Portrait of Abel Tesfaye

Acting

Abel Tesfaye

Career

Active from 2005 to 2025, with a break from 2006 to 2016, busiest in 2021 and 2025 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Abel Tesfaye Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 4.0
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    23
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    13 titles · average score 56
    Hurry Up Tomorrow
    Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
    GoodWatch score 35

    as The Weeknd

    THE WEEKND: 2024 Spotify Billions Club
    THE WEEKND: 2024 Spotify Billions Club (2025)

    as The Weeknd

    The Weeknd: Live at São Paulo
    The Weeknd: Live at São Paulo (2024)

    Original Music Composer

    The Idol
    The Idol (2023)
    GoodWatch score 30

    TV show · as Tedros

    The Idol
    The Idol (2023)
    GoodWatch score 44

    as Tedros

    The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
    The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium (2023)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Music Director, Executive Producer

    Avatar: The Way of Water
    Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Songs

    The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
    The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience (2022)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Writer

    The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
    The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM (2022)

    Executive Producer

    The Show
    The Show (2021)

    as Performer

    Echoes of Silence
    Echoes of Silence (2021)

    as Singer

    The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out
    The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out (2021)

    as The Weeknd

    2010s

    6 titles · average score 70
    Uncut Gems
    Uncut Gems (2019)
    GoodWatch score 81

    as The Weeknd

    Black Panther
    Black Panther (2018)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Songs

    The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival
    The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival (2017)

    as Singer

    The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil
    The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil (2017)

    as Singer

    Fifty Shades of Grey
    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
    GoodWatch score 38

    Songs

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Songs

    2000s

    2 titles · average score 68
    American Dad!
    American Dad! (2005)
    GoodWatch score 60

    TV show · as The Weeknd (voice)

    Robot Chicken
    Robot Chicken (2005)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Madea / Dinosaur Auctioneer / S.W.A.T. Member (voice)

    1990s

    1 title · average score 46
    Later... with Jools Holland
    Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show

    1980s

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

    TV show · as Orion Hughes / Darius Hughes (voice)