run the Wild Fields (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

as Silas Green

1990s

16 titles ยท average score 61
Judging Amy
Judging Amy (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as ASA Jeremy Friedman

Oz
Oz (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Judge Benjamin Fee

Orleans
Orleans (1997)

TV show ยท as Bill Brennecke

Lifeform
Lifeform (1996)
GoodWatch score 41

as Dr. Case Montgomery

Remember Me
Remember Me (1995)
GoodWatch score 42

as Adam Nichols

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Bob Marinak

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story (1993)

as Steve

A Place to Be Loved
A Place to Be Loved (1993)

as Mike Caldwell

Midnight's Child
Midnight's Child (1992)
GoodWatch score 42

as Nick Cowan

The Last Prostitute
The Last Prostitute (1991)

as Joe

Equal Justice
Equal Justice (1990)

TV show ยท as Eugene 'Gene' Rogan

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Eric Martin

1980s

18 titles ยท average score 65
K-9
K-9 (1989)
GoodWatch score 48

as Gilliam

Cameron's Closet
Cameron's Closet (1988)
GoodWatch score 38

as Sergeant Sam Taliaferro

Lady Beware
Lady Beware (1987)
GoodWatch score 31

as Mac Odell

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Tony Henderson

A Bunny's Tale
A Bunny's Tale (1985)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ned Holcomb

Moonlighting
Moonlighting (1985)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Brian Baker

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1985)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as (segment "To See the Invisible Man")

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Robert Rhine

Blood Feud
Blood Feud (1983)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Robert F. Kennedy

Blood Feud
Blood Feud (1983)
GoodWatch score 69

as Robert F. Kennedy

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Dr. Rowe

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show