ACTOR

Cress Williams

1970 - Today

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Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970) is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and Close to Home. His most recent roles include Mayor Lavon Hayes on The CW series Hart of Dixie and the title character on The CW's Black Lightning. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cress Williams has received more than 2,849,433 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Cress Williams is the 10,440th most popular actor (down from 8,458th in 2019), the 6,186th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,133rd in 2019) and the 313th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Cress Williams by language

Over the past year Cress Williams has had the most page views in the with 189,459 views, followed by German (18,870), and French (11,387). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (253.40%), Haitian (71.22%), and Egyptian Arabic (41.30%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cress Williams ranks 10,440 out of 13,578. Before him are Charles Esten, Denise Nickerson, Erica Leerhsen, Jennifer Gareis, Jim Rash, and Anna Thalbach. After him are Ray Sharkey, Penelope Milford, Anna Kovalchuk, Urmila Matondkar, Callum Blue, and Roger Livesey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Cress Williams ranks 696. Before him are Per Frandsen, Thomas Lennon, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Jasna Fazlić, Jennifer Gareis, and Mike Brown. After him are Dean DeBlois, Gayle Forman, Szilveszter Csollány, Sergei Ovchinnikov, Morgan Johansson, and Mohammed Mourhit.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cress Williams ranks 6,186 out of 7,253. Before him are Steffi Jones (1972), Stefan Kapičić (1978), Zlatan Bajramović (1979), Andreas Görlitz (1982), Roland Schimmelpfennig (1967), and Anna Thalbach (1973). After him are Anna Kovalchuk (1977), Eva Pfaff (1961), Arnd Schmitt (1965), Marina Kiehl (1965), Ralf Falkenmayer (1963), and Harald Czudaj (1963).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Cress Williams ranks 313. Before him are Katharina Schüttler (1979), Maren Eggert (1974), Hannah Herzsprung (1981), Sophie Charlotte (1989), Stefan Kapičić (1978), and Anna Thalbach (1973). After him are Anna Kovalchuk (1977), Pia Wurtzbach (1989), Q'orianka Kilcher (1990), Tamera Mowry (1978), Mika'ela Fisher (1975), and Maria Simon (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

Never Been Kissed
George
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.
Apr 9o 19996.173 / 10
Reign of the Supermen
John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)
In the wake of The Death of Supermen, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday. However, no sooner as his body been laid to rest than do four new bearers of the Superman shield come forward to take on the mantle. The Last Son of Krypton, Superboy, Steel, and the Cyborg Superman all attempt to fill the vacuum left by the world's greatest champion. Meanwhile, Superman's death has also signaled to the universe that Earth is vulnerable. Can these new Supermen and the rest of the heroes prove them wrong?
Jan 13o 20197.074 / 10
Black Lightning
Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
7.081 / 10