Portrait of John Shea

Acting

John Shea

Career

Active from 1978 to 2018, busiest in 1989 and 1998 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Missing
Missing
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Shea Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Political Thriller 2
  • Government Conspiracy 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Suburban Mystery 2
  • Relationship Dynamics 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 56
Boyfriend's Deceit
Boyfriend's Deceit (2018)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mr. Stein

Grey Lady
Grey Lady (2017)
GoodWatch score 35

as Chief Maguire

Agent X
Agent X (2015)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as President Eckhart

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Ted Graham

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Senator Brian Warwick

Anatomy of the Tide
Anatomy of the Tide (2013)

as Davis Harriman

The Trouble with the Truth
The Trouble with the Truth (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

as Robert

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Bill Wellstone

51
51 (2011)
GoodWatch score 29

as Sam Whitaker

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Dr. Kirk Connor

An Invisible Sign
An Invisible Sign (2010)
GoodWatch score 28

as Dad

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (2010)

as Julius Caesar

2000s

11 titles ยท average score 63
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Jeffrey Agos

Achchamundu Achchamundu
Achchamundu Achchamundu (2009)
GoodWatch score 46

as Theodore Robertson

Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour (2008)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Kristopher Merced

The Insurgents
The Insurgents (2007)
GoodWatch score 44

as Robert

Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl (2007)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Harold Waldorf

Pitch
Pitch (2006)

as White Man

Medium
Medium (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as David Morrow

Bones
Bones (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Dr. Marcus Eldridge

Heartbreak Hospital
Heartbreak Hospital (2002)

as Milo Henderson / Dr. Jonathan

Mutant X
Mutant X (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Adam Kane

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Trevor Lipton / Jack Walker II

1990s

21 titles ยท average score 56
Southie
Southie (1998)
GoodWatch score 39

as Peter Binda

Getting Personal
Getting Personal (1998)

as Mr. DeMarco

Sex and the City
Sex and the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Dominic

The Apocalypse Watch
The Apocalypse Watch (1997)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Harry Latham / Lassiter

The Apocalypse Watch
The Apocalypse Watch (1997)
GoodWatch score 42

as Harry Latham / Lassiter

Forgotten Sins
Forgotten Sins (1996)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sheriff Matthew Bradshaw

See Jane Run
See Jane Run (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Michael Ravenson

Justice in a Small Town
Justice in a Small Town (1994)

as Tommy Marchant

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
GoodWatch score 44

as Hendrickson

Ladykiller
Ladykiller (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

as Jack Packard

Notorious
Notorious (1992)

as Devlin

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Isaac Waxman / John David Myers

1980s

24 titles ยท average score 64
Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Frank Joziak

Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

as Roger Dollison

Baby M
Baby M (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Bill Stern

The Impossible Spy
The Impossible Spy (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

as Eli Cohen

Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast (1987)
GoodWatch score 74

as John Carloff

The Dreamers
The Dreamers (1987)

as Marcus

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
GoodWatch score 51

as Karl Hoffmann

Honeymoon
Honeymoon (1985)

as Zachary 'Zack' Freestamp

Windy City
Windy City (1984)
GoodWatch score 38

as Danny

Missing
Missing (1982)
GoodWatch score 81

as Charles Horman

Family Reunion
Family Reunion (1981)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as James Cookman

Hussy
Hussy (1980)
GoodWatch score 39

as Emory Cole

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 64
The Last Convertible
The Last Convertible (1979)

TV show ยท as Terry Garrigan

The Nativity
The Nativity (1978)

as Joseph

Man from Atlantis
Man from Atlantis (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Romeo