Get person filmography
get_person_creditsList the movies and TV shows a person is known for, including cast and crew credits sorted by popularity; filter crew by department to get a complete filmography.
Instructions
List the movies and TV shows a person is known for (cast roles and crew jobs), most popular first, capped to the top 25 of each by default; talk-show/awards-show guest appearances ('Self'/'Himself'/'Herself', plus any cast credit on a TV talk or news show) and repeat entries for the same title are excluded so the list stays about actual roles. A cameo credited under the person's own name is kept, since TMDB marks it no differently from a real role (verified live: Tom Hanks's top cast row is The Simpsons as 'Tom Hanks (voice)'). A title with several crew jobs (writer AND director AND producer on one film) still only counts once against the crew cap. Cast entries include a vote_average; crew entries (director, writer, …) do not — call get_movie/get_tv on the id for a crew credit's own vote_average. Pass department (e.g. 'Directing') to restrict crew to just that role — the reliable way to get someone's complete filmography in one department when their other departments would otherwise compete for the same cap; for a handful of exceptionally prolific people even that isn't enough (e.g. 50+ directing credits), so raise limit too when department alone still looks short. Use for 'what has this actor/director been in'. This tool has no genre filter — for 'which of X's movies are animated/horror/etc.' use discover_movies instead, combining with_cast/with_crew/with_people with with_genres (discover_tv has no equivalent — it can't filter by person at all — so for a person's TV work in one genre, call this tool and check the returned media_type 'tv' entries' genres yourself, e.g. via get_tv_shows). Get the id from search_people.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | TMDB numeric id. | |
| limit | No | Max cast entries and max crew entries to return (each capped separately; default 25). Raise this for an exceptionally prolific person — e.g. a director with 50+ films — where even a department filter still leaves more titles than the default cap keeps. | |
| department | No | Restrict crew credits to this department (e.g. 'Directing' for a director's filmography). Without it, a multi-hyphenate's OTHER departments (writing, producing, …) compete for the same 25-credit cap and can crowd out titles in the department you actually want. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| cast | Yes | ||
| crew | Yes |