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Acting

CCH Pounder

Career

Active from 1979 to 2031, busiest in 1993 and 1999 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
CCH Pounder Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    2.0, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.5, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Intimate Character Study 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Civil Rights Movement 3
  • Social Justice 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Political Drama 2
  • Family Trauma 2
  • Mystery & Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Baby of the Family
Baby of the Family

as Nurse Bloom

2030s

1 title
Avatar 5
Avatar 5 (2031)

as Mo'at

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 71
Avatar 4
Avatar 4 (2029)

as Mo'at

Cape Fear
Cape Fear (2026)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Noa Toussaint

The Terror: Devil in Silver
The Terror: Devil in Silver (2026)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Miss Chris

The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Chief Davis

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mo'at

The Clock
The Clock (2025)

as Elle Rivers

3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Lilian Joseph

Full Circle
Full Circle (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Savitri Mahabir

Rustin
Rustin (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

as Dr. Anna Hedgeman

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

as Mo'at

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 60
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
GoodWatch score 56

as Senator Williams

The Good Fight
The Good Fight (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Vinetta Clark

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy (2016)

as Narrator (voice)

Chicago Med
Chicago Med (2015)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Dr. Eleanor Hess

NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Loretta Wade

Batman: Assault on Arkham
Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Amanda Waller (voice)

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
GoodWatch score 41

as Dorothea

Beware the Batman
Beware the Batman (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)

Home Again
Home Again (2012)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dulsay Mooreland

Perception
Perception (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as FBI Psychiatrist

Revenge
Revenge (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Warden Sharon Stiles

My Girlfriend's Back
My Girlfriend's Back (2010)
GoodWatch score 20

as Constance

2000s

28 titles ยท average score 69
Orphan
Orphan (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sister Abigail

Avatar
Avatar (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mo'at

Archer
Archer (2009)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Claudette Kane (voice)

Brothers
Brothers (2009)
GoodWatch score 41

TV show ยท as Adele Trainor

Rain
Rain (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ms. Adams

Breaking the Maya Code
Breaking the Maya Code (2008)
GoodWatch score 71

as Narrator (voice)

Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Tyne Patterson

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Loretta Wade

The Shield
The Shield (2002)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show ยท as Claudette Wyms

Boycott
Boycott (2001)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jo Ann Robinson

Girlfriends
Girlfriends (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Dr. Myers

1990s

48 titles ยท average score 63
End of Days
End of Days (1999)
GoodWatch score 38

as Detective Margie Francis

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Carolyn Maddox

A Touch of Hope
A Touch of Hope (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lily Keyes

Race
Race (1998)

as Lucinda Davis

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
GoodWatch score 57

as Irene

Birdland
Birdland (1994)

TV show ยท as Nurse Lucy

RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3 (1993)
GoodWatch score 33

as Bertha

Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon (1993)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dr. Garvey

The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
GoodWatch score 71

as Daisy Bates

The Disappearance of Christina
The Disappearance of Christina (1993)
GoodWatch score 49

as Detective Davis

The X-Files
The X-Files (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Agent Lucy Kazdin

Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

as Fran Ambrose

1980s

22 titles ยท average score 66
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Mama Harper

No Place Like Home
No Place Like Home (1989)
GoodWatch score 67

as Prue

Third Degree Burn
Third Degree Burn (1989)
GoodWatch score 38

as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)

Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
GoodWatch score 76

as Brenda

Women in Prison
Women in Prison (1987)

TV show ยท as Dawn Murphy

Resting Place
Resting Place (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ada Johnson

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

TV show ยท as Judge Roseann Robin

The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Clair's friend

Booker
Booker (1984)

as Jane

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

TV show ยท as Timmons

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Deborah

Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues (1981)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 80
Coriolanus
Coriolanus (1979)

as Valeria

All That Jazz
All That Jazz (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Nurse Blake

1950s

1 title ยท average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Ada