Portrait of Michael Esper

Acting

Michael Esper

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, busiest in 2013 and 2018 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Frances Ha
Frances Ha
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

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

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Esper Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Historical
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Old Soul
Old Soul

as Otto

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 74
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh (2026)

as Lloyd

To Kill a Wolf
To Kill a Wolf (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Carey

Griffin in Summer
Griffin in Summer (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

as Bill

Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Bob Motta

Pavements
Pavements (2025)
GoodWatch score 77

as Essem

Fallout
Fallout (2024)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Bud Askins / Brain-on-a-Roomba / Bud Askins

The Creator
The Creator (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

as Captain Cotton

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Officer Johnson

Resurrection
Resurrection (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as Peter

The Outsider
The Outsider (2020)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Kenneth Hayes

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 69
Evil
Evil (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Scientist

Trust
Trust (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as J. Paul Getty Jr.

For George on His 30th Birthday
For George on His 30th Birthday (2018)

as George Dougherty

Lazarus
Lazarus (2018)

as Valentine

Halt and Catch Fire
Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Ron Cane

Frances Ha
Frances Ha (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

as Dan

Runner Runner
Runner Runner (2013)
GoodWatch score 35

as Billy 'Pet' Petricoff

Do No Harm
Do No Harm (2013)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Dr. Kenneth Jordan

Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Adam Rain

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Donald Pruitt

Person of Interest
Person of Interest (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Jason Greenfield

All Good Things
All Good Things (2010)
GoodWatch score 50

as Daniel Marks

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 75
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Gregory Steck

Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Gabe

Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill (2009)

as Pete Walsh

Light and the Sufferer
Light and the Sufferer (2008)

as Paul

Bittersweet Place
Bittersweet Place (2005)

as Joey

Loggerheads
Loggerheads (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

as Gill

A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

as John Nash Jr. (Young Man)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 74
Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as David Sutton / Kenneth Lane