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Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Actor · Born April 28, 1949 (77) · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner · 1 other major award body

Paul Guilfoyle is an American stage and screen actor, best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He graduated from Yale University in 1977 with a major in economics and studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City. He is often mistakenly referred to as the son of character actor Paul Guilfoyle but they are not related.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 28, 1949 (77)
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
72 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 46% in 30 days

What are Paul Guilfoyle's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Bonds
23%
Self
18%
Power
10%
Survival
9%
Society
7%
Ideas
6%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 9 · Dark 15

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 22 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 14

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 9
Ally
2 of 9
Shadow
1 of 9
Threshold guardian
1 of 9
Herald
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Dread
9
Melancholic
13
Absurd
7
Hopeful
6
Other
31

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Paul Guilfoyle's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 72 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Guilfoyle's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

106 credits, 72 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Over Your Dead Body(2026)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Any Day Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Marty

  • What We Find on the Road(2024)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Arthur the King(2024)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Can't Go Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Detective Peter Bartlett

  • The Man from Rome(2022)

    as Monsignor Spada

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Don't Look Up(2021)

    as General Themes

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Vegas(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jim Brass

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Good House(2021)

    as Henry Barlow

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Morning Show(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Reid

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Evil(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Archbishop Kirby

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • William (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as President Clayborn

  • Turnover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Peter

  • A Million Little Things(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Lenny

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Star Trek: Discovery(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Carl

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Good Fight(2017)

    Show 11 episodes · as Henry Rindell

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Pandemic(2016)

    as Doctor Greer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Colony(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Quayle

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Spotlight(2015)

    as Peter Conley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Immortality(2015)

    as Jim Brass

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Blindspot(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Rosmond Ott

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • American Violet(2008)

    as Judge Belmont

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Justice League Unlimited(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Travis Morgan (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Tempesta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Taddeo Rossi

  • Coyote Waits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Jay Kennedy, FBI

  • Live from Baghdad(2002)

    as Ed Turner

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Session 9(2001)

    as Bill Griggs

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Night Visions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as John (segment "The Passenger List")

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 317 episodes · as Jim Brass

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Company Man(2000)

    as Officer Hickle

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Secret Agent Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 13 episodes · as Brubeck

  • Blessed Art Thou(2000)

    as Francis

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Entropy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Andy

  • Anywhere But Here(1999)

    as George Franklin

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Random Hearts(1999)

    as Dick Montoya

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Now and Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Walter Conover

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • In Dreams(1999)

    as Detective Jack Kay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Exiled(1998)

    as Detective Sammy Kurtz

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • One Tough Cop(1998)

    as Frankie 'Hot' Salvino

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Negotiator(1998)

    as Nathan Roenick (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Primary Colors(1998)

    as Howard Ferguson

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Peppermills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Amistad(1997)

    as Attorney

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • L.A. Confidential(1997)

    as Mickey Cohen

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Harold Lane

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Air Force One(1997)

    as Lloyd Shepherd

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Cafe Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Anthony Liebler

  • Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing(1997)

    as Lou Napoli

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Night Falls on Manhattan(1996)

    as McGovern

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Ransom(1996)

    as Wallace

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Extreme Measures(1996)

    as Dr. Jeffrey Manko

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Manny & Lo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Country House Owner

  • Striptease(1996)

    as Malcolm Moldovsky

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Heaven's Prisoners(1996)

    as Det. Magelli

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Celtic Pride(1996)

    as Kevin O'Grady

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Couch in New York(1996)

    as Dennis

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Conrad

  • Gospa(1995)

    as Miodrag Dobrovic

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Central Park West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Detective

  • Little Odessa(1994)

    as Boris Volkoff

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • New York Undercover(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Quiz Show(1994)

    as Lishman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight(1994)

    as Paul Mantz

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)

    as Head Chef

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Naked in New York(1993)

    as Roman

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Mother's Boys(1993)

    as Mark Kaplan

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Fallen Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Prokowski

  • The Night We Never Met(1993)

    as Sparrow's Nest Salesman

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Class of '61 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as General Beauregard

  • Anna Lee: Headcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Dr. Frank

  • Hoffa(1992)

    as Ted Harmon

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster(1992)

    as Commander Steve McCall

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Those Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Leonard

  • Final Analysis(1992)

    as Mike O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Notorious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Norman Prescott

  • Unnatural Pursuits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Larry Leitz

  • Civil Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Jerry Bennett

  • Darrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Bert Franklin

  • The Great Pretender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Martin Brinkman

  • True Colors(1991)

    as John Laury

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Against the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Anthony Scalisi

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Curiosity Kills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Ortley

  • Cadillac Man(1990)

    as Little Jack Turgeon

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Local Stigmatic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Ray

  • Kojak : Error Fatal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Hood

  • Dealers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Lee Peters

  • Big Time(1989)

    as Ted

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Internal Affairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as The Watcher

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as James Connolly (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Serpent and the Rainbow(1988)

    as Andrew Cassedy

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Wall Street(1987)

    as Stone Livingston

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Three Men and a Baby(1987)

    as Vince

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Wiseguy(1987)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)

    as Nikos Thomopolis

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Billy Galvin(1986)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Crime Story(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Deranged Gunman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Howard the Duck(1986)

    as Lieutenant Welker

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Roanoak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Spenser: For Hire(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Max Gorman

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as John Baker · as Milton Glantz

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Kate & Allie(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Benny Rinaldi

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bert Franklin · as Nolan · as Ted

  • The Dark End of the Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Cop

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 106 titles from 1981 to 2026; peak year 1997.

Biggest box office

Air Force One (1997)

$315M worldwide

Highest rated

Arthur the King (2024)

Midcredits 84th

Most popular right now

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19812026

Peak 1997 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting106 of 106: 106 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1980s20 · acting1990s54 · acting2000s11 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s9 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 42 roles
8691960116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Screen Actors Guild Award and 1 other major award from 5 major nominations, 2002–2016.

WinNomination
  1. 2016
    • Independent Spirit Award, won
  2. 2005
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2004
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  4. 2003
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  5. 2002
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Paul Guilfoyle's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 72 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

34 of their 72 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser34
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · actor

Gospa (1995)

99th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Paul Guilfoyle's work okay for kids?

Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles27–89 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity17 titles11–56 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles35–86 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles24–45 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles32–82 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Paul Guilfoyle work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Guilfoyle's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yves Simoneau shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles