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Portrait of James Stephens

Acting

James Stephens

Career

Active from 1978 to 1994, busiest in 1978 and 1994 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Stephens Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wonder
    2.0, average 3.4
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Legal Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

10 titles · average score 59
Hijack
Hijack (1999)
GoodWatch score 38

as Harold Besser

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Dr. Weirick

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Tom North (segment "The Gun")

Against the Law
Against the Law (1997)
GoodWatch score 48

as Detective Ben Hamada

The Getaway
The Getaway (1994)
GoodWatch score 48

as Harold Carvey

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
GoodWatch score 54

as Daniel Kingman

MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice
MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice (1994)

as Patrick Blondel

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Dr. Niven / Ian Trainor

Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Blonde Thug (uncredited)

Follow Your Heart
Follow Your Heart (1990)

as Howard Dell

1980s

16 titles · average score 63
Father Dowling Mysteries
Father Dowling Mysteries (1989)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Philip Prestwick

21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street (1987)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Mark Rafferty

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

TV show · as Dr. Michael Joyce

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Dr. Duncan Farmington

MacGyver
MacGyver (1985)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Milland

Moonlighting
Moonlighting (1985)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Mark Charnock

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

TV show · as Charles Strickland / Charles Devon

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

TV show · as Daniel Auschlander, 1945

Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Mysterious Two
Mysterious Two (1982)

as Tim Armstrong

First Monday in October
First Monday in October (1981)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mason Woods

1970s

6 titles · average score 70
The Death of Ocean View Park
The Death of Ocean View Park (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

as Phil Brady

Eischied
Eischied (1979)

TV show

The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase (1978)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as James T. Hart

True Grit: A Further Adventure
True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978)
GoodWatch score 58

as Joshua Sumner

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as C.L. Bradley

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show