ACTOR

Cha Seung-won

1970 - Today

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Cha Seung-won (Korean: 차승원; born June 7, 1970) is a South Korean actor, who began his career as an in-demand fashion model in the 1990s. Cha achieved stardom through the hit comedy films Kick the Moon (2001), Jail Breakers (2002), My Teacher, Mr. Kim (2003), and Ghost House (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cha Seung-won has received more than 2,311,847 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Cha Seung-won is the 4,192nd most popular actor (down from 4,003rd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 200th in 2019) and the 56th most popular South Korean Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cha Seung-wons by language

Over the past year Cha Seung-won has had the most page views in the with 210,356 views, followed by Chinese (80,450), and Japanese (73,588). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (285.89%), Cantonese (62.66%), and Egyptian Arabic (60.81%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cha Seung-won ranks 4,192 out of 13,578. Before him are Minami Takayama, Naseeruddin Shah, Carla Del Poggio, Noah Taylor, Reginald Owen, and Franchot Tone. After him are Edmund Purdom, Galina Volchek, Sivaji Ganesan, Irma Serrano, Lori Loughlin, and Jung Woo-sung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Cha Seung-won ranks 123. Before him are Fazıl Say, Oded Fehr, Anna Maria Jopek, Julia Quinn, Rahul Gandhi, and Karen Mok. After him are Chris Jericho, Igor Cvitanović, Bellamy Young, Justin Chambers, Muhammad Gaddafi, and Rui Vitória.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Cha Seung-won ranks 225 out of 1,128. Before him are Go Hyun-jung (1971), Kim Boo-kyum (1958), Jang Dong-gun (1972), Kim So-yeon (1980), Hwang Sun-hong (1968), and Park Bo-gum (1993). After him are Jung Woo-sung (1973), Won Bin (1977), Ji Jin-hee (1971), Yi Jun-yong (1870), V (1995), and Kim Nam-gil (1980).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Cha Seung-won ranks 56. Before him are Yunjin Kim (1973), Yang Mi-kyung (1961), Go Hyun-jung (1971), Jang Dong-gun (1972), Kim So-yeon (1980), and Park Bo-gum (1993). After him are Jung Woo-sung (1973), Won Bin (1977), Ji Jin-hee (1971), Kim Nam-gil (1980), Moonbin (1998), and Kim Joo-hyuk (1972).

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