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Christopher Denham

Christopher Denham

Actor, also director, writer and producer · Born January 1, 1985 (41) · Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner

Christopher Denham is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for supporting roles in Argo, Being the Ricardos, Shutter Island and his role in the Sundance Film Festival cult phenomenon, Sound of My Voice, as well as the television series Billions, Shining Girls, opposite Elisabeth Moss and Amazon Prime's Utopia, created by Gillian Flynn.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1985 (41)
From
Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, also director, writer and producer
Titles
43 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 42% in 30 days

What are Christopher Denham's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 12th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Bonds
20%
Survival
16%
Self
14%
Society
11%
Ideas
9%
Power
6%
Deception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 8 · Dark 11

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 10 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 12 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 12
Hero
4 of 12
Ally
1 of 12
Shapeshifter
1 of 12
Threshold guardian
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Dread
15
Melancholic
10
Contemplative
7
Hopeful
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Unsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous12

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 Christopher Denham's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 43 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Christopher Denham'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

48 credits, 43 with a MovieCove page.

  • A Statement(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Good Night, and Good Luck(2025)

    as John Aaron

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Hunting Party(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Byron May

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • DogMan(2023)

    as Ackerman

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Adults(2023)

    as Scott

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Oppenheimer(2023)

    as Klaus Fuchs

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Maggie Moore(s)(2023)

    as Andy Moore

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Night Shift(2023)

    as Walton Grey

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Old Flame(2022)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Shining Girls(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Leo Jenkins

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Gilded Age(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Robert McNeil

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Being the Ricardos(2021)

    as Donald Glass

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Utopia(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Arby

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Half Empty/Half Full(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • For All Mankind(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Walt Griebel

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Prodigal Son(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Trevor Falvey

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Fast Color(2018)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Amaranth(2018)

    as Dr. Alan Campbell

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • One Dollar(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Peter Trask

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Camera Obscura(2017)

    as Jack Zeller

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist: Redemption(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Brian Mayhew

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Money Monster(2016)

    as Ron Sprecher

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Billions(2016)

    Show 17 episodes · as Oliver Dake

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Enter Nowhere(2011)

    as Kevin

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Area 51(2015)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Bad Country(2014)

    as Tommy Weiland

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Preservation(2014)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Manhattan(2014)

    Show 23 episodes · as Jim Meeks

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The Following(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Vince McKinley

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Argo(2012)

    as Mark Lijek

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Forgetting the Girl(2012)

    Producer · as Kevin Wolfe

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Bay(2012)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Restive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lott

  • Person of Interest(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Kyle Morrison

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Sound of My Voice(2011)

    as Peter Aitken

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Camp Hell(2010)

    as Christian

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Shutter Island(2010)

    as Peter Breene

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Trent Buckley

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Duplicity(2009)

    as Ronny Partiz

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Alexander the Last(2009)

    Additional Writing · as Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Home Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Author · Writer

  • El Camino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Gray

  • The Seed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Screenplay

  • Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

    as Mike Vickers

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Blackbird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Clarke

  • Headspace(2005)

    as Alex Borden

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Joey Field

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Gerald Stockwell

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 47 titles from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

Argo (2012)

$232M worldwide

Highest rated

Argo (2012)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Manhattan (2014)

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19902026

Peak 2011 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. 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.

  • 2005Screen debut· Headspace
  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Award win· Argo
  • 2017First top-billed film· Camera Obscura
  • 2020Career best· Utopia
  • 2023Career best· Dogman

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 47: 41 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting3 of 47: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 47: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 47: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 47: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

47 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s9 · 7 acting · 3 crew2010s22 · 21 acting · 1 crew2020s14 · 12 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 6% of 18 roles
0515

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2013, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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 Christopher Denham's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 43 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

A Statement (2026)

91st percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Shutter Island (2010)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. 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 Christopher Denham's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles37–87 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles18–42 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles60–81 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles14–55 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles47–70 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Christopher Denham work with?

People who share at least 2 of Christopher Denham's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; George Clooney shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers