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Acting

Josh Mostel

Career: Active from 1972 to 2025, with a break from 2000 to 2018, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 10
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Sophie's Choice
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Josh Mostel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5
Wonder
2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Slapstick Comedy 3
Situational Humor 3
Lighthearted 2
Absurdist Humor 2
90s Nostalgia 2
Feel-Good Comedy 2
Coming-of-Age Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 67

Bad Shabbos

67

as Saul

2010s

6 titles · average score 58

Dead Layer

as Moishe

The Congressman

38

as Bernie Gimpel

Mr. Robot

86

TV show · as Bo

Growing Up and Other Lies

26

as Chuck MacArthur

The Blacklist

80

TV show · as Mickey

Beneath the Harvest Sky

62

as Principal

2000s

2 titles · average score 57

State of Play

72

as Pete

Knockaround Guys

41

as Mac McCreadle

1990s

22 titles · average score 60

Big Daddy

53

as Mr. Brooks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Mr. Roth

The Out-of-Towners

42

as Dr. Faber

Great Expectations

55

as Jerry Ragno

Rounders

66

as Zagosh

Billy Madison

47

as Principal Max Anderson

The Basketball Diaries

60

as Counterman

City Slickers

72

as Barry Shalowitz

Beverly Hills, 90210

65

TV show · as Mr. Ridley

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Harvey Anchin

Naked Tango

70

as Bertoni the Jeweler

Wings

66

TV show · as Dave

1980s

20 titles · average score 57

Animal Behavior

26

as Mel Gorsky

Murphy's Law

TV show · as Wes Harden

Wall Street

70

as Ollie

The Money Pit

56

as Jack Schnittman

Stoogemania

33

as Howard F. Howard

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Winston Erdlow

The Boy Who Loved Trolls

as Wiseman

Windy City

38

as Sol

Star 80

69

as Private Detective

Sophie's Choice

74

as Morris Fink

Cheers

84

TV show · as Cue Card Guy

Dead Ringer

as Russell

1970s

9 titles · average score 64

Delta House

56

TV show · as Jim 'Blotto' Blutarsky

Seventh Avenue

TV show · as Barney Green

The Money

as Wheel-of-Fortune Operator

Deadly Hero

64

as Victor

Harry and Tonto

78

as Norman

Jesus Christ Superstar

65

as King Herod

The King of Marvin Gardens

65

as Frank

...And Then It Happened

as Wally

Going Home

54

as Bonelli