Standing at 6’2" and 185 pounds, Mike Estes is a multi-talented producer, action actor, stuntman, and creature performer whose career spans music, film, television, and video games. He first hit the stage in the early 2000s as the frontman of the ferocious punk rock band Virus Nine. That same raw energy and DIY ethos now fuel the intensity and grit he brings to every character he portrays. Mentored by legendary cult icon Bruce Campbell, Mike has built a standout career portraying monsters, villains, law enforcement, and military operatives across some of entertainment’s most recognizable franchises. Mike also co-produced and stunt coordinated Campbell’s 2025 film Ernie and Emma, which Campbell wrote and directed. His screen credits include Fear the Walking Dead, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Shameless, and Star Trek: Picard, along with video game titles such as Call of Duty and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Mike’s physical performance and stunt work are showcased in Jackass Forever, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, Westworld, American Horror Stories, and Dahmer. He’s extensively trained in creature movement, motion capture, firearms, stunt driving, hand-to-hand combat, and close-quarters battle-bringing precision and realism to every scene. He’s thrown down with Bruce Campbell, exchanged gunfire with the late, great Bill Paxton, pillaged the galaxy with Jude Law, and stunt-doubled for screen legends including Sacha Baron Cohen, Johnny Knoxville, Arnold Vosloo, Mitch Pileggi, Steven Ogg, and Campbell himself. Keep your eyeballs peeled-Mike’s got serious skin in the game.
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Biography from IMDb.
- November 16, 1978 (47)
- Stockton, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Known for
What are Mike Estes' films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Mike Estes' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Estes' 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
19 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Ernie & Emma(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
American Horror Stories(2021)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Batman: Dying Is Easy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Tenet(2020)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
9-1-1: Lone Star(2020)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Hanukkah(2019)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Kingpin Katie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Highly Functional (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
SEAL Team(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Orville(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Training Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Notorious(2016)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Ash vs Evil Dead(2015)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Black Road(2016)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
American Thrill Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
My Name Is Bruce(2007)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Burn Notice(2007)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 25th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 2007 to 2026.
Biggest box office
My Name Is Bruce (2007)
Highest rated
My Name Is Bruce (2007)
Most popular right now
Ernie & Emma (2026)
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· My Name Is Bruce
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 Mike Estes' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 48/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 20. 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.
Who does Mike Estes work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Estes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruce Campbell shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Bruce CampbellShared titles: Ernie & Emma (2026), Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Campbell
Actors
- Ted RaimiShared titles: Ernie & Emma (2026), Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Ted Raimi
- Michael KallioShared titles: Ernie & Emma (2026), Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Kallio
- Ben McCainShared titles: Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Ben McCain
- Grace ThorsenShared titles: Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Grace Thorsen
Composers and cinematographers
- Joseph LoDucaShared titles: Ernie & Emma (2026), Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Joseph LoDuca
- Kurt RaufShared titles: Ernie & Emma (2026), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Kurt Rauf
Producers
- Gary KoutShared titles: Black Road (2016), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Kout
- Mike RichardsonShared titles: Heart of Dorkness: Behind the Scenes of 'My Name Is Bruce' (2009), My Name Is Bruce (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Mike Richardson
