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Acting

Michael Ian Black

Career: Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2005 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The State
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Ian Black Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
3.6, average 5.9
Mystery
1.9, average 3.9
Pathos
3.3, average 5.3
Melancholy
2.8, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Absurdist Comedy 5
Sketch Comedy 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Absurdist Humor 3
Character-Driven 3
Character-Driven Comedy 3
Pop Culture Parody 2
Meta-Comedy 2
Cringe-Inducing 2
Quirky 2
Cult Classic 2
Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 65

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

67

as Very Famous Star Maps Salesman

Michael Ian Black: First Annual Retirement Special

Writer

Superman

75

as Cleavis Thornwaite

Alaskan Murder Mystery

Writer

Linoleum

76

as Tony

Handyman from Hell

as Philosophy Contractor

Spinning Gold

46

as Bill Aucoin

Peacemaker

81

TV show · as Cleavis Thornwaite

Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist

49

as Hatzolah Commander

Reno 911! Defunded

TV show · as Time Traveler / Hatzolah Captain

Reno 911!

TV show · as Hatzolah Commander

First One In

as Philip

2010s

26 titles · average score 60

Sextuplets

34

as Doug

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

66

TV show · as McKinley / George H.W. Bush

Slash

60

as Denis

Michael Ian Black: Noted Expert

Writer

Another Period

73

TV show · as Peepers

Smosh: The Movie

38

as Steve Youtube

The Jim Gaffigan Show

73

TV show · as Daniel

Beef

as Lynn Vanderloo

Us & Them

59

TV show · as Brian

Hell Baby

40

as Dr. Marshall

You're Whole

TV show · as Randall Tyree Mandersohn

41

TV show · as Fleming

2000s

20 titles · average score 58

Stella: Live in Boston

as Michael

The Xtacles

67

TV show · as Chase Fontaine

Run Fatboy Run

54

Screenplay

Wedding Daze

38

Screenplay, Director

TV show

Stella

71

TV show · Producer, Writer

The Baxter

45

as Ed

Alchemy

53

as Jerry (voice)

Reno 911!

78

TV show · as Chris / Kevin the Sex Offender

Stella Shorts 1998-2002

63

as Michael

82

TV show · as Phil Stubbs

The Bogus Witch Project

10

as Stephen Hawking (segment "In the Woods")

1990s

7 titles · average score 67

Big Helium Dog

49

as Martin Huber

TV show

Viva Variety

72

TV show · as Johnny Blue Jeans

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

as Various

The State

82

TV show · as Various Characters

Screenplay

Cults: Saying No Under Pressure

as Male Student (as Michael Schwartz)