ACTOR

David Arquette

1971 - Today

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David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, producer, and retired professional wrestler. As an actor, he is known for playing Dewey Riley in the slasher franchise Scream (1996–2022), which won him a Teen Choice Award and two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. As a professional wrestler, he is best known for his panned 2000 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, headlining the Slamboree pay-per-view event, and appearing in WWE and on the independent wrestling circuit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Arquette has received more than 15,952,149 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). David Arquette is the 2,272nd most popular actor (up from 2,400th in 2019), the 3,640th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,877th in 2019) and the 1,051st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Arquette ranks 2,272 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Haber, Christina Grimmie, Jane Lynch, Jodie Whittaker, Lya De Putti, and Ulrich Thomsen. After him are Ludmila Savelyeva, Michael Byrne, Antônio Fagundes, Samantha Eggar, Franka Potente, and Jackie Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, David Arquette ranks 71. Before him are Evgeny Kissin, Andy Whitfield, Jennifer Lee, Chris Tucker, Edmundo, and Ma Huateng. After him are Michael Adams, Valdis Dombrovskis, Zlatko Zahovič, J. Y. Park, Paul van Dyk, and Guillaume Depardieu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Arquette ranks 3,640 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Lynch (1960), Lucia Berlin (1936), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Lawrence Block (1938), and Robert Indiana (1928). After him are Maureen Connolly (1934), Donald Davidson (1917), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), and Andre Norton (1912).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Arquette ranks 1,051. Before him are Marsha Hunt (1917), Anne Revere (1903), Chris O'Donnell (1970), Dee Wallace (1948), Christina Grimmie (1994), and Jane Lynch (1960). After him are Jackie Cooper (1922), Majel Barrett (1932), Annette O'Toole (1952), Harold Sakata (1920), Thomas Haden Church (1960), and Liz Sheridan (1929).

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Television and Movie Roles

Scream
Dewey Riley
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Dec 20o 19967.4 / 10
Scream 4
Dewey Riley
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of the Ghostface Killer.
Apr 13o 20116.5 / 10
Scream 3
Dewey Riley
While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
Feb 4o 20006 / 10