- Films
- 42
- Avg rating
- 6.34
- Peak run
- 1997’02
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.34
29 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.98
rating spread
Career
30y
1997 to 2026
Total votes
1.77M
across every film
Best
8.2
Oppenheimer
Worst
5.1
Tesla
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Play House | Mr. Morton | · | 34 |
| 2026 | Grind | Richard | · | 102 |
| 2026 | The Last Temptation of Becky | Dr. Friedrich Metzger | · | 63 |
| 2025 | Every Heavy Thing | William Shaffer | · | 97 |
| 2024 | Laws of Man | Proprietor Isaac | 4.6 | 1,669 |
| 2024 | Breakup Season | Kirby | · | 676 |
| 2023 | Condor's Nest | Heinrich Himmler | 4.4 | 1,240 |
| 2023 | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Dr. Venture | 7.8 | 2,952 |
| 2023 |  Oppenheimer | · | 8.2 | 1.1M |
| 2023 |  Invitation to a Murder | Gordon | 5.2 | 8,951 |
| 2022 |  The Fabelmans | · | 7.5 | 137K |
| 2022 | Beauty | Irv Merlin | · | 956 |
| 2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close | Del Close | · | 277 |
| 2020 |  Tesla | · | 5.1 | 11,615 |
| 2017 |  Wonderstruck | Dr. Kincaid - Rose's Father | 6.2 | 11,617 |
| 2017 |  Rebel in the Rye | · | 6.7 | 11,721 |
| 2017 |  Dave Made a Maze | Harry | 6.3 | 10,559 |
| 2015 |  Advantageous | Fisher | 6.0 | 6,213 |
| 2014 | The Occupants | Glen | · | 657 |
| 2014 | Such Good People | Dr. Cooper Whitehead, Ph.D. | · | 666 |
Better together?
James Urbaniak's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Hal Hartley and James Urbaniak movies
Takes
On James Urbaniak
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.