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Colin Hanks

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Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Gus Grimly on the FX crime series Fargo (2014–2015), which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award. Hanks gained mainstream attention after a main role on the WB science fiction series Roswell (1999–2001) and his lead role in the film Orange County (2002), which was followed by a starring role in the blockbuster King Kong (2005). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Hanks has received more than 16,655,845 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Colin Hanks is the 5,170th most popular actor (down from 4,917th in 2019), the 7,538th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,321st in 2019) and the 2,332nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Colin Hanks ranks 5,170 out of 13,578Before him are Freddie Prinze Jr., George Wendt, Dimple Kapadia, Rebecca Hall, Bill Farmer, and Adrian Rawlins. After him are Ivana Miličević, Samantha Mathis, George O'Brien, Pam Dawber, Han So-hee, and Santiago Segura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Colin Hanks ranks 116Before him are Samantha Cristoforetti, Jeff Hardy, Olof Mellberg, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Alessandro Santos, and Hatem Trabelsi. After him are Manuel Almunia, Sarah Biasini, Kerry Washington, Vince Carter, Joe Hahn, and Morgan De Sanctis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Colin Hanks ranks 7,538 out of 20,380Before him are Chloe Webb (1956), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), George Wendt (1948), Duane Eddy (1938), Bill Farmer (1952), and Brittany Andrews (1973). After him are Susan Kare (1954), Peggy Fleming (1948), Christy Canyon (1966), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Bobby Timmons (1935), and Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Colin Hanks ranks 2,332Before him are Kevin Conway (1942), Christine Estabrook (1952), Chloe Webb (1956), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), George Wendt (1948), and Bill Farmer (1952). After him are Samantha Mathis (1970), George O'Brien (1899), Pam Dawber (1951), Ben Stein (1944), Margaret Dumont (1882), and Jack Colvin (1934).