Peter James Tolan III (born July 5, 1958) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Tolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography from TMDB.
- July 5, 1958 (68)
- Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
- Writer, actor, producer and director
- 19 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Peter Tolan's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 4 · Earnest 6
Light 9 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 8
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet2
- 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 Peter Tolan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Peter Tolan'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
30 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Mad About You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The History of Comedy(2017)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Outsiders(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Jim Gaffigan Show(2015)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Unusuals(2009)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Finding Amanda(2008)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Just Like Heaven(2005)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Guess Who(2005)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Rescue Me(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Analyze That(2002)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Stealing Harvard(2002)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
America's Sweethearts(2001)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Bedazzled(2000)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Analyze This(1999)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Style & Substance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
My Fellow Americans(1996)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Buddies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The George Wendt Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Ellen(1994)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Good Advice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Larry Sanders Show(1992)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Home Improvement(1991)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Alice(1990)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all filmsWish You Were Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Peter Tolan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 29 titles, 28 of them dated from 1988 to 2019.
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 Peter Tolan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 10 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 Peter Tolan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs 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 Peter Tolan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Peter Tolan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harold Ramis shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Harold RamisShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Bedazzled (2000), Analyze This (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Harold Ramis
Writers
- Kenneth LonerganShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Lonergan
Actors
- Billy CrystalShared titles: Analyze That (2002), America's Sweethearts (2001), Analyze This (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Billy Crystal
- Joe ViterelliShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Viterelli
- Lisa KudrowShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Kudrow
- Richard JenkinsShared titles: Stealing Harvard (2002), What Planet Are You From? (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Jenkins
Editors
- Craig HerringShared titles: Bedazzled (2000), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Craig Herring
Producers
- Suzanne HerringtonShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Bedazzled (2000), Analyze This (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Suzanne Herrington
- Bruce BermanShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Berman
- Chris BrighamShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Brigham
- Jane RosenthalShared titles: Analyze That (2002), Analyze This (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Jane Rosenthal
