Portrait of Jay Acovone

Acting

Jay Acovone

Career

Active from 1980 to 2019, busiest in 1993 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jay Acovone Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    4.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Action Thriller 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
No Friends
No Friends (2025)

as Fireman Charlie

2010s

3 titles · average score 52
Rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes (2019)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jamie Jarret

Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Elliott

A Stranger in Paradise
A Stranger in Paradise (2013)
GoodWatch score 28

as The Interrogator

2000s

30 titles · average score 62
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

as Major Charles Kawalsky

The Mentalist
The Mentalist (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Nicky Shaw

How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Vance

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Detective Morrison

CSI: NY
CSI: NY (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Paul Gionetti

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Frankie Dean

Cold Case
Cold Case (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tom Collison (2005)

Las Vegas
Las Vegas (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Ray Abazon

Monk
Monk (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Ray Galardi

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Tom Wegman

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Tommy Grazetti

Cast Away
Cast Away (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

as Pilot Peter

1990s

37 titles · average score 57
On the Line
On the Line (1998)
GoodWatch score 44

as Capt. Unander

Charmed
Charmed (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Keats

Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Charles Kawalsky / Captain Charles Kawalsky

JAG
JAG (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Col. Harry R. Presser

Lookin' Italian
Lookin' Italian (1994)
GoodWatch score 45

as Vinny Pallazzo

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Fireman Charlie

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

TV show · as Detective Curtis / Duffy Haskell

Born to Run
Born to Run (1993)
GoodWatch score 67

as Richie

The Magician
The Magician (1993)

as David Katz

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Clifton Moloney

Doctor Mordrid
Doctor Mordrid (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

as Tony Gaudio

Quicksand: No Escape
Quicksand: No Escape (1992)
GoodWatch score 53

as Det. Harris

1980s

13 titles · average score 60
Hardball
Hardball (1989)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Joe Maxwell

Cold Steel
Cold Steel (1987)
GoodWatch score 36

as Cookie

Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987)

TV show

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Joe Ahern / Bruce Jacobs

Women of Valor
Women of Valor (1986)
GoodWatch score 63

as Capt. Rader

Growing Pains
Growing Pains (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Jake

Hollywood Beat
Hollywood Beat (1985)

TV show · as Det. Jack Rado

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

TV show · as Det. Sgt. Vinnie Grillo / Sgt. Nick Acosta

Parole
Parole (1982)

as Leo

Cruising
Cruising (1980)
GoodWatch score 55

as Skip Lee

1970s

1 title · average score 83
Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Bruno Romano