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Daniel Davis

1945 - Today

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Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actor. Davis is best known for portraying Niles the butler on the sitcom The Nanny (1993 to 1999), and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation (a role he reprised on Star Trek: Picard), affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Davis has received more than 2,363,649 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Davis is the 1,582nd most popular actor (down from 1,542nd in 2019), the 2,646th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,650th in 2019) and the 743rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Daniel Davis ranks 1,582 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Schedeen, Steve Guttenberg, Channing Tatum, Dick York, Pernilla August, and Beata Tyszkiewicz. After him are Linda Gray, G. W. Bailey, Laura Betti, Ida Lupino, Jane Alexander, and Dilip Kumar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Daniel Davis ranks 177. Before him are Earl Boen, Jarno Saarinen, David Purley, Hugh Fraser, David A. Granger, and Mahinda Rajapaksa. After him are Chandrika Kumaratunga, Marianne Sägebrecht, Lasse Berghagen, Marek Grechuta, Billy Drago, and Michael Nouri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Davis ranks 2,646 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry Brooks (1944), Channing Tatum (1980), Dick York (1928), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Nick Holonyak (1928), and Charles Martin Hall (1863). After him are Linda Gray (1940), G. W. Bailey (1944), Marian Anderson (1897), J. J. Abrams (1966), Kamehameha III (1814), and Lars Peter Hansen (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Daniel Davis ranks 743. Before him are J. T. Walsh (1943), Susan Sullivan (1942), Anne Schedeen (1949), Steve Guttenberg (1958), Channing Tatum (1980), and Dick York (1928). After him are Linda Gray (1940), G. W. Bailey (1944), Jane Alexander (1939), Téa Leoni (1966), Eddie Fisher (1928), and Lorenzo Lamas (1958).

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