ACTOR

Bill Duke

1943 - Today

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William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Duke has received more than 3,113,430 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Bill Duke is the 1,405th most popular actor (up from 1,493rd in 2019), the 2,407th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,570th in 2019) and the 656th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Dukes by language

Over the past year Bill Duke has had the most page views in the with 402,974 views, followed by German (29,711), and Russian (28,258). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (457.38%), Finnish (47.62%), and Portuguese (32.87%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Duke ranks 1,405 out of 13,578. Before him are Katey Sagal, Broncho Billy Anderson, Isa Miranda, Wolf Albach-Retty, Chris Evans, and François-Joseph Talma. After him are Clancy Brown, Joaquim de Almeida, Masako Nozawa, Najwa Nimri, Shadia, and DeForest Kelley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bill Duke ranks 167. Before him are Richard J. Roberts, Ma'ruf Amin, Inna Churikova, Randy Newman, Blythe Danner, and James Levine. After him are John Eliot Gardiner, Soad Hosny, Raphael, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Ian Kershaw, and Edward Herrmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Duke ranks 2,407 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Evans (1981), Robert Brout (1928), Scott McKenzie (1939), Ed Sullivan (1901), Larry Fink (1952), and Asa Akira (1986). After him are Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Alexander Haig (1924), John Frusciante (1970), Clancy Brown (1959), Platt Adams (1885), and DeForest Kelley (1920).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bill Duke ranks 656. Before him are Robin Tunney (1972), Don Cheadle (1964), Sam Rockwell (1968), Katey Sagal (1954), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), and Chris Evans (1981). After him are Clancy Brown (1959), DeForest Kelley (1920), Will Ferrell (1967), Craig T. Nelson (1944), Jon Favreau (1966), and Joan Bennett (1910).

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Television and Movie Roles

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