David Cronenberg: movies and TV shows
David Cronenberg has 233 credits in the archive: 210 films and 23 TV series, from 1966 to 2026. Highest rated: The Newsroom (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1966 – 2026 · busiest year: 1972 (23 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ready or Not: Here I Come | Chester Danforth | Film | 7.6 | 83 |
| 2026 | Music, Fashion, Film | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2025 | The Shrouds | Film | 5.8 | 82 | |
| 2025 | The Shrouds | Film | 5.8 | 82 | |
| 2025 | Cronenberg, à corps ouvert | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2025 | Sangre del Toro | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 82 |
| 2025 | The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2024 | Humane | D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator | Film | 5.4 | 81 |
| 2023 | Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma | Self - Guest | TV | — | 80 |
| 2023 | Leo | Film | 6.9 | 80 | |
| 2023 | Room 999 | Self | Film | 5.6 | 80 |
| 2023 | Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection | Film | 5.1 | 80 | |
| 2023 | Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection | Film | 5.1 | 80 | |
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 6.0 | 79 | |
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 6.0 | 79 | |
| 2021 | Slasher: Flesh & Blood | Spencer Galloway | TV | — | 78 |
| 2021 | The Death of David Cronenberg | David Cronenberg | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2021 | The Death of David Cronenberg | Film | 6.1 | 78 | |
| 2021 | The Death of David Cronenberg | Film | 6.1 | 78 | |
| 2020 | Falling | Dr. Klausner | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 2020 | Disappearance at Clifton Hill | Walter | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Film | 5.4 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Rabid | Film | 5.8 | 76 | |
| 2019 | L’inquiétante absence | Self | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2019 | The Drema | Film | 10.0 | 76 | |
| 2019 | Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece | Self | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2019 | A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now | Self | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Dr. Kovich | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2017 | Alias Grace | Reverend Verrenger | TV | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2016 | Slasher | Spencer | TV | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2016 | Ape Sodom | Narrator | Film | 3.0 | 73 |
| 2016 | Ape Sodom | Film | 3.0 | 73 | |
| 2016 | Tomorrow's Shadows | G.O.D. (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2015 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | Dr. Cronenbird (voice) | TV | 4.3 | 72 |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars | Film | 6.2 | 71 | |
| 2014 | The Double | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 2014 | Mental Saboteur | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2014 | The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners' | Film | 5.2 | 71 | |
| 2014 | Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk | Film | 2.0 | 71 | |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | Film | 6.9 | 70 | |
| 2013 | Tales from the Organ Trade | Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Nest | Dr. Molnar (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Nest | Film | 5.0 | 70 | |
| 2013 | The Nest | Film | 5.0 | 70 | |
| 2013 | Rewind | Rourke | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 2013 | Candy | Film | 2.5 | 70 | |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2012 | Cosmopolis | Film | 5.7 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Cosmopolis | Film | 5.7 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Cosmopolis | Film | 5.7 | 69 | |
| 2012 | Citizens of Cosmopolis | Self | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2012 | Citizens of Cosmopolis | Film | 6.1 | 69 | |
| 2011 | A Dangerous Method | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Cronenberg: The Early Years | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2011 | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2011 | Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter | Film | 2.0 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Down to Sleep | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2010 | Tub | Film | 4.4 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | O'Malley Director #2 | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Dr. Leichman | TV | 6.1 | 67 |
| 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2010 | Crank Up | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2008 | On Screen!: Shivers | himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2008 | The Plan | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Film | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2007 | At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World | The Last Jew | Film | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2007 | At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World | Film | 5.0 | 64 | |
| 2007 | At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World | Film | 5.0 | 64 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...") | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 2007 | Karim | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2006 | Shortbus | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Film | 5.1 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Too Commercial for Cannes | Self | Film | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2006 | Acts of Violence | Self | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2006 | The Politics of the Dead Zone | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2005 | A History of Violence | Film | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 2005 | Le Cercle | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2005 | The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter | Self | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly | Film | 8.0 | 62 | |
| 2004 | Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche | Duncan (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2004 | Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh | Self | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self | Film | 3.5 | 60 |
| 2002 | Spider | Film | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Spider | Film | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Masters of Horror | Self | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2002 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2001 | Alias | Dr. Brezzel | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2001 | Jason X | Dr. Wimmer | Film | 4.8 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Judge | Det. Stobel | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2001 | Resolving Power | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2001 | The Judge | Det. Stobel | TV | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2001 | Imagining 'Total Recall' | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2000 | Preludes | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2000 | Camera | Film | 6.1 | 57 | |
| 2000 | Camera | Film | 6.1 | 57 | |
| 2000 | Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Resurrection | Father Rousell | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1999 | David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh | Film | 7.8 | 56 | |
| 1998 | SexTV | Self | TV | 4.0 | 55 |
| 1998 | SexTV | TV | 4.0 | 55 | |
| 1998 | I'm Losing You | Film | 4.9 | 55 | |
| 1998 | Last Night | Duncan | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1998 | The Grace of God | Psychiatrist | Film | 3.3 | 55 |
| 1997 | David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1996 | Crash | Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1996 | Crash | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1996 | Crash | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1996 | Crash | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1996 | The Newsroom | Himself | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Hospital Lawyer | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1996 | Moonshine Highway | Clem Clayton | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1996 | The Stupids | Postal Supervisor | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | self | TV | 4.7 | 52 |
| 1995 | Scanner Cop II | Film | 5.3 | 52 | |
| 1995 | To Die For | Man at Lake | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1995 | Blood & Donuts | Crime Boss | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1994 | Scanner Cop | Film | 5.7 | 51 | |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | Director | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1994 | Henry & Verlin | Doc Fisher | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1994 | Boozecan | Stan Coleburn | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Film | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 1992 | Naked Making Lunch | Self | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1992 | Scanners III: The Takeover | Film | 4.4 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Blue | Film | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Scanners II: The New Order | Film | 5.3 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Highway 61 | Film | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 1990 | Nightbreed | Dr. Philip K. Decker | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1990 | Scales of Justice | TV | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1990 | Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard | Self | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Gravity | Self | TV | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Obstetrician (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Film | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Film | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Film | 7.1 | 45 | |
| 1988 | The Making of Dead Ringers | Self - Writer/Director | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | TV | 7.3 | 44 | |
| 1987 | Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg | Self | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1986 | The Fly | Gynecologist | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1986 | The Fly | Film | 7.4 | 43 | |
| 1986 | The Fly | Film | 7.4 | 43 | |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Group Supervisor | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Film | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Film | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1982 | Take One: Fear on Film | Self | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1982 | The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome | Interviewee | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Film | 7.1 | 38 | |
| 1981 | Scanners | Film | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1981 | Scanners | Film | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1979 | The Brood | Film | 6.7 | 36 | |
| 1979 | The Brood | Film | 6.7 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Fast Company | Film | 5.1 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Fast Company | Film | 5.1 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Rabid | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1977 | Rabid | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1976 | Cérémonie des César | Self - Presenter | TV | 4.6 | 33 |
| 1976 | Teleplay | TV | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Teleplay | TV | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1975 | Peep Show | TV | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1975 | Shivers | Infected Crowd Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1975 | Shivers | Film | 6.4 | 32 | |
| 1975 | Shivers | Film | 6.4 | 32 | |
| 1973 | Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors | Film | 6.6 | 30 | |
| 1972 | Fort York | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Fort York | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Fort York | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Fort York | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Don Valley | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Don Valley | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Don Valley | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Don Valley | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Winter Garden | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Winter Garden | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Winter Garden | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | In the Dirt | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | In the Dirt | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | In the Dirt | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | In the Dirt | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Lakeshore | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Lakeshore | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Lakeshore | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Lakeshore | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Scarborough Bluffs | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Scarborough Bluffs | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Scarborough Bluffs | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1972 | Scarborough Bluffs | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1971 | Letter from Michelangelo | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Letter from Michelangelo | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Letter from Michelangelo | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Letter from Michelangelo | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Jim Ritchie Sculptor | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Jim Ritchie Sculptor | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Jim Ritchie Sculptor | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Jim Ritchie Sculptor | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Jim Ritchie Sculptor | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Programme X | TV | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Tourrettes | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Tourrettes | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Tourrettes | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Tourrettes | Film | 7.0 | 28 | |
| 1970 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 4.8 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 4.8 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 4.8 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 4.8 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 4.8 | 27 | |
| 1969 | Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) | Film | 5.5 | 26 | |
| 1969 | Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) | Film | 5.5 | 26 | |
| 1969 | Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) | Film | 5.5 | 26 | |
| 1969 | Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) | Film | 5.5 | 26 | |
| 1969 | Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) | Film | 5.5 | 26 | |
| 1967 | From the Drain | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1967 | From the Drain | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1967 | From the Drain | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1967 | From the Drain | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1967 | Palace of Pleasure | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1967 | Buffalo Airport Visions | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| 1966 | Transfer | Film | 5.2 | 23 | |
| David Cronenberg, en chair et en os | Himself | Film | — | — |