Daniel Joseph Levy began his television career as a co-host of MTV Canada's flagship show MTV Live and later co-wrote, co-hosted, and co-produced the critically acclaimed ratings hit The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live After Show. Levy also wrote, produced, and starred in his own Christmas Special for MTV, Daniel Levy's Holi-Do's & Don'ts for MTV and co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet, the X-Factor pre-show, and national coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Games for CTV. Levy's acting roles include the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation and the thriller Off Line. He made his film debut opposite Tina Fey in Admission. In 2013, Levy formed Not A Real Company Productions (with his father Eugene Levy and principals Andrew Barnsley and Fred Levy) to produce Schitt's Creek, a half-hour single cam comedy for CBC/ITV. Levy is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and writer of Schitt's Creek and stars alongside Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Chris Elliott.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 9, 1983 (43)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Actor, producer, writer and director
- 21 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Dan Levy's films like?
Across their 14 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
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 7 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras David Rose in Schitt's Creek (2015)
- Tricksteras Mark Hesterman in Coastal Elites (2020)
- Tricksteras John in Happiest Season (2020)
- Heroas Marc in Good Grief (2023)
- Heroas Nicky in Big Mistakes (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
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 Dan Levy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Dan Levy'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
25 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 22 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Animal Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Big Mistakes(2026)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
At the Sea(2026)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Smurfs(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
One Day This Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Unfrosted(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Good Grief(2023)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Haunted Mansion(2023)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Idol(2023)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
The Big Brunch(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
History of the Sitcom(2021)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Happiest Season(2020)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Coastal Elites(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Sex Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Schitt's Creek(2015)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Stage Fright(2014)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Admission(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Cyberstalker(2012)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Modern Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Degrassi Goes Hollywood(2009)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Emmy Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Standing By (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 24 titles, 22 of them dated from 1949 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Biggest box office
Smurfs (2025)
Highest rated
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020)
Most popular right now
Schitt's Creek (2015)
Film career
Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. 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.
- 2012Screen debut· Cyberstalker
- 2015Primetime Emmy win· Schitt's Creek
- 2023First top-billed film· Good Grief
- 2023Career best· Good Grief
Billing
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
4 Primetime Emmys, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 2 other major awards from 14 major nominations, 2019–2021.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy 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 Dan Levy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 21 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 34. 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 Dan Levy's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.
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 Dan Levy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dan Levy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Annie Murphy shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Annie MurphyShared titles: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020), Schitt's Creek (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Annie Murphy
- Catherine O'HaraShared titles: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020), Schitt's Creek (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine O'Hara
- Emily HampshireShared titles: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020), Schitt's Creek (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Emily Hampshire
- Eugene LevyShared titles: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020), Schitt's Creek (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Eugene Levy
