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Albert Brooks

1947 - Today

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Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also acted in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Out of Sight (1998) and My First Mister (2001). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Brooks has received more than 8,375,893 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Albert Brooks is the 37th most popular comedian (up from 43rd in 2019), the 4,792nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,242nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Albert Brooks ranks 37 out of 98. Before him are Bernie Mac, Lenny Bruce, Ken Shimura, Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, and Kevin Hart. After him are Jonathan Winters, Louis C.K., Rodney Dangerfield, Garry Shandling, Eddie Izzard, and Denis Leary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Albert Brooks ranks 361. Before him are Svetlana Bojković, Rajko Grlić, Dominique Baratelli, Wenche Myhre, Natalya Varley, and Deniz Gezmiş. After him are Gunnar Hansen, Mihaela Peneș, Laurent Pokou, Stephen Collins, Akira Terao, and Alaksandar Milinkievič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert Brooks ranks 4,792 out of 20,380. Before him are Og Mandino (1923), Lauren German (1978), William Clark (1770), Gil Amelio (1943), Dom DeLuise (1933), and Jim Varney (1949). After him are Henry Selick (1952), Vanessa del Rio (1952), Tommy Thayer (1960), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Carmen McRae (1922), and Christine Lahti (1950).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Albert Brooks ranks 32. Before him are Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Tina Fey (1970), Bernie Mac (1957), Lenny Bruce (1925), Jackie Gleason (1916), and Kevin Hart (1979). After him are Jonathan Winters (1925), Louis C.K. (1967), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), Garry Shandling (1949), Denis Leary (1957), and Andy Samberg (1978).

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