1955 - Today
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.
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Among actors, Christopher McDonald ranks 4,004 out of 9,996. Before 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.
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 3,998
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 3,999
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,000
1895 - 1955
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,001
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,002
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,003
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,004
1992 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,005
1879 - 1954
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,006
1880 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,007
1879 - 1942
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,008
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,009
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,010
Among people born in 1955, Christopher McDonald ranks 232. Before 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.
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 226
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 227
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 228
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 229
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 230
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 231
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 232
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 233
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 234
1955 - 2021
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 235
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 236
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 237
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 238
Among people born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 6,072 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,066
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,067
1944 - 2014
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,068
1895 - 1955
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,069
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,070
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 6,071
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 6,072
1940 - 1979
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 6,073
1879 - 1942
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 6,074
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 6,075
1935 - 2006
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 6,076
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 6,077
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 6,078
Among actors born in United States, Christopher McDonald ranks 1,879. Before 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).
1925 - 2016
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 1,873
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 1,874
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 1,875
1895 - 1955
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 1,876
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 1,877
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 1,878
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 1,879
1879 - 1942
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 1,880
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 1,881
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 1,882
1992 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 1,883
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 1,884
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 1,885