ACTOR

Christopher McDonald

1955 - Today

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Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore. Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in Grease 2 (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation Leave It to Beaver (1997), and Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream (2000). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher McDonald has received more than 5,624,536 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Christopher McDonald is the 3,669th most popular actor (up from 3,997th in 2019), the 5,474th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,059th in 2019) and the 1,651st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Christopher McDonald ranks 3,669 out of 13,578. Before him are Snub Pollard, Donnie Wahlberg, Richard Moll, Hermione Baddeley, Mark Sheppard, and Kai. After him are Eleonora Giorgi, Terrence Howard, Tony Amendola, Sandahl Bergman, James Farentino, and Mykelti Williamson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Christopher McDonald ranks 226. Before him are Teresa Ann Savoy, Sergei Mavrodi, Katsuyuki Kawachi, Américo Gallego, Walter Veltroni, and Ludo Coeck. After him are Heintje Simons, Clarence Gilyard, Baltasar Garzón, Raoul Trujillo, Timothy Laurence, and Glenn Danzig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 5,474 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Moll (1943), Glen A. Larson (1937), Pete Rose (1941), Jacob Epstein (1880), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), and Betty Holberton (1917). After him are Terrence Howard (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), Sandahl Bergman (1951), James Farentino (1938), Bessie Coleman (1892), and J. P. Mallory (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 1,651. Before him are Mark Moses (1958), Michael Chiklis (1963), Gerald McRaney (1947), Jack Benny (1894), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), and Richard Moll (1943). After him are Terrence Howard (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), Sandahl Bergman (1951), James Farentino (1938), Mykelti Williamson (1960), and Clarence Gilyard (1955).

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