Laird Hamilton (born 1964) is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a professional volleyball player, television personality, and model. Hamilton and his family split their time between residences in Maui, Hawaii and Malibu, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laird Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 2, 1964 (62)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Laird Hamilton's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Lance Burkhart in North Shore (1987)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
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 Laird Hamilton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Laird Hamilton'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
17 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Trainer(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Ballers(2015)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Descendants(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsThe Oxbow Watermen Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Cubed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Gary Unmarried(2008)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Phineas and Ferb(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Listen Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Riding Giants(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsTO' day of days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Laird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
TO' Day of Days: Laird Hamilton & Friends Epic Trip to Tahiti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Biggest Wednesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Groove: Requiem in the Key of Ski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
North Shore(1987)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1987 to 2024; peak year 2011.
Film career
Peak 2011 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 1987Screen debut· North Shore
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.
How do Laird Hamilton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 4; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 40/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 50, detractors 35. 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.
Who does Laird Hamilton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Laird Hamilton's MovieCove titles; Gerry Lopez shares the most, 2.
- Gerry LopezShared titles: Riding Giants (2004), North Shore (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Gerry Lopez
