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Charles Martin Smith

1953 - Today

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Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor, writer, and director of film and television based in British Columbia, Canada. He is known for his roles in American Graffiti (1973), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Starman (1984), The Untouchables (1987), Deep Cover (1992), And the Band Played On (1993), Speechless (1994) and Deep Impact (1998). As a director, he is further known for the films Air Bud (1997), The Snow Walker (2003), Stone of Destiny (2008), Dolphin Tale (2011), Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) and A Dog's Way Home (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Martin Smith has received more than 1,746,308 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Martin Smith is the 3,723rd most popular actor (down from 3,120th in 2019), the 5,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,879th in 2019) and the 1,683rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Martin Smiths by language

Over the past year Charles Martin Smith has had the most page views in the with 295,096 views, followed by Italian (24,696), and Japanese (18,508). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (240.63%), Southern Azerbaijani (152.94%), and Afrikaans (100.77%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charles Martin Smith ranks 3,723 out of 13,578. Before him are Costas Mandylor, Julian Fellowes, Jude Ciccolella, Thomas H. Ince, Lori Singer, and Alan Young. After him are Zhanna Prokhorenko, Michael Gothard, Kyeon Mi-ri, Brian Blessed, Vyjayanthimala Bali, and David Proval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Charles Martin Smith ranks 243. Before him are Eleonora Giorgi, Pavel Vinogradov, Pertti Karppinen, Romas Kalanta, Bruce Kulick, and Alex Van Halen. After him are Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Hisako, Princess Takamado, Patrick Doyle, Norberto Alonso, Desmond Child, and Mokhtar Dahari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Martin Smith ranks 5,577 out of 20,380. Before him are Pearl White (1889), George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Arthur Laffer (1940), and Lori Singer (1957). After him are Mary Blair (1911), Alan Lomax (1915), Grace Sherwood (1660), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Eric Adams (1960), and Paul Butterfield (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charles Martin Smith ranks 1,683. Before him are Adriana Caselotti (1916), Pearl White (1889), George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), and Lori Singer (1957). After him are David Proval (1942), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Sylvia Miles (1924), Frances Lee McCain (1943), John Dall (1920), and Branscombe Richmond (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

American Graffiti
Terry 'The Toad' Fields
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Aug 1o 19737.042 / 10
Starman
Mark Shermin
When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
Dec 13o 19846.881 / 10
The Untouchables
Oscar Wallace
Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.
Jun 3o 19877.77 / 10