Acting

Edward Herrmann

Titles: 119movies50TV shows

Career: Active from 1973 to 2025, busiest in 2007 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 60
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Revolution
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edward Herrmann Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.7, average 4.3
Adrenaline
3.9, average 5.1
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Tension
5.0, average 6.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Historical Documentary 6
Social Commentary 5
American History 5
Family-Friendly 4
Nostalgic 4
Mistaken Identity 3
Satirical 3
Educational Series 3
Educational & Informative 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

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Upcoming

2 titles

Poster for History's Lost & Found

TV show

Poster for Wonder Woman

TV show · as Senator Warren

2010s

6 titles · average score 72

Poster for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV show · as Richard Gilmore (archive sound) (uncredited)

Poster for Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Poster for The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

TV show · as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

Poster for Perception

TV show · as Jack Pierce

Poster for Harry's Law

TV show · as Lester Babcock

Poster for Better With You

TV show · as Judge

2000s

18 titles · average score 72

Poster for The Good Wife

TV show · as Lionel Deerfield

Poster for The Revolution

TV show

Poster for The States

TV show

Poster for The Presidents

TV show · as Narrator

Poster for Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Norman Shales

Poster for American Dad!

TV show · as Old Man (voice) / Councilman (voice)

Poster for How I Met Your Mother

TV show · as Reverend Lowell

Poster for Russia, Land of the Tsars

TV show

Poster for Rise and Fall of the Spartans

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Poster for Founding Fathers

TV show · as Narrator

Poster for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV show · as Mr. Vogel

Poster for Gilmore Girls

TV show · as Richard Gilmore

All 18 titles from the 2000s

1990s

11 titles · average score 70

Poster for The Korean War: Fire and Ice

TV show · as Narrator

Poster for Atomic Train

TV show · as The President

Poster for The Practice

TV show · as Anderson Pearson

Poster for Liberty!

TV show · as Narrator

Poster for A Season in Purgatory

TV show · as Dr. Shugrue

Poster for Pandora's Clock

TV show · as President

Poster for Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

TV show · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Poster for Homicide: Life on the Street

TV show · as Thomas Pandolfi

Poster for The General Motors Playwrights Theater

TV show · as Ben Cunningham

Poster for Law & Order

TV show · as Drew Seeley / Frederic Matson

Poster for Wings

TV show · as Y.M. Burg

1980s

6 titles · average score 76

Poster for Screen One

TV show · as Ralph

Poster for The Lawrenceville Stories

TV show · as Head Master

Poster for The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV show · as Dr. Maxwell Stoddard / Litton

Poster for St. Elsewhere

TV show · as Father Joseph McCabe

Poster for Nature

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Poster for American Playhouse

TV show · as The Headmaster / Alger Hiss

1970s

3 titles · average score 66

Poster for Eleanor and Franklin

TV show · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Age 20-50

Poster for Beacon Hill

TV show · as Richard Palmer

Poster for M*A*S*H

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 85

Poster for Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV show · as Doug Bedloe / Folsom

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