ACTOR

Carel Struycken

1948 - Today

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Carel Struycken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈstrœykə(n)]; born 30 July 1948) is a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the Giant/Fireman in the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), the occasional guest role of Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1992), and the household butler Lurch in the 1990s Addams Family films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carel Struycken has received more than 3,525,423 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Carel Struycken is the 1,125th most popular actor (up from 1,190th in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 249th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carel Struycken ranks 1,125 out of 13,578. Before him are Eddie Constantine, Jean Arthur, Frances Conroy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Armand Assante, and Ray Stevenson. After him are Pedro Alonso, Robert Shaw, Pietro Germi, Nicole Garcia, Lee Majors, and Michael Fassbender.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Carel Struycken ranks 121. Before him are Robert Jordan, Johnny Ramone, Jimmy Cliff, Hema Malini, Charles Taylor, and Krešimir Ćosić. After him are Donna Karan, James Faulkner, David Albahari, Joschka Fischer, Randy Schekman, and Rhea Perlman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Carel Struycken ranks 259 out of 1,646. Before him are Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Willem Blaeu (1571), Maarten Tromp (1598), and Willem van Hanegem (1944). After him are Otto van Veen (1556), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Danny Blind (1961), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Dick Bruna (1927), and Mark van Bommel (1977).

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Among ACTORS In Netherlands

Among actors born in Netherlands, Carel Struycken ranks 6. Before him are Rutger Hauer (1944), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Famke Janssen (1964), Jeroen Krabbé (1944), and Johannes Heesters (1903). After him are Fons Rademakers (1920), Nina Foch (1924), Herman van Veen (1945), Derek de Lint (1950), Carice van Houten (1976), and Maruschka Detmers (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

Men in Black
Arquillian
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Jul 2o 19977.202 / 10
The Addams Family
Lurch
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
Nov 22o 19917.054 / 10
Gerald's Game
Moonlight Man
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
Sep 29o 20176.4 / 10