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T.J. Miller

T.J. Miller

Actor and writer, also producer · Born June 4, 1981 (45) · Denver, Colorado, USA

Todd Joseph "T.J." Miller (born June 4, 1981) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. After college, Miller moved to Chicago and began to perform improv and stand-up comedy. He toured with The Second City for two years. In 2008, he was named one of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch." He portrayed Marmaduke Brooker in Carpoolers on ABC (2007–2008). In 2008, he made his film acting debut in Cloverfield in which he only appeared onscreen for a few minutes, but his voice was heard in almost every scene as the person who videotaped most of the events depicted. In 2009, he played Cessna Jim in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard and the grindcore musician Rory in Mike Judge's comedy Extract. In 2010, he co-starred in She's Out of My League as Stainer, played Brian the Concierge in Get Him to the Greek and had a supporting role in Unstoppable. From 2010 to 2014, he voiced Tuffnut Thorston in the first three How to Train Your Dragon films. In 2010, he played Ranger Jones in the live-action animated film Yogi Bear, and he also played Dan in Gulliver's Travels. In 2011, he appeared in the film Our Idiot Brother and, in 2012, he had a cameo as administrative personnel for Rolling Stone in the musical film Rock of Ages. On 12/13/2010, 10/28/2011, and 6/14/2012, he performed stand-up on Conan. On November 15, 2011, his stand-up special No Real Reason premiered on Comedy Central. In 2011, he hosted a special called Mash Up, which was picked up in 2012 for a full season by Comedy Central. He also appeared frequently as a member of the "round table" on Chelsea Lately. In 2012, he voiced Robbie Valentino on the Disney channel cartoon Gravity Falls. He also voiced Gorburger, a giant blue monster talk show host, on The Gorburger Show, which originally aired on Funny or Die and YouTube for 2 seasons in 2012–13, then on Comedy Central for a 3rd season in 2017. In 2013, he co-starred in the Fox TV series The Goodwin Games as Jimmy Goodwin. In 2014, he was in Transformers: Age of Extinction and he voiced the character of Fred in the superhero CGI film Big Hero 6. He voiced Augie in the 2015 animated film Hell and Back. In 2015, he was part of Funny or Die's Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, a touring show which included Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and other comics. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Erlich Bachman in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2015. In 2016, he starred in the movie Search Party with Adam Pally and the movie Office Christmas Party. On June 17, 2017, HBO premiered his hour-long stand-up special, T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous, which was filmed in Miller's native Denver at the end of his 2016 Meticulously Ridiculous Tour. In October 2017, Miller began his "Touring In Perpetuity Tour", a self described "One Man Philosophy Circus." In 2018, he played the role of I-R0K in the film Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. As a commercial actor, he voiced a talking ball of mucus in commercials for Mucinex and starred as Greg the Genie in a promo campaign for Slim Jim meat snacks. He hosted a podcast with friend and fellow comedian Cash Levy, titled Cashing in With TJ Miller, which began airing in March 2012 on the Nerdist Network. He is also a frequent guest on Doug Benson's podcast Doug Loves Movies.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 4, 1981 (45)
From
Denver, Colorado, USA
Works as
Actor and writer, also producer
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are T.J. Miller's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Animation9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Documentary 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
Bonds
37%
Self
30%
Society
15%
Morality
6%
Survival
5%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 21 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 7

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 10 · Intense 7

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

A split, not a type: Steady 13 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 18

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 9

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 5 of 15 analyzed roles.

Trickster
5 of 15
Ally
4 of 15
Hero
3 of 15
Mentor
2 of 15
Shadow
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
20
Absurd
13
Thrilling
13
Warm
11
Tense
9
Other
26

How their films linger

Feel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous5

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 T.J. Miller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for T.J. Miller'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

69 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • T.J. Miller 420 Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer · Actor

  • T.J. Miller: The Blue Room: A Crowd Work Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • T.J. Miller at The Stanley Hotel: A Halloween Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • T.J. Miller- The Spokane Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • T.J. Miller Dear Jonah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Writer · as Self

  • The Stand In(2020)

    as Louis

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Facade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Uncle Renny

  • Underwater(2020)

    as Paul Abel

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Deadpool(2018)

    as Weasel

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Deadpool 2(2018)

    as Weasel

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Ready Player One(2018)

    as I-R0k (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Walden: Life in the Woods(2017)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Emoji Movie(2017)

    as Gene (voice)

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous(2017)

    Executive Producer · Writer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Goon: Last of the Enforcers(2017)

    as Sportscaster

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Crashing(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as T.J. Miller

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Superheroes Decoded(2017)

    Show as Comedian

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Office Christmas Party(2016)

    as Clay Vanstone

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Party Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Deadpool(2016)

    as Weasel

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Gravity Falls: Between the Pines(2016)

    as Robbie (Voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • F Is for Family(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Randy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Hell and Back(2015)

    as Augie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Dragons: Race to the Edge(2015)

    Show 73 episodes · as Tuffnut (voice) · as Tuffnut / Gruffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers(2014)

    as Tuffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Search Party(2014)

    as Jason

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Big Hero 6(2014)

    as Fred (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Garfunkel and Oates(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Matthew

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Transformers: Age of Extinction(2014)

    as Lucas Flannery

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Jason Nash Is Married(2014)

    as Tidal

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2(2014)

    as Tuffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Silicon Valley(2014)

    Show 38 episodes · as Erlich Bachman

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • High School USA! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 11 episodes · as Brad (voice)

  • The Goodwin Games(2013)

    Show 7 episodes · as Jimmy Goodwin

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Mash Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 8 episodes · Writer

  • The Gorburger Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 19 episodes · Creator · as Gorburger (voice)

  • Dragons: Riders of Berk(2012)

    Show 40 episodes · as Tuffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Garfunkel and Oates(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World(2012)

    as Chipper Host / Darcy

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Gravity Falls(2012)

    Show 10 episodes · as Robbie Valentino (voice) · as Robbie Valentino / Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Rock of Ages(2012)

    as Rolling Stone Receptionist

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Love and Germophobia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as David

  • Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas(2011)

    as Prancer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury(2011)

    as Tuffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • T.J. Miller: No Real Reason(2011)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Our Idiot Brother(2011)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Happy Endings(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Shershow

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Traffic Light(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Writer · as Himself

  • Gulliver's Travels(2010)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Yogi Bear(2010)

    as Ranger Jones

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Unstoppable(2010)

    as Gilleece

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Tuffnut Thorston (voice)

  • Get Him to the Greek(2010)

    as Brian

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon(2010)

    as Tuffnut (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • She's Out of My League(2010)

    as Stainer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Successful Alcoholics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer · Writer · as Drake

  • Night Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Andrew

  • The League(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Gabriel

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Extract(2009)

    as Rory

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard(2009)

    as Cessna Jim

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Charlie on Parole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Charlie

  • Cloverfield(2008)

    as Hud

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

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

    Show 13 episodes · as Marmaduke Brooker

  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Benji (voice) · as Cowboy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Standard Deviants: Rings, Kings & Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Various Characters

  • Standard Deviants - Dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Big and Carnivorous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Detective

  • Family Guy(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Volcano (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • A.I. Heart U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Marco

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles, 67 of them dated from 1999 to 2024; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Deadpool 2 (2018)

$786M worldwide

Highest rated

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Silicon Valley (2014)

Film career

19992024

Peak 2017 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 10 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
Acting64 of 68: 60 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thWriting7 of 68: 4 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 68: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 68: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

68 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s49 · 46 acting · 6 crew2020s8 · 7 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 4% of 27 roles
081318

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 T.J. Miller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Jason Nash Is Married (2014)

94th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 43. 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 T.J. Miller's work okay for kids?

Across up to 23 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore22 titles21–81 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity23 titles9–66 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles7–91 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles2–63 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles9–66 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all 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 T.J. Miller work with?

People who share at least 2 of T.J. Miller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jay Baruchel shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles