ACTOR

Chespirito

1929 - 2014

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Roberto Mario Gómez Bolaños Sr. (21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014), more commonly known by his stage name Chespirito, or "Little Shakespeare", was a Mexican actor, comedian, screenwriter, humorist, director, producer, and author. He is widely regarded as one of the icons of Spanish-speaking humor and entertainment and one of the greatest comedians of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chespirito has received more than 1,683,559 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Chespirito is the 831st most popular actor (up from 959th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Mexican Actor.

Chespirito is most famous for his show "El Chavo del Ocho" which aired in Latin America from 1971-1980. Chespirito is also known for his comedy sketches.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chespiritos by language

Over the past year Chespirito has had the most page views in the with 687,024 views, followed by Portuguese (225,914), and English (171,479). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (66.21%), Basque (65.12%), and Italian (43.71%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chespirito ranks 831 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean-Claude Pascal, Claude Gensac, Stewart Granger, Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Gabriele Ferzetti. After him are David Graf, Yuri Nikulin, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick McGoohan, Matt LeBlanc, and Cüneyt Arkın.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Chespirito ranks 98. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fernanda Montenegro, Lorenzo Buffon, Stirling Moss, and Michael Atiyah. After him are David Kelly, Paul Lauterbur, Věra Chytilová, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, José Santamaría, and Alasdair MacIntyre. Among people deceased in 2014, Chespirito ranks 61. Before him are Ernesto Laclau, Stephanie Kwolek, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, and Tito Vilanova. After him are Oscar de la Renta, Věra Chytilová, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Gabriel Axel, Ernst Albrecht, and Vujadin Boškov.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Chespirito ranks 49 out of 729. Before him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Juan Rulfo (1917), José Clemente Orozco (1883), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), Cuitláhuac (1476), and Alfonso Cuarón (1961). After him are Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), José María Morelos (1765), Dolores del Río (1905), and Alfonso García Robles (1911).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Chespirito ranks 7. Before him are Anthony Quinn (1915), Salma Hayek (1966), Cantinflas (1911), Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), and Linda Christian (1923). After him are Dolores del Río (1905), Helena Rojo (1944), Pedro Infante (1917), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Silvia Pinal (1931), and Verónica Castro (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

El Chanfle
El Chanfle
This movie is about a soccer team worker "Chanfle", who's in charge of having everything up to date for the team, soccer balls, uniforms, soccer shoes, you name it! Well he's been married for 10 years to a beautiful young girl but hasn't got the privilege of being a father! They are really poor and in the attempt to sell a gun that belonged to a diseased uncle, he's mistaken for a burglar by a drunk guy. From that moment on, he's contanstly harrassed by the drunk guy, who chases him everytime he can...
Jan 18o 19797.24 / 10
El Chapulín Colorado
Chapolin / Chaves
7.992 / 10
El Chavo del Ocho
El Chavo
The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old orphan boy who lives in a barrel. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.
7.922 / 10