Head to headJohn Candy against Dave Thomas Both careers by TMDB ratingJohn CandyDave Thomas
Tale of the tape as an actor
John Candy vs Dave Thomas
John Candy averages 6.29 across 34 rated films as an actor, ahead of Dave Thomas at 5.78.
- 41 (34 rated)
- Films acted
- 15 (13 rated)
- ◀6.29
- Average
- 5.78
- ◀6.42
- Weighted
- 5.91
- ◀The Blues Brothers 7.7
- Best film
- Brother Bear 7.3
- ◀6.74, 1978 to 1981
- Peak five
- 5.99, 1981 to 1991
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 5.90 (−0.38)
- Current form
- 5.79 (+0.01)▶
- ◀44.7K
- TMDB votes
- 11.4K
- 1973 to 1995
- Career
- 1981 to 2005
- None
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$1.79B
- Box office
- $477M
Rows won
6 to 1
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 Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | as M.C. |
 Follow That Bird | 1985 | 6.5 | as State Trooper | as Sam Sleaze |
 John Candy: I Like Me | 2025 | 7.9 | as Self (archive footage) | as Self - Actor, SCTV |
| 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 (archive footage) | as Self |