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Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel

Actor, also producer, director and writer · Born November 14, 1972 (53) · Minot, North Dakota, USA

Joshua David Duhamel (born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's Las Vegas. Duhamel has ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in four of the Transformers films, most recently in the fifth entry, Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He has also appeared in When in Rome (2010), Life as We Know It (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), Safe Haven (2013), and You're Not You (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama Battle Creek. He has also starred in several video games, most notably Call of Duty: WWII (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film Love, Simon. In 2021, Duhamel starred in the role of Sheldon Sampson in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 14, 1972 (53)
From
Minot, North Dakota, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer, director and writer
Titles
59 on MovieCove · 75 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 9% in 30 days

What are Josh Duhamel's films like?

Across their 48 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Horror 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
33%
Morality
21%
Self
16%
Survival
14%
Power
8%
Society
6%
Ideas
1%
Friendship13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 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 15 · Serious 10 · Dark 15

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 6

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 16 · Intense 19

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

Steady 17 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 5

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 6

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

Casual 16 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 3

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

Easy watch 14 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 8

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

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

37 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 18 of 37 analyzed roles.

Hero
18 of 37
Ally
6 of 37
Shadow
5 of 37
Mentor
5 of 37
Shapeshifter
1 of 37
Threshold guardian
1 of 37
Trickster
1 of 37
Show the 37 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Melancholic
17
Thrilling
12
Dread
11
Joyful
11
Other
48

How their films linger

Fun15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

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 Josh Duhamel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 42 of their 59 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Josh Duhamel'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

75 credits, 59 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Rescue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • UFC Fight House: The Making of the Biggest Fight in History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator

  • Neglected(2025)

    as Detective Shaw

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Detective Shaw

  • Preschool(2026)

    Director · Producer · as Alan

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Not Without Hope(2025)

    as Timothy Close

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • London Calling(2025)

    Executive Producer · Producer · as Tommy Ward

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Off the Grid(2025)

    as Guy

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ransom Canyon(2025)

    Show 18 episodes · Executive Producer · as Staten Kirkland

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Buddy Games(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Buddy Games: Spring Awakening(2023)

    Director · Producer · as Bobfather

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Shotgun Wedding(2022)

    as Tom Fowler

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist(2022)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Blackout(2022)

    as Cain

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Bandit(2022)

    Producer · as Gilbert Galvan Jr/Robert Whiteman

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Harvey Dent (voice)

  • The Thing About Pam(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Joel Schwartz

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Blade Runner: Black Lotus(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · as Marlowe (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Night of the Animated Dead(2021)

    as Harry Cooper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two(2021)

    as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One(2021)

    as Harvey Dent (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Jupiter's Legacy(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Sheldon Sampson / The Utopian

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · as Colin Cole

  • Think Like a Dog(2020)

    as Lukas

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Love, Victor(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack Spier

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Lost Husband(2020)

    as James O'Connor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Buddy Games(2019)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Bob 'The Bobfather' Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Capsized: Blood in the Water(2019)

    as John Lippoth

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Detective Greg Kading

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Love, Simon(2018)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Web of Fries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Hero

  • The Show(2017)

    as Adam Rogers

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Transformers: The Last Knight(2017)

    as Colonel William Lennox

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • CHIPS(2017)

    as Rick

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Institute(2017)

    as Detective

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Spaceman(2016)

    as Bill Lee

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • 11.22.63(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Frank Dunning

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Misconduct(2016)

    as Ben Cahill

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Lost in the Sun(2015)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Bravetown(2015)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Battle Creek(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · as Special Agent Milton Chamberlain

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • You're Not You(2014)

    as Evan

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Wings: Sky Force Heroes(2014)

    as Ace (voice)

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Don Peyote(2014)

    as Adam

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Scenic Route(2013)

    Producer · as Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Safe Haven(2013)

    as Alex Wheatley

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Movie 43(2013)

    as Anson (segment "Beezel")

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Fire with Fire(2012)

    as Jeremy Coleman

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Planet Ocean(2012)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • New Year's Eve(2011)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 17 episodes · as Narrator

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)

    as Lennox

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Captain Flynn · as Captain Flynn (voice)

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Life as We Know It(2010)

    as Eric Messer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Romantics(2010)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Ramona and Beezus(2010)

    as Hobart Kemp

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • When in Rome(2010)

    as Nick Beamon

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Fanboy & Chum Chum(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Oz (voice)

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)

    as Major Lennox

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Transformers(2007)

    as Captain Lennox

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Turistas(2006)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Rachael Ray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray(2004)

    as Dorian Gray

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Veronica Mars(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Magnus

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Best Week Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!(2004)

    as Tad Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Las Vegas(2003)

    Show 106 episodes · as Danny McCoy

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Crossing Jordan(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · as Danny McCoy

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Reed

  • Kids' Choice Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Host

  • All My Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 2,164 episodes · as Leo du Pres

  • Full Throttle Mindset (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Todd Beckman

  • Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Lou Coleman

  • The Good Samaritan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles, 70 of them dated from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

$1.1B worldwide

Highest rated

Planet Ocean (2012)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Las Vegas (2003)

Film career

19702026

Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 34 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
Acting74 of 74: 68 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score31stDirecting4 of 74: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting1 of 74: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing5 of 74: 0 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score17th

74 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting2000s13 · acting2010s31 · 31 acting · 1 crew2020s24 · 24 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 39% of 38 roles
041419

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.

How do Josh Duhamel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 45; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 59 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 59 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed29

Most divisive · actor

Wings: Sky Force Heroes (2014)

93rd percentile spread · 67% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Planet Ocean (2012)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 33. 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 Josh Duhamel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 32 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles27–84 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity32 titles21–54 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles25–76 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles26–62 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles19–68 · median 49 · 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 Josh Duhamel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Josh Duhamel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael J. Luisi shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers