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Daniel Davis

1945 - Today

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Daniel Davis 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 2,097,336 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

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Daniel Davis by language

Over the past year Daniel Davis has had the most page views in the with 364,712 views, followed by Spanish (84,670), and German (49,916). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (448.29%), Persian (195.45%), and Portuguese (114.74%)

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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Television and Movie Roles

The Prestige
Judge
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Oct 19o 20068.202 / 10
The Nanny
Niles (voice)
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
8.112 / 10
The Hunt for Red October
Captain Davenport
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Mar 2o 19907.394 / 10