- Acting films
- 20
- Acting avg
- 5.99
- Peak run
- 1965’80
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
5.99
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.12
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.96
rating spread
Career
61y
1965 to 2025
Total votes
12K
across every film
Best
7.5
EverAfter
Worst
4.4
Dungeons & Dragons
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror | Self | · | 11 |
| 2025 | Tiny Little Voices | · | · | 1 |
| 2020 |  Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe | Lawrence Fletcher (voice) | 7.2 | 420 |
| 2017 | The Stolen | Mr. Russell | 5.5 | 76 |
| 2017 |  Life After Flash | Self | · | 24 |
| 2010 |  Jackboots on Whitehall | Himmler (voice) | 4.9 | 31 |
| 2009 |  Night Train | Mrs. Froy | 5.6 | 192 |
| 2006 |  Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self | 6.3 | 90 |
| 2002 |  Elvira's Haunted Hills | Lord Vladimere Hellsubus | 5.5 | 162 |
| 2000 |  Dungeons & Dragons | Xilus | 4.4 | 702 |
| 1998 |  EverAfter | Pierre Le Pieu | 7.5 | 1,633 |
| 1998 |  Dark City | Mr. Hand | 7.3 | 3,386 |
| 1997 |  Spice World | Damien | 4.9 | 519 |
| 1989 | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | James | · | 16 |
| 1985 |  Revolution | Lord Hampton | 5.4 | 133 |
| 1981 |  Shock Treatment | Dr. Cosmo McKinley / Kitchenware Announcer (voice) | 5.9 | 111 |
| 1980 |  Flash Gordon | Fico | 6.3 | 1,148 |
| 1978 | The Odd Job | Batch | · | 15 |
| 1978 |  Jubilee | John Dee | 6.0 | 82 |
| 1975 |  The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Riff Raff | 7.4 | 3,270 |
Better together?
Richard O'Brien's regulars
- Jim SharmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.67 avg▲+0.34
- Jim SharmanWriter · 2 films · 6.67 avg▲+0.08
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: Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien movies · Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien movies
Takes