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Acting · age 44

Columbus Short

Best rated: Cadillac Records (7.0)

Films
16
Avg rating
5.82
Peak run
2006’08
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Columbus Short, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 2006 to 2008, 6.26456782010201520202025Cadillac Records 7.0Stomp the Yard 5.5Career avg 5.82

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Columbus Short's career barcodecoolhot
200616 films2025
Current formLast 5: 5.38 vs career 5.82 (−0.44)
  1. LWhiteout2009 · 5.5−0.3
  2. LArmored2009 · 5.7−0.1
  3. WThe Losers2010 · 6.2+0.4
  4. LThe Girl Is in Trouble2015 · 5.0−0.8
  5. LAmerican Violence2017 · 4.5−1.3
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Columbus by the numbers

Average
5.82
10 rated films
Vote weighted
5.89
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.74
rating spread
Career
20y
2006 to 2025
Total votes
489K
across every film
Best
7.0
Cadillac Records
Worst
5.5
Stomp the Yard
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025Pardon Me: The Bevelyn B. Williams StoryRickey Williams·51
2021True to the Game 3Quadir·392
2019AtoneWhite·530
2018ArmedTurell·544
2017True to the GameQuadir Richards·959
2017American ViolenceBen Woods4.51,941
2015The Girl Is in TroubleAugust5.01,049
2015Mr. RightMichael·368
2010The Losers posterThe LosersPooch6.2113K
2009Whiteout posterWhiteoutDelfy5.542,723
2009Armored posterArmoredTy Hackett5.732,881
2008Cadillac Records posterCadillac RecordsLittle Walter7.024,764
2008Quarantine posterQuarantineDanny Wilensky6.084,857
2007Stomp the Yard posterStomp the YardDJ5.524,403
2007This Christmas posterThis ChristmasClaude Whitfield6.411,436
2006Accepted posterAcceptedHands6.4150K
Better together?

Columbus Short's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Columbus Short

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