Portrait of Ned Beatty

Acting

Ned Beatty

Career

Active from 1972 to 2011, busiest in 1988 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
67
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Our Town
Our Town
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 101 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 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
Ned Beatty Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    2.3, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 16
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Nostalgic Tone 4
  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Coming-of-Age Story 4
  • Bleak 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Psychological 4
  • Crime Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

158
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Fat Monroe
Fat Monroe

as Fat Monroe

2010s

7 titles ยท average score 61
The Big Ask
The Big Ask (2014)
GoodWatch score 40

as Old Man Carl

Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim (2013)
GoodWatch score 37

as Mr. Donaldson

Go On
Go On (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Coach Spence

Rango
Rango (2011)
GoodWatch score 77

as Mayor (voice)

Rampart
Rampart (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Hartshorn

The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
GoodWatch score 54

as Chester Conway

Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 (2010)
GoodWatch score 89

as Lotso (voice)

2000s

15 titles ยท average score 65
In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist (2009)
GoodWatch score 53

as Twinky LeMoyne

The Walker
The Walker (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Jack Delorean

Shooter
Shooter (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

as Senator Charles F. Meachum

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Otis

Sweet Land
Sweet Land (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Harmo

The Wool Cap
The Wool Cap (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

as Gigot's Father

Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sheriff Abe McConnell

Thunderpants
Thunderpants (2002)
GoodWatch score 53

as Gen. Ed Sheppard

Roughing It
Roughing It (2002)
GoodWatch score 62

as Slade

Homicide: The Movie
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
GoodWatch score 78

as Stanley Bolander

Spring Forward
Spring Forward (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

as Murph

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Dr. David Lowry

1990s

37 titles ยท average score 57
He Got Game
He Got Game (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

as Warden Wyatt

Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse (1996)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dr. McGillicuddy

The Curse of Inferno
The Curse of Inferno (1996)
GoodWatch score 35

as Moles Huddenel

Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders (1994)
GoodWatch score 46

as General Whalen

Rudy
Rudy (1993)
GoodWatch score 75

as Daniel Ruettiger

Ed and His Dead Mother
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Uncle Benny

The Boys
The Boys (1993)

TV show ยท as Herbert Francis 'Bert' Greenblatt

T Bone N Weasel
T Bone N Weasel (1992)
GoodWatch score 44

as Doc Tatum

Hear My Song
Hear My Song (1991)
GoodWatch score 79

as Josef Locke

Going Under
Going Under (1991)
GoodWatch score 53

as Admiral Malice

Repossessed
Repossessed (1990)
GoodWatch score 37

as Ernest Weller

Captain America
Captain America (1990)
GoodWatch score 25

as Sam Kolawetz

1980s

53 titles ยท average score 58
Physical Evidence
Physical Evidence (1989)
GoodWatch score 30

as James Nicks

The Unholy
The Unholy (1988)
GoodWatch score 38

as Lt. Stern

Purple People Eater
Purple People Eater (1988)
GoodWatch score 52

as Grandpa

The Fourth Protocol
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

as Borisov

Rolling Vengeance
Rolling Vengeance (1987)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tiny Doyle

The Big Easy
The Big Easy (1986)
GoodWatch score 73

as Jack Kellom

Stroker Ace
Stroker Ace (1983)
GoodWatch score 30

as Clyde Torkle

Touched
Touched (1983)

as Herbie

The Toy
The Toy (1982)
GoodWatch score 35

as Sydney Morehouse

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dan Beame

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Rep. Leo Ryan

Superman II
Superman II (1980)
GoodWatch score 77

as Otis

1970s

43 titles ยท average score 66
1941
1941 (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

as Ward Douglas

Superman
Superman (1978)
GoodWatch score 80

as Otis

Mikey and Nicky
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
GoodWatch score 79

as Kinney

Network
Network (1976)
GoodWatch score 85

as Arthur Jensen

Nashville
Nashville (1975)
GoodWatch score 85

as Delbert Reese

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Ollie Thompson

The Deadly Tower
The Deadly Tower (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

as Allan Crum

The Execution of Private Slovik
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Father Stafford

White Lightning
White Lightning (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sheriff J.C. Connors

Dying Room Only
Dying Room Only (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tom King

Deliverance
Deliverance (1972)
GoodWatch score 80

as Bobby Trippe

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Tector Crites

1960s

1 title ยท average score 48
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Caldwell

1950s

1 title ยท average score 76
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Karp