Ron Eldard
Actor · Born February 20, 1965 (61) · Long Island, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald Jason "Ron" Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Eldard made his film debut in the 1989 comedy True Love, written and directed by Nancy Savoca, and co-starring Annabella Sciorra. This film won the Grandy Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Eldard has performed on Broadway in critically acclaimed productions of On the Waterfront, Biloxi Blues, Bash: Latterday Plays, and Death of a Salesman. The latter two were filmed for Showtime productions. Eldard is also known for his evocative role as sympathetic street thug John Reilly in the 1996 film Sleepers which co-starred Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Deniro, and Minnie Driver. On January 9, 2006 he debuted in the role of Father Flynn in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway production of Doubt opposite the British actress Dame Eileen Atkins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Eldard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 20, 1965 (61)
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Actor
- 29 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
What are Ron Eldard's films like?
Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 19
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 10
A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 10 · Intense 11
Steady 6 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 2
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 12 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Bill Jameson in Sex & the Other Man (1995)
- Allyas Pete in The Last Supper (1995)
- Shadowas Glen Waddell in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
- Allyas Oren Monash in Deep Impact (1998)
- Heroas Manning in When Trumpets Fade (1998)
- Allyas Dodge in Ghost Ship (2002)
- Shadowas Lester in House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- Shadowas Jack in Diggers (2006)
- Heroas Thomas Archer in Already Dead (2007)
- Heroas Daniel Stone in The Tenth Circle (2008)
- Heroas Jimmy in Roadie (2011)
- Heroas Joe Steadman in Higher Power (2018)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic3
- 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 Ron Eldard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Ron Eldard'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
39 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Higher Power(2018)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Odds Are(2018)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Poker Night(2014)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Jobs(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Roadie(2011)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Super 8(2011)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Justified(2010)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Tenth Circle(2008)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
In Plain Sight(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Already Dead(2007)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Diggers(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Freedomland(2006)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Fathers and Sons(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Blind Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
House of Sand and Fog(2003)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Ghost Ship(2002)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Just a Kiss(2002)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Black Hawk Down(2001)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Bash: Latter-Day Plays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Death of a Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Mystery, Alaska(1999)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Delivered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
When Trumpets Fade(1998)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Deep Impact(1998)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Bastard Out of Carolina(1996)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Sex & the Other Man(1995)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Sleepers(1996)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Men Behaving Badly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Last Supper(1995)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Bakersfield P.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
TriBeCa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Scent of a Woman(1992)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Arresting Behavior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Drop Dead Fred(1991)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
True Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 39 titles from 1989 to 2018; peak year 1997.
Biggest box office
Deep Impact (1998)
Highest rated
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Most popular right now
Deep Impact (1998)
Film career
Peak 1997 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 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.
- 1991Screen debut· Drop Dead Fred
- 1998First top-billed film· When Trumpets Fade
- 1998Breakout· When Trumpets Fade
- 1998Career best· When Trumpets Fade
- 2010Career best· Justified
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 Ron Eldard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th10
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 29 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved8
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. 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 Ron Eldard's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Ron Eldard work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ron Eldard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Markle shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Peter MarkleShared titles: Odds Are (2018), The Tenth Circle (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Markle
Actors
- Bobby CannavaleShared titles: Roadie (2011), When Trumpets Fade (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Bobby Cannavale
- Bradley WhitfordShared titles: Fathers and Sons (2005), Scent of a Woman (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Bradley Whitford
Composers and cinematographers
- James HornerShared titles: House of Sand and Fog (2003), Deep Impact (1998)See all 2 shared titles with James Horner
- Peter DemingShared titles: Mystery, Alaska (1999), Drop Dead Fred (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Deming
Producers
- Steven SpielbergShared titles: Super 8 (2011), Deep Impact (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Spielberg
Mixed roles
- Kia JamShared titles: Already Dead (2007), House of Sand and Fog (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Kia Jam
