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Christopher McDonald

1955 - Today

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Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice 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 4,872,983 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christopher McDonald is the 4,004th most popular actor (down from 3,689th in 2019), the 6,072nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,805th in 2019) and the 1,879th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Christopher McDonald ranks 4,004 out of 9,996Before him are Poppy Montgomery, Patti LuPone, Andrew Divoff, Shemp Howard, Kevin Dunn, and Nancy Carroll. After him are Kaya Scodelario, Sydney Greenstreet, Hans Moser, Laura Hope Crews, Henry Thomas, and Cha Seung-won.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Christopher McDonald ranks 232Before him are Efim Zelmanov, Maxime Bossis, Mick Jones, Timothy Laurence, Lucía Méndez, and Andrew Divoff. After him are Hippolyte Girardot, Thierry Breton, Milan Bandić, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thomas Hampson, and Steven Culp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 6,072 out of 18,182Before him are Daryl Hall (1946), Patti LuPone (1949), Bobby Womack (1944), Shemp Howard (1895), Kevin Dunn (1956), and Nancy Carroll (1903). After him are Van McCoy (1940), Laura Hope Crews (1879), Henry Thomas (1971), Candy Barr (1935), Jon Lovitz (1957), and Freddie Spencer (1961).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 1,879Before him are Anne Jackson (1925), William Sanderson (1944), Patti LuPone (1949), Shemp Howard (1895), Kevin Dunn (1956), and Nancy Carroll (1903). After him are Laura Hope Crews (1879), Henry Thomas (1971), Jon Lovitz (1957), Josh Hutcherson (1992), Scott Patterson (1958), and Evan Peters (1987).

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