Portrait of Boyd Gaines

Acting

Boyd Gaines

Career

Active from 1975 to 2025, busiest in 1988 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Boyd Gaines Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Rural Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Sit with Me While I Die
Sit with Me While I Die (2025)

as Tim

SilverSizzle
SilverSizzle (2024)

as Buddy

Tommy and the Guru
Tommy and the Guru (2021)

as Terry Buffalo the Guru

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 60
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch (2019)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mr. Barbour

No Pay, Nudity
No Pay, Nudity (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

as Stephen Martin

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

as Boolie Werthan

2000s

6 titles ยท average score 58
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Richard Chatham

Funny Games
Funny Games (2008)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fred

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Chairman Gray (voice)

Angela's Eyes
Angela's Eyes (2006)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Second Best
Second Best (2004)
GoodWatch score 40

as Richard

Queens Supreme
Queens Supreme (2003)

TV show

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 63
The Confession
The Confession (1999)
GoodWatch score 45

as Liam Clarke

Earthly Possessions
Earthly Possessions (1999)
GoodWatch score 60

as Announcer

I'm Not Rappaport
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Pete Danforth

Remember WENN
Remember WENN (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Congressman Bob Farraday

The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp (1996)
GoodWatch score 61

as Narrator

Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Jerry

Frasier
Frasier (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Phil Patterson

A Woman Named Jackie
A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Yusha Auchincloss

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Lieutenant St. Claire / James Rillard

A Son's Promise
A Son's Promise (1990)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dan Weston

1980s

16 titles ยท average score 66
Call Me
Call Me (1988)
GoodWatch score 45

as Bill

Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Christopher Hart III

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sam Logan

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Imposter

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

TV show ยท as Jim Perkins

Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

as Lieutenant M.R. Ring

The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

as Jason

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

TV show ยท as John Halsey

Remington Steele
Remington Steele (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Todd Myerson

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Steven Parker / Rodger Gage

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Reverend Dobson / Sam Logan (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')

Porky's
Porky's (1981)
GoodWatch score 48

as Coach Brackett

1970s

1 title ยท average score 66
One Day at a Time
One Day at a Time (1975)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Mark Royer