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Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

9 films · 788 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19812024

Born 24 May 1953 · London, England, UK

Alfred Molina is a British and American actor. He is known for his leading roles and character actor roles on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over five decades, he has received a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a British Independent Film Award, an Independent Spirit Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony Awards.

He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his performance in the production of Oklahoma! in 1980.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 788 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19812024

  • Theatre World Award1996
  • Drama League Award

How their films are shot

Measured across 788 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alfred takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Alfred takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day38%
Interior6%
Golden hour5%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural41%
High key9%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium45%
Closeup23%
Wide20%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level78%
Low angle12%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral51%
Tense21%
Ominous9%
Mysterious7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 788 frames from Alfred Molina's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.