Neil deGrasse Tyson: movies and TV shows
Neil deGrasse Tyson has 101 credits in the archive: 46 films and 55 TV series, from 1974 to 2026. Highest rated: Gravity Falls (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2026 · busiest year: 2015 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2024 | Grave Conversations | Self | TV | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | This Is Me…Now | Taurus | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Love Story Never Told | Self | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2024 | Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy | Self | Film | 2.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone | Self | Film | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2023 | Velma | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | TV | 3.5 | 64 |
| 2023 | UFOs: Investigating the Unknown | Self - Director, Hayden Planetarium | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2023 | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2023 | Shot in the Arm | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 63 |
| 2022 | Pantheon | Dr. Moore (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2022 | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? | Self | TV | 3.7 | 63 |
| 2022 | Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography | Self | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2021 | Last Meals | Self | TV | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Contestant | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2021 | This Is Pop | Self (archive footage) | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2021 | Woman in Motion | Self | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2019 | Retro Tech | Self - Astrophysicist, Planetary Scientist & Author | TV | 9.0 | 60 |
| 2019 | Could You Survive The Movies? | Self | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2019 | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Self - Narrator (archive sound) | Film | 8.5 | 60 |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Merlin | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 2018 | MARS: Inside SpaceX | Self | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2018 | Black Hole Apocalypse | Self | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2018 | Turning Point | Self | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Self - Voice of Coffee Maker (voice) | TV | 3.8 | 58 |
| 2017 | Talking with Chris Hardwick | Self | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | The Truth Is in the Stars | Self | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2017 | Future '38 | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2017 | The Mars Generation | Self | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2017 | Bill Nye: Science Guy | Self | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2017 | Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson | Self | Film | 8.4 | 58 |
| 2017 | Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? | Self | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2017 | Food Evolution | Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2017 | Logic's Everybody Documentary | Self | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | The Boundary | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Film | 4.2 | 58 |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self | TV | 5.1 | 57 |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Neil deBuck Weasel (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2016 | Match Game | Self - Panelist | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 2016 | Scrat: Spaced Out | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2016 | For the Love of Spock | Self | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2016 | Fight For Space | Self | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2016 | The Atheist Delusion | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.9 | 57 |
| 2016 | Lazer Team | Self | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2015 | Miles from Tomorrowland | Main Title Narration (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's Garage | Self | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self - Host | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | TV | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 2015 | Hot Sugar's Cold World | Self | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 2015 | Hubble's Cosmic Journey | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 56 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 55 |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self - Guest | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Planetarium Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 55 |
| 2014 | Cosmos | Self - Host | TV | 8.5 | 55 |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Neil deGrasse Tyson | TV | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2013 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self - Guest | TV | 5.2 | 54 |
| 2013 | Dark Universe | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Waddles' Machine (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Reality of Me | Self | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 2011 | Where Did We Come From? | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Self (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 51 |
| 2010 | Epic Rap Battles of History | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 2009 | 400 Years of the Telescope | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2009 | How Life Began | Self | Film | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist | TV | 3.2 | 49 |
| 2008 | Einstein | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory | Neil deGrasse Tyson | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 2006 | Last Days on Earth | Self | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 2006 | Nova: Monster Of The Milky Way | Self | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2005 | NOVA scienceNOW | Host | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis | Neil deGrasse Tyson | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2004 | Origins | Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2003 | MythBusters | Self | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 2002 | Unfolding Universe | Self | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1999 | Futurama | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 40 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Self - Host | TV | 7.0 | 15 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 15 |
| Gracie | Self | Film | — | — | |
| MiP: The Journey Across the Universe | Neil deGrasse Tyson (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson - Conspiracy Theories & Skepticism | Self | Film | — | — |