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Griffin Newman

Griffin Newman

Actor · Born February 19, 1989 (37) · New York City, New York, USA

Griffin Newman (born February 19, 1989) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for starring as Arthur Everest in the Amazon Studios television series The Tick (2016–2019), as the voice of Orko in the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021, 2024), cohosting the film podcast Blank Check with Griffin & David alongside critic David Sims, and for acting as cohost and sidekick Watto on The George Lucas Talk Show (2020–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Griffin Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 19, 1989 (37)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 59 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 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Griffin Newman's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror 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
Self
28%
Bonds
28%
Morality
12%
Power
10%
Survival
9%
Society
9%
Ideas
4%
Identity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 4 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 7 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Trickster
3 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Absurd
5
Joyful
4
Warm
3
Thrilling
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous4

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 Griffin Newman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Griffin Newman'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

59 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Resident Evil(2026)

    as Wade

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Dropout Presents an Improvised Reunion for a Movie that Doesn’t Exist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Moderator

  • Mother Mary(2026)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Muppet Show(2026)

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Dinner Plan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Henry

  • The Muppets Take Scripthatten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Ronnie Crawford

  • Drink and Be Merry(2025)

    as Tony

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Pavements(2024)

    as Steve West

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Muppet Script (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Max

  • Turn Me On(2024)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Masters of the Universe: Revolution(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as Orko / Tuvar (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Actor in a Movie Within the Show (voice) · as Actor in the Movie (voice) · as Valet Attendant / Butler (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Disenchanted(2022)

    as Pip / Cat Pip (voice)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Lightning Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Four Eyes (voice)

  • Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Virgil Spoonbauer

  • The Acolyte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as The Acolyte

  • Masters of the Universe: Revelation(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as Orko (voice)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • The George Lucas After Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 31 episodes · as Watto

  • Dicktown(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Lance

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Harley Quinn(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Mad Hatter (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Shevenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dan (segment "All Men Must Die")

  • A Rainy Day in New York(2019)

    as Josh

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Shivering Truth(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Alpha Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Alpha Leader / Ethan

  • Hot Air(2018)

    as Tyler

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Inside You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Catcaller #1

  • Search Party(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gavin Rolf

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Tick(2016)

    Show 22 episodes · as Arthur Everest

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Bakery in Brooklyn(2016)

    as Ian

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Vinyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Casper

  • Supergirl(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Trivia Night Host

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List(2015)

    as Bruce 1

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Difficult People(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • You, Your Brain, & You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as #69

  • Let's Not Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Brett

  • The Statistical Analysis of Your Failing Relationship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Exes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as David

  • Free the Nipple(2013)

    as Orson

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Buttwhistle(2014)

    as Fenwick

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Night Moves(2013)

    as Middle Manager

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Taxi Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Damon Flack

  • Draft Day(2014)

    as Rick the Intern

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Fort Tilden(2014)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Fly Room(2014)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Beneath(2013)

    as Zeke

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Political Animals(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Russ

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Tiny Furniture(2010)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Blue Bloods(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sam Johnson

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Beware the Gonzo(2010)

    as Horny Rob Becker

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Une aventure New-Yorkaise(2009)

    as Boyfriend

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead(2007)

    Production Intern

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Scott

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

    Director · Writer

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

    Director · Animation · Writer

  • The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan(2004)

    as Teenage Fan

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as QuickSecure Tech

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Dead Weight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Aaron

  • Shitheads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Mittens (Voice)

  • The George Lucas Talk Show: Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 57 episodes · as Watto

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 59 titles, 56 of them dated from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Resident Evil (2026)

$210M worldwide

Highest rated

Resident Evil (2026)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19992026

Peak 2015 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 59: 54 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thDirecting2 of 59: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 59: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew4 of 59: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s6 · 3 acting · 3 crew2010s30 · 29 acting · 1 crew2020s19 · 18 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
1015

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.

How do Griffin Newman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 36 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · actor

Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)

93rd percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Muppet Show (2026)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 71, 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 Griffin Newman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles10–54 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian 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 Griffin Newman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Griffin Newman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zach Cherry shares the most, 2.

Actors

Mixed roles