ACTOR

Chris Farley

1964 - 1997

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Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons from 1990 to 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Farley has received more than 19,641,780 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Chris Farley is the 2,997th most popular actor (up from 3,804th in 2019), the 4,578th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,797th in 2019) and the 1,358th most popular American Actor.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chris Farley ranks 2,997 out of 13,578. Before him are Thom Barry, Steve James, Paul Adelstein, Philip Stone, John Carroll Lynch, and Corinna Harfouch. After him are Norma Bengell, Madge Sinclair, Gael García Bernal, Roger Carel, Michael V. Gazzo, and Aidan Quinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Chris Farley ranks 148. Before him are Sandro Rosell, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vladislav Surkov, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Moussa Dadis Camara, and Joss Whedon. After him are Serhat, Neneh Cherry, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Willie Garson, Ylva Johansson, and Thomas Berthold. Among people deceased in 1997, Chris Farley ranks 156. Before him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zaur Kaloev, Natallia Arsiennieva, Amos Tutuola, Arthur Machado, and Brian Keith. After him are Cahit Arf, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Léon Poliakov, Baltazar, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, and Salvador Artigas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 4,578 out of 20,380. Before him are Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Paul Adelstein (1969), and John Carroll Lynch (1963). After him are Ronald Graham (1935), Richard Sears (1861), Tommy Aldridge (1950), Jack Arnold (1916), Theodore Gill (1837), and Buster Douglas (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 1,358. Before him are Lauren Cohan (1982), Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), Paul Adelstein (1969), and John Carroll Lynch (1963). After him are Michael V. Gazzo (1923), Aidan Quinn (1959), Tom Mix (1880), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Madeline Kahn (1942), and Clifton James (1920).

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Television and Movie Roles

Tommy Boy
Thomas 'Tommy' Callahan III
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.
Mar 31o 19956.792 / 10
Beverly Hills Ninja
Haru
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.
Jan 17o 19975.633 / 10
Black Sheep
Mike Donnelly
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
Feb 1o 19966 / 10