Gus Van Sant: movies and TV shows

Gus Van Sant has 160 credits in the archive: 147 films and 13 TV series, from 1971 to 2026. Highest rated: Good Will Hunting (8.2/10).

Career timeline

1971 – 2026 · busiest year: 1987 (9 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Dead Man's Wire		Film	6.5	73
2024	The Trainer	Gus Van Sant	Film	6.8	71
2023	Andy by Gus		Film	—	70
2023	Andy by Gus		Film	—	70
2023	Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open	Self (interview)	Film	7.8	70
2021	Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana		Film	—	68
2020	Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended		TV	5.0	67
2020	Ouverture of Something That Never Ended		Film	6.5	67
2020	Ouverture of Something That Never Ended		Film	6.5	67
2019	Zeroville	Film Archive Curator	Film	5.0	66
2019	At the Video Store	Self	Film	10.0	66
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Willamette Week Editor	Film	6.7	65
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot		Film	6.7	65
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot		Film	6.7	65
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot		Film	6.7	65
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot		Film	6.7	65
2018	Age Out		Film	6.0	65
2018	Illegal Civilization 3	Self	Film	5.0	65
2018	Thank You for Supporting the Arts		Film	—	65
2017	FEUD		TV	7.6	64
2017	FEUD		TV	7.6	64
2017	When We Rise		TV	6.2	64
2017	When We Rise		TV	6.2	64
2017	Ain't It Funny	Dad	Film	—	64
2016	Certain Women		Film	6.0	63
2016	The Sea of Trees		Film	6.2	63
2016	Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible	Self	Film	6.0	63
2015	I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman	Self	Film	6.7	62
2015	I Am Michael		Film	5.5	62
2015	About Cinema	Self	Film	8.2	62
2013	Strutter		Film	—	60
2013	The Canyons	Dr. Campbell	Film	4.4	60
2012	A Special Day	Self	Film	6.0	59
2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	Self	TV	7.3	59
2012	Promised Land		Film	6.3	59
2012	Promised Land		Film	6.3	59
2012	Laurence Anyways		Film	7.6	59
2012	My Own Private River		Film	7.5	59
2012	Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later	Self	Film	—	59
2011	Portlandia	Gus Van Sant	TV	6.9	58
2011	Boss		TV	7.2	58
2011	Boss		TV	7.2	58
2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	TV	7.7	58
2011	Restless		Film	6.5	58
2011	Restless		Film	6.5	58
2011	Two Films, One Legacy		Film	—	58
2011	The Advocate for Fagdom	Self	Film	5.3	58
2010	I'm Still Here		Film	6.0	57
2010	Shit Year		Film	4.7	57
2010	Howl		Film	6.4	57
2010	Virginia		Film	5.2	57
2010	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Self	Film	6.5	57
2009	Accidents Happen		Film	5.9	56
2008	Milk		Film	7.2	55
2008	Milk		Film	7.2	55
2008	8		Film	5.3	55
2008	8		Film	5.3	55
2008	Critic	Self	Film	7.9	55
2008	Mansion on the Hill		Film	—	55
2008	Making Paranoid Park		Film	—	55
2007	Paranoid Park	Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)	Film	6.5	54
2007	Paranoid Park		Film	6.5	54
2007	Paranoid Park		Film	6.5	54
2007	Paranoid Park		Film	6.5	54
2007	To Each His Own Cinema		Film	6.5	54
2007	In the Mood for Doyle	Self	Film	4.0	54
2007	Here’s Looking at You, Boy	Self	Film	4.8	54
2006	Paris Je T'aime		Film	6.8	53
2006	Paris Je T'aime		Film	6.8	53
2006	Le Marais		Film	6.7	53
2006	Le Marais		Film	6.7	53
2006	Wild Tigers I Have Known		Film	5.8	53
2006	Best of Chris Isaak		Film	6.0	53
2006	Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema	Self	Film	5.4	53
2006	Cinema16: American Short Films		Film	7.5	53
2005	Last Days	Phone Voice (voice)	Film	5.6	52
2005	Last Days		Film	5.6	52
2005	Last Days		Film	5.6	52
2005	Last Days		Film	5.6	52
2004	Entourage	Gus Van Sant	TV	7.4	51
2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self	TV	7.0	51
2004	The Making of Last Days	Himself	Film	—	51
2004	On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time	Himself	Film	10.0	51
2004	On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time		Film	10.0	51
2003	Elephant		Film	7.0	50
2003	Elephant		Film	7.0	50
2003	Elephant		Film	7.0	50
2003	Saltlake Van Sant	Self	Film	8.0	50
2003	Tarnation		Film	6.8	50
2003	About Elephant	Self	Film	—	50
2002	Gerry		Film	6.1	49
2002	Gerry		Film	6.1	49
2002	Gerry		Film	6.1	49
2002	David Bowie: Best of Bowie		Film	7.1	49
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Gus Van Sant	Film	6.4	48
2001	Rescued from the Closet	Self	Film	6.5	48
2000	Finding Forrester	Library Assistant (uncredited)	Film	7.1	47
2000	Finding Forrester		Film	7.1	47
2000	De Witt Clinton Choir		Film	—	47
2000	Easter		Film	—	47
1999	Psycho Path	Self - Director	Film	7.2	46
1999	Psycho Path		Film	7.2	46
1999	Speedway Junky		Film	5.2	46
1999	The Making of Drugstore Cowboy		Film	—	46
1998	Psycho	Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)	Film	5.1	45
1998	Psycho		Film	5.1	45
1998	Psycho		Film	5.1	45
1998	The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft	himself	Film	—	45
1998	Strange Parallel	Self	Film	6.4	45
1997	Good Will Hunting		Film	8.2	44
1997	Good Will Hunting		Film	8.2	44
1997	Ballad of the Skeletons		Film	5.8	44
1997	Ballad of the Skeletons		Film	5.8	44
1996	Four Boys in a Volvo		Film	4.2	43
1995	Kids		Film	6.9	42
1995	To Die For		Film	6.6	42
1995	Guns on the Clackamas		Film	6.0	42
1994	Hi Octane	Self	TV	8.3	41
1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues		Film	4.4	41
1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues		Film	4.4	41
1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues		Film	4.4	41
1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues		Film	4.4	41
1993	Made in the USA	Self	Film	2.0	40
1991	My Own Private Idaho	Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)	Film	7.1	38
1991	My Own Private Idaho		Film	7.1	38
1991	My Own Private Idaho		Film	7.1	38
1991	Thanksgiving Prayer		Film	6.1	38
1991	Thanksgiving Prayer		Film	6.1	38
1991	Flea Sings		Film	—	38
1991	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks	Self	Film	7.1	38
1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Himself (uncredited)	Film	7.1	36
1989	Drugstore Cowboy		Film	7.1	36
1989	Drugstore Cowboy		Film	7.1	36
1988	Junior	Himself	Film	—	35
1988	Junior		Film	—	35
1988	Ken Death Gets Out of Jail		Film	3.0	35
1987	Mala Noche	Guy at Hotel (uncredited)	Film	6.1	34
1987	Mala Noche		Film	6.1	34
1987	Mala Noche		Film	6.1	34
1987	Mala Noche		Film	6.1	34
1987	Mala Noche		Film	6.1	34
1987	My New Friend		Film	3.3	34
1987	Five Ways to Kill Yourself		Film	3.3	34
1987	Five Ways to Kill Yourself		Film	3.3	34
1987	Five Ways to Kill Yourself		Film	3.3	34
1985	Switzerland		Film	—	32
1982	The Discipline of D.E.		Film	6.0	29
1979	Property		Film	3.8	26
1979	Psycho Shampoo		Film	—	26
1973	1/2 of a Telephone Conversation		Film	—	20
1972	Little Johnny		Film	—	19
1971	The Happy Organ		Film	—	18
	Nightmare Typhoon	Gus	Film	—	—
	Nightmare Typhoon		Film	—	—
	Last Days		Film	—	—
	Killing Gawker		Film	—	—
	Untitled Hoyt Richards Film		Film	—	—
	Explain it Like I’m Five		Film	—	—
	My Friend		Film	—	—
	Antinous		Film	—	—

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