ACTOR

Brian Thompson

1959 - Today

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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film The Terminator. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Thompson has received more than 2,861,838 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Brian Thompson is the 2,430th most popular actor (up from 3,259th in 2019), the 3,845th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,068th in 2019) and the 1,111th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brian Thompson ranks 2,430 out of 13,578Before him are Antonio Moreno, Eric Braeden, Fritz Muliar, Jeffrey Jones, Akira Takarada, and Jeff Fahey. After him are Nina Foch, Susan Blakely, William Devane, Haifa Wehbe, Marcel Iureș, and Suzanne Flon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Brian Thompson ranks 136Before him are R. A. Salvatore, Jonathan Franzen, Patrick Bruel, Adri van der Poel, Hassan Diab, and Ferzan Özpetek. After him are Mark Williams, Vincent Lindon, Sigmar Gabriel, Roberto Moreno, Ildefonso Falcones, and David Koresh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Thompson ranks 3,845 out of 20,380Before him are Randy Savage (1952), Jeffrey Jones (1946), William Cranch Bond (1789), Frank Zamboni (1901), Dusty Rhodes (1945), and Jeff Fahey (1952). After him are Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Washington Carver (1864), Dave Grohl (1969), William Devane (1939), George McGovern (1922), and Ron Rifkin (1939).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brian Thompson ranks 1,111Before him are Tia Carrere (1967), Michael Winslow (1958), Shannon Lee (1969), Gloria Foster (1933), Jeffrey Jones (1946), and Jeff Fahey (1952). After him are William Devane (1939), Ron Rifkin (1939), Rosario Dawson (1979), John Amos (1939), Bruno Kirby (1949), and Thomas Gibson (1962).