ACTOR

Burt Young

1940 - 2023

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Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023), known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burt Young has received more than 5,208,962 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Burt Young is the 303rd most popular actor (up from 567th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 150th most popular American Actor.

Burt Young is most famous for his role as Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law, Paulie, in the Rocky films.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Burt Young ranks 303 out of 13,578. Before him are Anna Karina, Marina Vlady, Raquel Welch, Helmut Berger, Juliette Binoche, and Kenneth Branagh. After him are Salma Hayek, Harold Lloyd, Carl Weathers, Kim Novak, Mia Farrow, and Leonard Nimoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Burt Young ranks 37. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami, Tony Tan, Giorgio Moroder, Kip Thorne, Anna Karina, and Raquel Welch. After him are Terry Gilliam, Dario Argento, Abdurrahman Wahid, Tabaré Vázquez, Julie Christie, and Paolo Borsellino. Among people deceased in 2023, Burt Young ranks 33. Before him are Harald zur Hausen, Luis Suárez, Li Keqiang, Ferid Murad, Raquel Welch, and Helmut Berger. After him are Carlos Saura, Harry Belafonte, Robert Solow, László Sólyom, Renata Scotto, and Matthew Perry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Burt Young ranks 549 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore William Richards (1868), Richard Bach (1936), James B. Sumner (1887), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Raquel Welch (1940), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804). After him are Bob Beamon (1946), Harold Lloyd (1893), Chet Baker (1929), Donna Summer (1948), Terry Gilliam (1940), and Immanuel Wallerstein (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Burt Young ranks 150. Before him are Anthony Perkins (1932), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), and Raquel Welch (1940). After him are Harold Lloyd (1893), Carl Weathers (1948), Kim Novak (1933), Mia Farrow (1945), Leonard Nimoy (1931), and Sean Penn (1960).

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Television and Movie Roles

Rocky
Paulie Pennino
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Nov 20o 19767.788 / 10
Rocky Balboa
Paulie Pennino
His Wife is dead and his Son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger, and thirty years his junior.
Dec 20o 20066.874 / 10
Rocky IV
Paulie Pennino
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Ivan Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
Nov 21o 19857.1 / 10