ACTOR

Bill Pullman

1953 - Today

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William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow (both 1988), Newsies (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1998). He also voiced as Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Pullman has received more than 13,431,230 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Bill Pullman is the 1,030th most popular actor (down from 632nd in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,166th in 2019) and the 490th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Pullman ranks 1,030 out of 13,578Before him are Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Montgomery, Youn Yuh-jung, Libuše Šafránková, and Jim Caviezel. After him are Taron Egerton, Billy Zane, Al Lettieri, Gino Cervi, Paul L. Smith, and Rossana Podestà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Bill Pullman ranks 72Before him are Alberto Zaccheroni, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, László Bölöni, Hans Krankl, Antonio Tajani, and Libuše Šafránková. After him are Jadranka Kosor, Mary Steenburgen, Tchéky Karyo, Tony Shalhoub, Dominique de Villepin, and Đorđe Balašević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Pullman ranks 1,800 out of 20,380Before him are Larry Scott (1938), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Temple Grandin (1947), Eugene Fama (1939), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), and Jim Caviezel (1968). After him are Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Max Emmerich (1879), Billy Zane (1966), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), and Zack Snyder (1966).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bill Pullman ranks 490Before him are Sterling Hayden (1916), Mary McDonnell (1952), Chadwick Boseman (1977), Clara Bow (1905), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), and Jim Caviezel (1968). After him are Billy Zane (1966), Al Lettieri (1928), Paul L. Smith (1936), Bob Fosse (1927), Marcheline Bertrand (1950), and Wallace Shawn (1943).