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Peter Sellers

Best rated: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (8.3)

Films
49
Avg rating
6.57
Peak run
1963’64
Oscar noms
2
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Peter Sellers, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1963 to 1964, 7.185678195519601965197019751980Dr. Strangelove or: How I… 8.3Casino Royale 5.0Career avg 6.57

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

Peter Sellers's career barcodecoolhot
195249 films1980
Current formLast 5: 6.36 vs career 6.57 (−0.21)
  1. WThe Pink Panther Strikes Again1976 · 7.1+0.5
  2. WRevenge of the Pink Panther1978 · 6.60.0
  3. WBeing There1979 · 7.9+1.3
  4. LThe Prisoner of Zenda1979 · 5.3−1.3
  5. LThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu1980 · 4.9−1.7
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Peter by the numbers

Average
6.57
35 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.78
rating spread
Career
29y
1952 to 1980
Total votes
1.09M
across every film
Best
8.3
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Worst
5.0
Casino Royale
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuFu Manchu4.92,575
1979Being There posterBeing ThereChance7.982,786
1979The Prisoner of ZendaRudolf IV5.31,519
1978Revenge of the Pink Panther posterRevenge of the Pink PantherChief Insp. Jacques Clouseau6.625,329
1976Murder by Death posterMurder by DeathSidney Wang7.246,293
1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again posterThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainChief Inspector Clouseau7.134,841
1975The Great McGonagallQueen Victoria·306
1975The Return of the Pink Panther posterThe Return of the Pink PantherInsp. Jacques Clouseau7.032,818
1974Ghost in the Noonday SunDick Scratcher·405
1974Undercovers HeroGénéral Latour·811
1973The BlockhouseRouquet·762
1973The OptimistsSam·631
1972Where Does It Hurt?Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel·602
1970A Day at the BeachStallholder·604
1970HoffmanMr. Benjamin Hoffman6.81,948
1970There's a Girl in My SoupRobert Danvers5.73,068
1969The Magic ChristianSir Guy Grand5.84,242
1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Harold Fine6.23,692
1968The Party posterThe PartyHrundi V. Bakshi7.447,584
1967The BoboJuan Bautista5.51,078
Better together?

Peter Sellers's regulars

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

Takes

On Peter Sellers

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1980
    Peter Sellers
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1965
    Peter Sellers
    Nominated
  • Best Live Action Short · Academy Awards 1960
    Peter Sellers, Producer
    Nominated

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