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Acting

Tom Papa

Career

Active from 2001 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tom Papa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    1.4, average 4.0
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.7, average 6.0
  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Stand-Up Comedy 4
  • Observational Humor 4
  • Clean Comedy 3
  • Relatable Anecdotes 2
  • Family Life 2
  • Topical Jokes 2
  • Conversational 2
  • Fast-Paced Dialogue 2
  • Cringe Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 70
Misty Green
Misty Green (2026)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dr. Graham

Tom Papa: Home Free
Tom Papa: Home Free (2024)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer, Writer

Let's Start a Cult
Let's Start a Cult (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as News Anchor

Air
Air (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

as Stu Inman (uncredited)

Tom Papa: What a Day!
Tom Papa: What a Day! (2022)
GoodWatch score 76

Executive Producer, Writer

Paper Spiders
Paper Spiders (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

as Howard

North Hollywood
North Hollywood (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Russell

Tom Papa: You're Doing Great!
Tom Papa: You're Doing Great! (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer, Writer

2010s

10 titles · average score 68
3 from Hell
3 from Hell (2019)
GoodWatch score 53

as News Anchor George Glass

Tom Papa: Human Mule
Tom Papa: Human Mule (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex (2015)
GoodWatch score 32

as Jerk

Red Oaks
Red Oaks (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Dental Instructor

The Knick
The Knick (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Luff

Top Five
Top Five (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

as Drunk Businessman

Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

as Ray Arnett

Tom Papa: Freaked Out
Tom Papa: Freaked Out (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

Tom Papa: Live in New York City
Tom Papa: Live in New York City (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face
Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face (2010)

as Agent

2000s

11 titles · average score 63
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
GoodWatch score 47

as El Superbeasto (voice)

The Informant!
The Informant! (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mick Andreas

Bee Movie
Bee Movie (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

as Splitz / Klauss Vanderhayden (voice)

The New Adventures of Old Christine
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mike

I Love the '90s: Part Deux
I Love the '90s: Part Deux (2005)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show

The Life Coach
The Life Coach (2005)

as Fritz Goldfarb

Come to Papa
Come to Papa (2004)

TV show · as Tom Papa

Analyze That
Analyze That (2002)
GoodWatch score 42

as Boyfriend

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (2002)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

The Colin Quinn Show
The Colin Quinn Show (2002)

TV show

The Concert for New York City
The Concert for New York City (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

1990s

1 title · average score 47
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show