Head to headDave Thomas against John Candy Both careers by TMDB ratingDave ThomasJohn Candy
Tale of the tape as an actor
Dave Thomas vs John Candy
John Candy averages 6.29 across 34 rated films as an actor, ahead of Dave Thomas at 5.78.
- 15 (13 rated)
- Films acted
- 41 (34 rated)
- 5.78
- Average
- 6.29▶
- 5.91
- Weighted
- 6.42▶
- Brother Bear 7.3
- Best film
- The Blues Brothers 7.7▶
- 5.99, 1981 to 1991
- Peak five
- 6.74, 1978 to 1981▶
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- ◀5.79 (+0.01)
- Current form
- 5.90 (−0.38)
- 11.4K
- TMDB votes
- 44.7K▶
- 1981 to 2005
- Career
- 1973 to 1995
- None
- Oscars
- None
- $477M
- Box office
- $1.79B▶
Rows won
1 to 6
John Candy ahead
Films together
5
averaging 7.23
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Stripes | 1981 | 6.6 | as M.C. | as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger |
 Follow That Bird | 1985 | 6.5 | as Sam Sleaze | as State Trooper |
 John Candy: I Like Me | 2025 | 7.9 | as Self - Actor, SCTV | as Self (archive footage) |
| Marty, Life Is Short | 2026 | 8.0 | as Self (archive footage) | as Self (archive footage) |
 You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... | 2026 | · | as Self | as Self (archive footage) |