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Acting

Jake Busey

Career: Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2023 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 40
top three billing

Average score: 45/100

Highest rated: A Boy Called Sailboat
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jake Busey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.4, average 2.6
Pathos
4.3, average 5.3
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Catharsis
4.3, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Tension 4
Gritty Realism 3
Feel-Good 3
Character-Driven 3
Psychological Suspense 3
Cringe Humor 3
Creature Feature 2
Family Secrets 2
Supernatural Thriller 2
Ghost Story 2
Revenge 2
High Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

121

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

House of Karma

as Earnold Lamort

CATnip

as Detective Pendleton

Bikers vs Werewolves

as Sheriff Ray

Terrarium

as Dr. Renard

2020s

20 titles · average score 51

Dead Janitors Club

as Dirk

Bad Haircut

73

as Officer Steve

Rust

52

as Drum Parker

Chaos on the Farm

53

as Lawrence

Scalper

as Det. Hayden

Bluegrass Spirits

as Nicholas

A Gettysburg Christmas

as Sam

Pig Killer

50

as Willy

The Rookie: Feds

66

TV show · as Rusty Filmore

Shooting Star

as Mr. York

A Soldier's Revenge

38

as Captain McCalister

DIVOS!

as Mr. Kelly

2010s

41 titles · average score 53

Ghost in the Graveyard

32

as Charlie Sullivan

A Boy Called Sailboat

74

as Bing

Dead Again in Tombstone

41

as Colonel Jackson Boomer

Dead Ant

46

as Merrick

Deserted

46

as Clay

Arbor Demon

40

as Sean

No Touching

as Carp

Fractured

28

as Detective James Harding

Reaper

53

as Bill

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

53

as Oscar (voice)

Nazis at the Center of the Earth

26

as Adrian Reistad

Good Vibes

66

TV show · as Turk (voice)

2000s

29 titles · average score 54

Play Dead

42

as Merle Jones

The Mentalist

74

TV show · as Vern Nichols

Time Bomb

30

as Jason Philby

Death Row

34

as Marco

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

47

as Lt. Samuelson

Code Breakers

51

as Straub

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

38

as Jack

Lost Junction

50

as Matt

NCIS

64

TV show · as Whit Dexter

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

29

as Darrell Claxton

Tomcats

31

as Kyle Brenner

Fast Sofa

42

as Rick Jeffers

1990s

23 titles · average score 55

Shasta McNasty

61

TV show · as Dennis

Tail Lights Fade

19

as Bruce

Held Up

34

as Beaumont

Enemy of the State

70

as Krug

Home Fries

44

as Angus Montier

Charmed

70

TV show · as Nigel

Starship Troopers

71

as Private Ace Levy

The Frighteners

64

as Johnny Bartlett

S.F.W.

30

as Morrow Streeter

Motorcycle Gang

55

as Jake

The Foot Shooting Party

51

as Tree

WindRunner

65

as Dave Promisco

1980s

3 titles · average score 67

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Frank

Hider in the House

55

as Teenage Tom (voice)

Barbarosa

70

as Cook Boy

1970s

1 title · average score 74

Straight Time

74

as Henry Darin