Portrait of Will Oldham

Acting

Will Oldham

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, with a break from 1992 to 2002, busiest in 2011 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Matewan
Matewan
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Will Oldham Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.2, average 4.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Slow-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard
Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard

as Harlan Hubbard (voice)

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 70
EMPIRIC
EMPIRIC (2026)

as Narrator

The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Bartender

Hands That Bind
Hands That Bind (2023)

as Barkeep

Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (2023)

Director, Music

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 65
Our Library: A Louisville Documentary
Our Library: A Louisville Documentary (2018)

as Narrator

A Ghost Story
A Ghost Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

as Prognosticator

Sailing a Sinking Sea
Sailing a Sinking Sea (2015)

Executive Producer

Eden
Eden (2014)

as John Malenoir

Magnetic Reconnection
Magnetic Reconnection (2012)

as Narrator (voice)

A Wilderness of Mirrors
A Wilderness of Mirrors (2012)

as Migrating Musician

This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Pioneer
Pioneer (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

as Father

New Jerusalem
New Jerusalem (2011)
GoodWatch score 43

as Ike Evans

Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story
Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story (2010)

as Narrator

Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

as Gorilla Trainer

Ode
Ode (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

Music

2000s

10 titles ยท average score 73
Wendy and Lucy
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

as Icky

Xavier: Renegade Angel
Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as (voice)

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sgt. Platoon

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22 (2007)

as Sgt. Platoon

Old Joy
Old Joy (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Kurt

The Guatemalan Handshake
The Guatemalan Handshake (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Donald Turnupseed

Junebug
Junebug (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

as Bill Mooney, scout

Tripping With Caveh
Tripping With Caveh (2004)

Music

Seafarers
Seafarers (2004)

Music

Slitch
Slitch (2003)

as The Surfer

1990s

1 title ยท average score 78
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991)
GoodWatch score 78

as Miles

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 71
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chip

Matewan
Matewan (1987)
GoodWatch score 82

as Danny Radnor

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Miles