Portrait of Mackenzie Astin

Acting

Mackenzie Astin

Career

Active from 1979 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mackenzie Astin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    4.2, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    1.2, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Inspirational 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Indie Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Relationships 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Psychological Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 70
The Pitt
The Pitt (2025)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Jereme Spencer

The Short Game
The Short Game (2025)

as John Avery

Stick
Stick (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Gary Wheeler

Landman
Landman (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Detective Hayes

Love & Death
Love & Death (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Tom O'Connell

Safe Room
Safe Room (2022)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dominic

Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load
Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load (2022)

as Corroded Carl

Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher
Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lt. Pratt

Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Barry Chester

Teenage Bounty Hunters
Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Anderson Wesley

2010s

37 titles · average score 64
You
You (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Gil Brigham

Remember the Sultana
Remember the Sultana (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

as Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

The Maestro
The Maestro (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sam Herst

Welcome to the Men's Group
Welcome to the Men's Group (2016)

as Tom

The Magicians
The Magicians (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Richard

How to Get Away with Murder
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Noah Baker

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Jonathan Pritchard

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Tim Maguire

Hell and Mr Fudge
Hell and Mr Fudge (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

as Edward Fudge

Shameless
Shameless (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Tyler

Homeland
Homeland (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Bill Dunn

Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Bradley Richmond

2000s

27 titles · average score 66
Castle
Castle (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Phillip Bartlett

Mad Men
Mad Men (2007)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Cliff Baur

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Danny Wilson

Bones
Bones (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Dr. Ivan Jacobs

House
House (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Alan Alston

Love's Enduring Promise
Love's Enduring Promise (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

as Grant Thomas

Lost
Lost (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Tom Brennan

Off the Lip
Off the Lip (2004)

as Brad

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Michael Rose

The Zeros
The Zeros (2001)

as Joe

First Years
First Years (2001)

TV show · as Warren Harrison

Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jared

1990s

14 titles · average score 60
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
GoodWatch score 36

as The Male

Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jonathan Daniels

The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jimmy

The Long Island Incident
The Long Island Incident (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Kevin McCarthy

In Love and War
In Love and War (1996)
GoodWatch score 33

as Henry Villard

Dream for an Insomniac
Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

as David Shrader

Widow's Kiss
Widow's Kiss (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

as Sean Sager

The Evening Star
The Evening Star (1996)
GoodWatch score 39

as Teddy Horton

The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Patrick Tarloff

Iron Will
Iron Will (1994)
GoodWatch score 65

as Will Stoneman

Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Francis O'Rourke

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show

1980s

6 titles · average score 49
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
GoodWatch score 13

as Dodger

The Facts of Life Down Under
The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

as Andy Moffett

I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985)
GoodWatch score 56

as T.J. Nelson

Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

TV show · as Jeremy Warren

Hotel
Hotel (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)

as Tony Belinski

1970s

1 title · average score 46
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life (1979)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Andy Moffett

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Rob Miller