- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 6.25
- Peak run
- 1997’23
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
6.25
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.34
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.85
rating spread
Career
28y
1997 to 2024
Total votes
221K
across every film
Best
6.9
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Worst
6.1
The Piano Lesson
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Wining Boy | 6.1 | 5,808 |
| 2023 |  Rustin | Cleve Robinson | 6.5 | 14,966 |
| 2022 | Rounding | Dr. Emil Harrison | · | 603 |
| 2022 | Measure of Revenge | Detective Eaton | · | 626 |
| 2020 |  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Slow Drag | 6.9 | 78,809 |
| 2020 | Cicada | Francis | 6.7 | 1,356 |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Professor Hoffman | · | 870 |
| 2016 | Let Me Make You a Martyr | Charon | 4.6 | 1,553 |
| 2016 | 37 | Archibald Smith | · | 715 |
| 1997 |  Conspiracy Theory | Justice Guard | 6.7 | 116K |
Takes
On Michael Potts
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