- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 6.44
- Peak run
- 1989’96
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
Ossie by the numbers
Average
6.44
19 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
41y
1964 to 2004
Total votes
553K
across every film
Best
7.9
Do the Right Thing
Worst
5.3
She Hate Me
Newest first
Filmography
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Judge Buchanan | 5.3 | 8,604 |
| 2004 | Proud | Lorenzo Dufau | · | 380 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Reader | · | 259 |
| 2003 | Baadasssss! | Granddad | 7.3 | 5,429 |
| 2002 |  Bubba Ho-Tep | Jack | 6.9 | 54,668 |
| 2000 |  Dinosaur | Yar | 6.4 | 73,851 |
| 1998 |  Doctor Dolittle | Archer Dolittle | 5.5 | 108K |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | Jeremiah | 6.9 | 6,456 |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport | Midge Carter | 6.5 | 1,974 |
| 1993 |  Grumpy Old Men | Chuck | 7.0 | 58,054 |
| 1991 |  Jungle Fever | The Good Reverend Doctor Purify | 6.6 | 21,271 |
| 1990 |  Joe Versus the Volcano | Marshall | 5.9 | 42,604 |
| 1989 |  Do the Right Thing | Da Mayor | 7.9 | 127K |
| 1988 | School Daze | Coach Odom | 6.1 | 8,799 |
| 1985 | Avenging Angel | Captain Harry Moradian | 4.9 | 2,327 |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Raymond | 5.8 | 2,680 |
| 1981 | The House of God | Dr. Sanders | · | 254 |
| 1979 | Hot Stuff | Captain John Geiberger | 6.2 | 1,782 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Elder Johnson | 6.7 | 3,655 |
| 1972 | Malcolm X | Eulogy | · | 600 |
Better together?
Ossie Davis's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ossie Davis
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