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Ben Platt

1993 - Today

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Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Platt, the son of film and theater producer Marc Platt, began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time, in addition to a Daytime Emmy, and Grammy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Platt has received more than 6,532,957 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ben Platt is the 12,530th most popular actor (down from 10,985th in 2019), the 18,100th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,980th in 2019) and the 5,915th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 28.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ben Platts by language

Over the past year Ben Platt has had the most page views in the with 1,219,410 views, followed by German (26,223), and Spanish (25,652). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (193.73%), Uzbek (160.00%), and Finnish (66.88%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Platt ranks 12,530 out of 13,578. Before him are Yami Gautam, Jacob Artist, Ari Graynor, Simone Missick, Samantha Bee, and Larissa Manoela. After him are Sierra McCormick, Konkona Sen Sharma, Garance Marillier, Kirsten Zien, Conor Leslie, and Brad Rowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Ben Platt ranks 615. Before him are Laura Glauser, Shane Harper, Debrah Scarlett, Douglas Tanque, Ergys Kaçe, and Musab Kheder. After him are Jak Alnwick, Igor Sergeev, Victoria Monét, Giorgi Chanturia, Gunna, and Vazha Margvelashvili.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Platt ranks 18,100 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacob Artist (1992), Ari Graynor (1983), Joe Scarborough (1963), Simone Missick (1982), Tennys Sandgren (1991), and Jane Monheit (1977). After him are Doug Christie (1970), Terrence Ross (1991), Lynette Woodard (1959), Sierra McCormick (1997), Michael Porter Jr. (1998), and Patricia Robertson (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ben Platt ranks 5,915. Before him are Shane Harper (1993), Morgan Lily (2000), Da Brat (1974), Jacob Artist (1992), Ari Graynor (1983), and Simone Missick (1982). After him are Sierra McCormick (1997), Conor Leslie (1991), Brad Rowe (1970), Whitney Cummings (1982), NeNe Leakes (1967), and Summer Bishil (1988).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dear Evan Hansen
Evan Hansen
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Sep 24o 20216.327 / 10
Pitch Perfect 2
Benji
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.
May 7o 20156.863 / 10
Pitch Perfect
Benji
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Sep 28o 20127.295 / 10