- Films
- 66
- Avg rating
- 6.19
- Peak run
- 1981’84
- 7+ run
- 4 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
M. by the numbers
Average
6.19
50 rated films
Vote weighted
6.25
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.96
rating spread
Career
56y
1970 to 2025
Total votes
2.47M
across every film
Best
8.1
Blade Runner
Worst
2.4
Chairman of the Board
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Green and Gold | Scotty | 6.7 | 1,384 |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Catfish | · | 643 |
| 2024 |  Brothers | Judge Farful | 5.4 | 15,984 |
| 2023 | A Little White Lie | Professor Arthur Baldwin | 5.9 | 3,358 |
| 2022 | The Immaculate Room | Harry Frith | 5.1 | 7,619 |
| 2018 | Shifting Gears | Hank | · | 280 |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Walter Lemke | · | 870 |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot | Dean Marison | 5.9 | 1,252 |
| 2014 |  Calvary | The Writer | 7.4 | 68,766 |
| 2012 |  The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub | 6.6 | 50,613 |
| 2012 | Arthur Newman | Zazek | 5.6 | 8,196 |
| 2012 | Love Sick Love | Ed | · | 591 |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland | 6.3 | 1,062 |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Samuel | 5.8 | 2,540 |
| 2008 | Sherman's Way | Hoyt | · | 577 |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins | 7.0 | 1,760 |
| 2007 |  Big Stan | Lew Popper | 6.2 | 53,608 |
| 2005 |  Racing Stripes | Woodzie | 5.3 | 19,555 |
| 2004 |  Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel | 5.6 | 65,948 |
| 2002 |  Snow Dogs | George | 5.2 | 30,277 |
Better together?
M. Emmet Walsh's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On M. Emmet Walsh
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.