Robert Liefeld is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with writer Fabian Nicieza. In the early 1990s, Liefeld gained popularity due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which started a wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Liefeld's Youngblood #1. Liefeld has been called one of the most controversial figures in the comic industry for his drawing skills, business practices, and controversial comments.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 3, 1967 (59)
- Fullerton, California, USA
- Writer and actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Rob Liefeld's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 0 · Earnest 1
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
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 Rob Liefeld's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Rob Liefeld'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
9 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Deadpool & Wolverine(2024)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
X-Men '97(2024)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Titans(2018)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Deadpool 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Deadpool: No Good Deed(2017)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Deadpool(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Legends of Tomorrow(2016)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Spawn(1997)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Avengelyne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2016 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Highest rated
Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)
Most popular right now
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
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 Rob Liefeld's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 70/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Rob Liefeld's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Rob Liefeld work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rob Liefeld's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fabian Nicieza shares the most, 3.
Directors
- David LeitchShared titles: Deadpool 2 (2018), Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)See all 2 shared titles with David Leitch
Writers
- Fabian NiciezaShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018), Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Fabian Nicieza
- Ryan ReynoldsShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018), Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Ryan Reynolds
- Paul WernickShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Wernick
- Rhett ReeseShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Rhett Reese
Actors
- Leslie UggamsShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Leslie Uggams
- Morena BaccarinShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Morena Baccarin
Producers
- Jonathon Komack MartinShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathon Komack Martin
- Lauren Shuler DonnerShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Shuler Donner
- Simon KinbergShared titles: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool 2 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Simon Kinberg
Mixed roles
- Stan LeeShared titles: Deadpool 2 (2018), Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Stan Lee
- Todd McFarlaneShared titles: The Image Revolution (2014), Spawn (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Todd McFarlane
