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Gil Birmingham

Gil Birmingham

Actor · Born July 13, 1953 (73) · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Gil Birmingham (born July 13, 1966) is an American actor of Comanche ancestry. He made his first TV appearance on an episode of Riptide, and has gone on to star in more than 40 films, television, and theater productions, such as Twilight, End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper and The Doe Boy.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 13, 1953 (73)
From
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 4% in 30 days

What are Gil Birmingham's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Drama 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
Bonds
32%
Self
21%
Society
14%
Morality
13%
Survival
10%
Power
8%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 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 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 2

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Hopeful
5
Melancholic
6
Warm
4
Dread
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous4

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 Gil Birmingham's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gil Birmingham'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

58 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Marshals(2026)

    Show 14 episodes · as Thomas Rainwater

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • X-Men '97(2024)

    Show 9 episodes · as Forge (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Tracker(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Gus McMillion

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The Marsh King's Daughter(2023)

    as Clark Bekkum

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Poker Face(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Skip Dooley

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Under the Banner of Heaven(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · as Detective Bill Taba

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Pieces of Her(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Charlie Bass

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Yellowstone(2018)

    Show 53 episodes · as Thomas Rainwater

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Boxcar Children - Surprise Island(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Siren(2018)

    Show 15 episodes · as Sheriff Dale Bishop

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Scalped(2017)

    as Chief Lincoln Red Crow

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Te Ata(2016)

    as T.B. Thompson

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Wind River(2017)

    as Martin Hanson

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Transformers: The Last Knight(2017)

    as Chief Sherman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Space Between Us(2017)

    as Shaman Neka

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Hell or High Water(2016)

    as Alberto Parker

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Animal Kingdom(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Detective Pearce

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Del (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Crow

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt(2015)

    Show 7 episodes · as Virgil

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Lone Ranger(2013)

    as Red Knee

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • House of Cards(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Daniel Lanagin

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Banshee(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · as George Hunter

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Don Simmons

  • Crooked Arrows(2012)

    as Ben Logan

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • California Indian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Charles 'Chi' Thomas

  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1(2011)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Shouting Secrets(2011)

    as Cal

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Lying Game(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Ben Whitehorse

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Rango(2011)

    as Wounded Bird (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Love Ranch(2010)

    as Johnny Cortez

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse(2010)

    as Billy Black

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon(2009)

    as Billy Black

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Steven Douglas

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Cacaw Te

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Twilight(2008)

    as Billy Black

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Mentalist(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Markham Willis

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Turok: Son of Stone(2008)

    as Nashoba (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love's Long Journey(2005)

    as Sharp Claw

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Into the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Older Dog Star

  • Veronica Mars(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Leonard Lobo

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Medical Investigation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Walter Shephard

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Shaman

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Lone Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as One Horn

  • Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Pete

  • Skins(2002)

    as Sonny Yellow Lodge

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Body & Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 9 episodes · as Oz

  • Gentle Ben(2002)

    as Pete

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Doe Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Manny

  • Family Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Bernard

  • Charmed(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Indian Chief

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • V.I.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Roland

  • The Wild Thornberrys(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim's Dad (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • The Legend of Calamity Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 3 episodes · as Additional Voices (voice)

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Peru Man

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Brave #1

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • House II: The Second Story(1987)

    as Featured Warrior

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Falcon Crest(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Deputy

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Wind River: Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Martin Hanson

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 57 of them dated from 1981 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Wind River (2017)

$44M worldwide

Highest rated

Wind River (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Yellowstone (2018)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19812026

Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. 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
Acting58 of 58: 58 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s7 · acting

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
8712

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

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2022, 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 Gil Birmingham's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Scalped (2017)

96th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

X-Men '97 (2024)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. 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 Gil Birmingham's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 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 & Gore6 titles53–78 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles17–64 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles38–79 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles23–48 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles45–76 · median 54 · moderateheavier 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 Gil Birmingham work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gil Birmingham's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chaske Spencer shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers