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Alfonso Arau

1932 - Today

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Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso Arau has received more than 757,179 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Arau is the 4,269th most popular actor (down from 3,614th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 196th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Mexican Actor.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alfonso Arau ranks 4,269 out of 13,578. Before him are Hiroshi Kamiya, Constance Bennett, Wayne Rogers, Naima Akef, Robert John Burke, and Hōchū Ōtsuka. After him are Billy Barty, Romain Duris, May Whitty, Arturo de Córdova, Andrei Smirnov, and László Szabó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alfonso Arau ranks 310. Before him are Cliff Allison, John Flynn, Joe Engle, Eddy Wally, Carlyle Glean, and Lola Beltrán. After him are Paul Anderson, Masten Gregory, Bo Goldman, Robert B. Parker, Jay Miner, and Anatoly Roshchin.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Alfonso Arau ranks 230 out of 729. Before him are Rodolfo Neri Vela (1952), Juan Álvarez (1790), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), Lucas Alamán (1792), and Lola Beltrán (1932). After him are Arturo de Córdova (1908), Juan José Arreola (1921), Leticia Calderón (1968), Pedro María de Anaya (1795), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), and Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Alfonso Arau ranks 49. Before him are Kate del Castillo (1972), Gilbert Roland (1905), Irma Serrano (1933), Diego Luna (1979), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), and Lola Beltrán (1932). After him are Arturo de Córdova (1908), Leticia Calderón (1968), Lupita Tovar (1910), Daniela Romo (1959), Lucero (1969), and Ana Gabriel (1955).

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