ACTOR

Barry Humphries

1934 - 2023

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John Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Humphries's characters brought him international renown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Humphries has received more than 4,600,269 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Barry Humphries is the 4,392nd most popular actor (up from 4,475th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Australia (down from 181st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Australian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Barry Humphries by language

Over the past year Barry Humphries has had the most page views in the with 694,667 views, followed by German (23,567), and French (10,195). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (636.76%), Turkish (596.80%), and Irish (134.31%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barry Humphries ranks 4,392 out of 13,578. Before him are Angie Bowie, Robert Preston, Ole Ernst, Peter Davison, Louise Lasser, and Kamal Haasan. After him are Frank Silva, René Navarre, Kim Joo-hyuk, Walter Sedlmayr, Madeleine Robinson, and Blair Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Barry Humphries ranks 339. Before him are Martin Bangemann, Richard D. Zanuck, Mikhail Kozakov, Ian Abercrombie, Lasse Mårtenson, and Martí Vergés. After him are Robert Towne, Aurelio Milani, Peter Maxwell Davies, Zlatko Papec, Mario Segale, and Alketas Panagoulias. Among people deceased in 2023, Barry Humphries ranks 419. Before him are Bo Goldman, Gil de Ferran, Charlie Dominici, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Moonbin, and Bram Moolenaar. After him are Richard Wagner, Henrik Nordbrandt, Palhinha, Coco Lee, Roman Čechmánek, and Anita Thallaug.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Barry Humphries ranks 185 out of 1,143. Before him are Stan Rowley (1876), Alfred Deakin (1856), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), and Percy Grainger (1882). After him are Mervyn Rose (1930), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Wayne Gardner (1959), Joel Edgerton (1974), Keith Michell (1926), and Ruby Rose (1986).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Barry Humphries ranks 44. Before him are Jesse Spencer (1979), Anna Torv (1979), Portia de Rossi (1973), Abbie Cornish (1982), Rose Byrne (1979), and Alex O'Loughlin (1976). After him are Joel Edgerton (1974), Keith Michell (1926), Ruby Rose (1986), Phoebe Tonkin (1989), Emilie de Ravin (1981), and Mia Wasikowska (1989).

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Television and Movie Roles

Finding Nemo
Bruce (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
May 30o 20037.824 / 10
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Great Goblin
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Dec 12o 20127.346 / 10
Mary and Max
Narrator (voice)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Feb 9o 20097.87 / 10