- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 6.93
- Peak run
- 2016’17
- 7+ run
- 7 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
Michael by the numbers
Average
6.93
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.98
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
26y
2001 to 2026
Total votes
5.06M
across every film
Best
7.9
Arrival
Worst
5.7
After the Hunt
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Digger | Vice President | 7.3 | 16,956 |
| 2025 |  After the Hunt | Frederik | 5.7 | 25,076 |
| 2024 |  The Instigators | Mr. Besegai | 6.2 | 45,516 |
| 2022 |  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Dr. Nic West | 6.8 | 562K |
| 2020 |  Shirley | Stanley Hyman | 6.1 | 14,429 |
| 2020 | Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | Narrator | · | 316 |
| 2017 |  The Shape of Water | Dr. Robert Hoffstetler | 7.3 | 481K |
| 2017 |  Call Me by Your Name | Mr. Perlman | 7.8 | 365K |
| 2016 |  Doctor Strange | Dr. Nicodemus West | 7.5 | 900K |
| 2016 |  Arrival | Agent Halpern | 7.9 | 882K |
| 2016 |  Miss Sloane | Pat Connors | 7.5 | 90,020 |
| 2015 |  Miles Ahead | Harper | 6.4 | 11,110 |
| 2015 |  Steve Jobs | Andy Hertzfeld | 7.2 | 189K |
| 2015 |  Trumbo | Edward G. Robinson | 7.4 | 88,116 |
| 2014 |  Pawn Sacrifice | Paul Marshall | 7.0 | 54,998 |
| 2014 |  Cut Bank | Derby Milton | 6.1 | 14,867 |
| 2012 |  Hitchcock | Lew Wasserman | 6.8 | 83,875 |
| 2012 |  Men in Black 3 | Griffin | 6.8 | 417K |
| 2012 |  Seven Psychopaths | Tommy | 7.1 | 291K |
| 2011 |  Hugo | Rene Tabard | 7.5 | 352K |
Better together?
Michael Stuhlbarg's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Michael Stuhlbarg
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.