Colton Dunn is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He portrayed Garrett on the NBC workplace comedy Superstore (2015–2021) and worked on Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele (2013–2015), where he served as writer, producer, and an occasional performer throughout its five-season run. Dunn also played Herman in Lazer Team (2015) and its sequel Lazer Team 2 (2017).
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 30, 1977 (49)
- Normal, Illinois, USA
- Actor, also writer and producer
- 42 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
What are Colton Dunn's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
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
A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 2 · Earnest 4
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 5
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Dave in Unidentified (2013)
- Heroas Herman in Lazer Team (2015)
- Allyas Garrett in Superstore (2015)
- Allyas Herman in Lazer Team 2 (2017)
- Tricksteras Mayor Peeve in Middlemost Post (2021)
- Threshold guardianas President in The One You're With (2021)
- Tricksteras Lester Kitchens in The Recruit (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
- Cyclical6
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 Colton Dunn's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Colton Dunn'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
57 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Widow's Bay(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Strip Law(2026)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Ali G: Who Iz I?(2026)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Good Sports(2025)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Muppet Script (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Krapopolis(2023)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The Muppets Mayhem(2023)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
The Recruit(2022)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Jackass 4.5(2022)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Jackass Forever(2022)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Pivoting(2022)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Grand Crew(2021)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
The One You're With(2021)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Middlemost Post(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Fairfax(2021)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Star Trek: Lower Decks(2020)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Solar Opposites(2020)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Big City Greens(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Dude(2018)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
It's a Party(2018)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Blockers(2018)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Goatface(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Lazer Team 2(2017)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Killing Hasselhoff(2017)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Security Deposit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Other People(2016)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Bad Internet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Lazer Team(2015)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Angie Tribeca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Superstore(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all showsMonster Problems (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Resident Advisors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Unidentified(2013)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Steven Universe(2013)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsThe Funtime Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Comedy Bang! Bang!(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Happy Endings(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all showsRockin' Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Hatchet II(2010)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The League(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
RT Shorts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows40 Greatest Pranks 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Childrens Hospital(2008)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all showsTwisted Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Boiling Points (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Phileine Says Sorry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all showsGoing There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Judgment Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 56 titles, 54 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2017.
Biggest box office
Lazer Team (2015)
Highest rated
Make Some Noise (2022)
Most popular right now
Superstore (2015)
Film career
Peak 2017 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 2003Screen debut· Phileine Says Sorry
- 2018Career best· Blockers
- 2022Career best· The Recruit
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.
Awards
6 major nominations and no wins, 2013–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Colton Dunn's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 17; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 49/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 36. 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 Colton Dunn's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 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 Colton Dunn work with?
People who share at least 2 of Colton Dunn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Hullum shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Matt HullumShared titles: Lazer Team 2 (2017), Lazer Team (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Hullum
Writers
- Burnie BurnsShared titles: Lazer Team 2 (2017), Lazer Team (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Burnie Burns
Actors
- Ike BarinholtzShared titles: Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America (2026), History of the World: Part II (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Ike Barinholtz
- J.B. SmooveShared titles: History of the World: Part II (2023), Fairfax (2021)See all 2 shared titles with J.B. Smoove
- Johnny PembertonShared titles: Middlemost Post (2021), Trevor Moore: High in Church (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Pemberton
- Alexandria DeBerryShared titles: Lazer Team 2 (2017), Lazer Team (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Alexandria DeBerry
Cinematographers
- Philip RoyShared titles: Lazer Team 2 (2017), Lazer Team (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Philip Roy
Producers
- Antonio CanobbioShared titles: Super Turbo Story Time (2023), Fairfax (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Canobbio
- Ben KalinaShared titles: Super Turbo Story Time (2023), Fairfax (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Kalina
- Chris PrynoskiShared titles: Super Turbo Story Time (2023), Fairfax (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Prynoski
- Shannon PrynoskiShared titles: Super Turbo Story Time (2023), Fairfax (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Shannon Prynoski
Mixed roles
- Gustavo SorolaShared titles: Lazer Team 2 (2017), Lazer Team (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Gustavo Sorola
