Andrew W. Marlowe (sometimes Andrew Marlowe) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for being the creator, executive producer, and writer of CBS' The Equalizer (2021-), the CBS show Take Two (2018), and the ABC show Castle (2009-2016). He also wrote the screenplays for Air Force One, End of Days, and Hollow Man. He won the Nicholl Fellowship award for screenwriting for his script The Lehigh Pirates. Apogee, a space-based adventure he wrote soon after, sold for $500,000. He is purportedly the ghostwriter (or co-writer) of Heat Wave, a mystery novel published September 28, 2009, attributed to the fictional Richard Castle—the title character of the Castle TV series; the novel itself is a plot element in the show.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 23, 1966 (59)
- Writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove
What are Andrew W. Marlowe's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Andrew W. Marlowe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Andrew W. Marlowe'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
7 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

The Equalizer(2021)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Take Two(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Castle(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Hollow Man II(2006)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Hollow Man(2000)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
End of Days(1999)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Air Force One(1997)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 1997 to 2021.

Biggest box office
Air Force One (1997)

Highest rated
Air Force One (1997)

Most popular right now
Hollow Man (2000)
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 Andrew W. Marlowe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 36/100 and the plot and story 33/100 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 Andrew W. Marlowe'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 Andrew W. Marlowe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Andrew W. Marlowe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Scott Thompson shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Gary Scott ThompsonShared titles: Hollow Man II (2006), Hollow Man (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Scott Thompson

Composers
- Jerry GoldsmithShared titles: Hollow Man (2000), Air Force One (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Goldsmith

Producers
- Douglas WickShared titles: Hollow Man II (2006), Hollow Man (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Douglas Wick

- Armyan BernsteinShared titles: End of Days (1999), Air Force One (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Armyan Bernstein

- Marc AbrahamShared titles: End of Days (1999), Air Force One (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Abraham

- Thomas A. BlissShared titles: End of Days (1999), Air Force One (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas A. Bliss
Mixed roles
- Paul VerhoevenShared titles: Hollow Man II (2006), Hollow Man (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Verhoeven

