Portrait of Norman Mailer

Acting

Norman Mailer

Career

Active from 1947 to 2002, with a break from 1988 to 1998, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cremaster 2
Cremaster 2
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Norman Mailer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.4
  • Wonder
    1.8, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • True Crime Drama 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 59
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
GoodWatch score 43

Executive Producer, Writer

Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Norman Mailer

American Tragedy
American Tragedy (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 75
Cremaster 2
Cremaster 2 (1999)
GoodWatch score 69

as Harry Houdini

Storyville
Storyville (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Baby Trouble Hole
Baby Trouble Hole (1996)

as Interviewed

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 61
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
GoodWatch score 43

Novel, Director

The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Book

Ragtime
Ragtime (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Stanford White

Marilyn: The Untold Story
Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
GoodWatch score 67

Book

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 58
Town Bloody Hall
Town Bloody Hall (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

Book

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Maidstone
Maidstone (1971)
GoodWatch score 38

as Norman T. Kingsley

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 44
Beyond the Law
Beyond the Law (1968)
GoodWatch score 49

as Lt. Francis Xavier Pope

Wild 90
Wild 90 (1968)

as Prince

An American Dream
An American Dream (1966)
GoodWatch score 39

Novel

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 69
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

Monitor
Monitor (1958)

TV show

1940s

1 title
Untitled (Millicent's Dream)
Untitled (Millicent's Dream) (1947)

Director, Editor