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Chris Rankin

1983 - Today

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Chris Rankin is a New Zealand-born British actor, director, and producer who is best known for playing Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Rankin has received more than 455,093 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Chris Rankin is the 8,928th most popular actor (down from 8,373rd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 113th in 2019) and the 24th most popular New Zealander Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chris Rankins by language

Over the past year Chris Rankin has had the most page views in the with 57,486 views, followed by German (16,981), and Russian (11,252). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (135.84%), Egyptian Arabic (104.61%), and Persian (83.50%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chris Rankin ranks 8,928 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Petersen, Fred Tatasciore, Nicholas Turturro, Francine York, Samuel Page, and Josie Bissett. After him are Nadia Hilker, Brooke Burns, Laure Calamy, Amir Arison, Joan Sims, and Joyce Redman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Chris Rankin ranks 257. Before him are Verónica Echegui, Tong Wen, Ilya Kovalchuk, Umut Bulut, Roy Chipolina, and Yuliya Snigir. After him are Romaric, Yoann Lemoine, Ilya Yashin, Zheng Jie, Alexander Meier, and Luis León Sánchez.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Chris Rankin ranks 128 out of 303. Before him are Simon Dickie (1951), Archie Thompson (1978), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Dean O'Gorman (1976), and Warren Cole (1940). After him are Lisa Chappell (1968), Tim Bevan (1957), Christopher Luxon (1970), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Ricki Herbert (1961), and Harry Kerr (1879).

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Among ACTORS In New Zealand

Among actors born in New Zealand, Chris Rankin ranks 24. Before him are Peter Hambleton (1960), Melanie Lynskey (1977), Zoë Bell (1978), Callan Mulvey (1975), Kerry Fox (1966), and Dean O'Gorman (1976). After him are Lisa Chappell (1968), Jay Ryan (1981), Gina Bellman (1966), Sarah McLeod (1971), Rhys Darby (1974), and Rebecca Gibney (1964).

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Television and Movie Roles

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Percy Weasley
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Nov 16o 20017.915 / 10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Percy Weasley
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
May 31o 20048.019 / 10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Percy Weasley
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
Nov 13o 20027.718 / 10