Derek Magyar (born 18 July) is an Hungarian-born American actor. He is best known as the director and producer of the film "Flying Lessons", as the lead character "X" in the film "Boy Culture", and as Commander Kelby during the fourth season of Star Trek Enterprise He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2003 and has appeared in several TV shows and movies. In 2005 he was cast in the role of Commander Kelby, the newly-promoted Chief engineer of the starship Enterprise in the TV Series "Star Trek Enterprise". In 2006 he had his first starring role as "X" in the LGBT film "Boy Culture" opposite Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens, and Jonathon Trent. He used to date actress and singer Taryn Manning.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 18, 1980 (46)
- Hungary
- Actor, also director and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Known for
What are Derek Magyar's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heroas X in Boy Culture (2006)
- Threshold guardianas Flynn in No One Lives (2012)
- Heroas X in Boy Culture: Generation X (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
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 Derek Magyar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Derek Magyar'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
17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
The Offer(2022)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
No One Lives(2012)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Phantom(2013)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Cape(2011)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Flying Lessons(2010)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Train(2008)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Dirt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Boy Culture(2006)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Medium(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Star Trek: Enterprise(2001)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Charmed(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1998 to 2022; peak year 2006.
Biggest box office
Phantom (2013)
Highest rated
Boy Culture (2006)
Most popular right now
No One Lives (2012)
Film career
Peak 2006 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2006Screen debut· Boy Culture
- 2006First top-billed film· Boy Culture
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 Derek Magyar's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 38. 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 Derek Magyar'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 Derek Magyar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Derek Magyar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Q. Allan Brocka shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Q. Allan BrockaShared titles: Boy Culture: Generation X (2021), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Q. Allan Brocka
Writers
- Matthew RettenmundShared titles: Boy Culture: Generation X (2021), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Rettenmund
Actors
- Darryl StephensShared titles: Boy Culture: Generation X (2021), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Darryl Stephens
Cinematographers
- Joshua HessShared titles: Flying Lessons (2010), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Joshua Hess
Producers
- Philip PierceShared titles: Boy Culture: Generation X (2021), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Philip Pierce
- Stephen IsraelShared titles: Boy Culture: Generation X (2021), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Israel
- Jenny HinkeyShared titles: Flying Lessons (2010), Boy Culture (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Jenny Hinkey