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Acting

Bates Wilder

Career: Active from 1989 to 2026, with a break from 1990 to 2007, busiest in 2024 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles: 2
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Tater Tot & Patton
76/100

What stands out

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

Bates Wilder Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Romance
2.8, average 3.8
Politics
1.6, average 2.6
Class & Capitalism
2.4, average 3.3
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Comfort Watch 2
Supernatural Thriller 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Survival Story 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

12 titles · average score 56

Imposters

68

as Orson

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

52

as Lead Ranger

The Strange Dark

63

as Frank

Letters to Santa

60

as Santa

American Fiction

82

as Jon Daniel Sigmarsen

Blackwood

41

as Dutch Wilder

Confess, Fletch

69

as Detective #2 / Gruff Cop Over Phone

The Unholy

40

as Geary

Kevin Can F**K Himself

72

TV show · as Greg

Black Friday

51

as Chris' Father

The Last Son

27

as Coleman

Blood and Money

45

as Night Guard

2010s

13 titles · average score 58

The Great War

27

as Captain William Rivers

Long Lost Daughter

53

as Derek Rhodes

American Woman

74

as Detective O'Brien

Tater Tot & Patton

76

as Erwin

Stronger

78

as Chelmsford Cop

The Spirit of Christmas

66

as Sheriff Noah Bell

Black Mass

68

as Agent James

Joy

61

as Todd

The Forger

36

as Martin

Dust of War

45

as General Chizum

A Deadly Obsession

46

as Olsen

Shutter Island

73

as Ward C Guard

2000s

11 titles · average score 53

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

72

as Harry Pinow

The Maiden Heist

51

as Warehouse Foreman

Don McKay

38

as Officer Tierney

as Marty Brennan

The Replacement Child

as Darryl

Underdog

37

as Cop

Black Irish

40

as Officer Cowen

Brotherhood

70

TV show · as Jimmy Martinson

The Legend of Lucy Keyes

41

as Deputy Officer

Long Distance

47

as Agent Turner

Mystic River

83

as Loud Mouth Cop

1990s

2 titles · average score 48

Original Sins

48

as FBI Agent

Claude

as Cop #1

1980s

1 title

Sir Drone

as Bizz