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Acting

Scott Glenn

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1991 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: The Silence of the Lambs
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Scott Glenn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.4, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
Slow Burn 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Action Thriller 4
Character-Driven 4
Mystery 4
Cold War Thriller 3
Crime Thriller 3
Tension 3
Redemption 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Character Study 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 66

Greenland 2: Migration

49

as Dale

Eugene the Marine

as Gene Lee Grady

Bad Monkey

78

TV show · as Jim Yancy

The Hill

56

as Red Murff

The White Lotus

81

TV show · as Jim Hollinger

Greenland

67

as Dale

2010s

12 titles · average score 60

Castle Rock

75

TV show · as Alan Pangborn

Marvel's The Defenders

70

TV show · as Stick

The Barber

37

as Eugene Van Wingerdt

Into the Grizzly Maze

43

as Sully

Marvel's Daredevil

84

TV show · as Stick

The Leftovers

83

TV show · as Kevin Garvey Sr.

The Paperboy

48

as W.W. Jansen

The Bourne Legacy

59

as Ezra Kramer

Magic Valley

54

as Ed Halfner

Sucker Punch

43

as Wise Man

Blood Meridian Test Reel

as Tobin The Ex Priest

Secretariat

66

as Chris Chenery

2000s

24 titles · average score 59

Nights in Rodanthe

44

as Robert Torrelson

56

as Donald Rumsfeld

Freedom Writers

72

as Steve Gruwell

The Bourne Ultimatum

84

as CIA Director Ezra Kramer

Journey to the End of the Night

53

as Rosso

Gone but Not Forgotten

54

as Martin Darius

A Painted House

66

as Eli 'Pappy' Chandler

Seabiscuit

as Narrator (voice)

Buffalo Soldiers

65

as Sergeant Lee

Monk

82

TV show · as Sheriff Rollins

Training Day

76

as Roger

Vertical Limit

51

as Montgomery Wick

1990s

24 titles · average score 54

Firestorm

27

as Wynt Perkins

Absolute Power

59

as Bill Burton

Carla's Song

80

as Bradley

Edie & Pen

48

as Harry

Night of the Running Man

56

as David Eckhart

The Spy Within

41

as William B. Rickman

Extreme Justice

45

as Dan Vaughn

Slaughter of the Innocents

47

as Stephen Broderick

Shadowhunter

42

as John Cain

The Silence of the Lambs

89

as Jack Crawford

Backdraft

62

as John 'Axe' Adcox

The Hunt for Red October

75

as CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)

1980s

18 titles · average score 61

Intrigue

as Crawford

Man on Fire

61

as Creasy

As Summers Die

58

as Willie Croft

Silverado

72

as Emmett

Wild Geese II

38

as John Haddad

The River

44

as Joe Wade

Countdown to Looking Glass

64

as Michael Boyle

The Right Stuff

86

as Alan Shepard

The Keep

46

as Glaeken Trismegestus

Personal Best

60

as Terry Tingloff

The Challenge

57

as Rick

Urban Cowboy

67

as Wes

1970s

12 titles · average score 58

She Came To The Valley

as Bill Lester

Apocalypse Now

89

as Lieutenant Richard M. Colby

More American Graffiti

38

as Newt

Fighting Mad

49

as Charlie Hunter

Baretta

44

TV show

Nashville

86

as Pfc. Glenn Kelly

Hex

45

as Jimbang

Gargoyles

43

as James Reeger

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Forklift Driver (uncredited)

The Sixth Sense

67

TV show

Angels Hard as They Come

38

as Long John

The Baby Maker

59

as Tad Jacks

1960s

2 titles · average score 56

Ironside

45

TV show · as Frank Lenox / Lonnie Burnett

The Patty Duke Show

67

TV show

1950s

2 titles · average score 78

The Edge of Night

71

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Owen Quinn / Eli "Pappy" Chandler