FrameThrower · Actors · Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church
5 films · 412 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1995–2019
Born 17 June 1960 · Yolo County, California, USA
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor. After starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings and playing the lead for two seasons in Ned & Stacey (1995–1997), Church became known for his film work, including his role of Lyle van de Groot in George of the Jungle (1997), his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways (2004), his role as the Marvel Comics villain Sandman in the superhero films Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), as well as his starring roles in Over the Hedge (2006), Smart People (2008), Easy A (2010), We Bought a Zoo (2011), Max (2015), and Hellboy (2019). He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas (2003).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 412 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1995–2019
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2005
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2007
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male2005
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor2004
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor2004
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast2004
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 412 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Thomas takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Thomas takes.
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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 412 frames from Thomas Haden Church's 5 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.