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Daniel Gillies

1976 - Today

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Daniel Joshua Gillies (born March 14, 1976) is a Canadian-New Zealand actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He played Elijah Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off, The Originals; Dr. Joel Goran on Saving Hope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Gillies has received more than 7,398,908 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 31 in 2019). Daniel Gillies is the 5,636th most popular actor (down from 5,030th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Canada (down from 415th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Daniel Gillies ranks 5,636 out of 13,578. Before him are Rodrigo de la Serna, Barbara Kent, Corey Haim, Anke Engelke, Cristina Rota, and Huseyn Arablinski. After him are Tim Conway, Megan Boone, Jim Siedow, Robert Costanzo, Barry Sullivan, and Amira Casar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Daniel Gillies ranks 174. Before him are Andrea Stramaccioni, Daijiro Kato, Magno Alves, Amy Acker, Agata Buzek, and Rodrigo de la Serna. After him are Betsy Brandt, Andrew Scott, Ricardo, Emma de Caunes, Óscar Freire, and Chang Chen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Daniel Gillies ranks 457 out of 1,622. Before him are Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Nia Vardalos (1962), Alexis Smith (1921), Barbara Kent (1907), Corey Haim (1971), and Anke Engelke (1965). After him are Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Jacob Viner (1892), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Alex Wilson (1905), Robert Pickton (1949), and Paul Grégoire (1911).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Daniel Gillies ranks 136. Before him are Cory Monteith (1982), Nia Vardalos (1962), Alexis Smith (1921), Barbara Kent (1907), Corey Haim (1971), and Anke Engelke (1965). After him are David James Elliott (1960), Wendy Crewson (1956), Sarah Carter (1980), Tamara Taylor (1970), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), and Kathleen Robertson (1973).

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Television and Movie Roles

Spider-Man 2
John Jameson
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Jun 25th 20047.3 / 10
The Originals
Elijah Mikaelson
A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel, who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans. Klaus departed from the city after being chased down by his father Mikael, while it was being constructed and Marcel took charge. As Klaus has returned after many years, his ego has provoked him to become the king of the city. "Every King needs an heir" says Klaus, accepting the unborn child. The child is a first to be born to a hybrid and a werewolf.
8.6 / 10
Captivity
Gary Dexter
The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
Mar 1st 20074.9 / 10