ACTOR

Dabney Coleman

1932 - Today

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Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor. Coleman's best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), Recess: School's Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don't Apply (2016).Coleman's television roles include the title characters of Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), as well as Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dabney Coleman has received more than 4,211,665 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Dabney Coleman is the 2,499th most popular actor (up from 3,294th in 2019), the 3,937th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,113th in 2019) and the 1,142nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dabney Colemen by language

Over the past year Dabney Coleman has had the most page views in the with 561,821 views, followed by German (37,647), and French (23,387). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (171.25%), Afrikaans (96.69%), and Egyptian Arabic (68.05%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dabney Coleman ranks 2,499 out of 13,578. Before him are Blake Clark, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Arkady Raikin, Lando Buzzanca, Lauren Holly, and Marilù Tolo. After him are Serena Grandi, Horst Frank, Bob Balaban, Jacki Weaver, Carola Neher, and David Boreanaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dabney Coleman ranks 211. Before him are Saul Friedländer, Lia Manoliu, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Richard Estes, Saye Zerbo, and John Glen. After him are Dana Scott, Parry O'Brien, Patsy Cline, Tony Brooks, Stefanie Zweig, and Ervin László.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dabney Coleman ranks 3,937 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Vaughn (1919), Chris Gardner (1954), Horace Mann (1796), Lauren Holly (1963), Mike Love (1941), and Sable (1967). After him are Deke Slayton (1924), Steve Berry (1955), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Robert Bilott (1965), Henrietta Szold (1860), and Ada Blackjack (1898).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dabney Coleman ranks 1,142. Before him are William Forsythe (1955), Erik Estrada (1949), Rosalind Russell (1907), Georgia Hale (1900), Blake Clark (1946), and Lauren Holly (1963). After him are Bob Balaban (1945), David Boreanaz (1969), Tom Ewell (1909), Jean Peters (1926), Mack Swain (1876), and Frank Marshall (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

You've Got Mail
Nelson Fox
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Dec 18o 19986.676 / 10
Tootsie
Ron Carlisle
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Dec 17o 19827.216 / 10
WarGames
McKittrick
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Jun 3o 19837.072 / 10