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David Proval

1942 - Today

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David Proval is an American actor and former boxer, known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets (1973), Snooze in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Siegfried in Four Rooms (1995) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos (1999–2007). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Proval has received more than 1,657,471 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). David Proval is the 3,729th most popular actor (down from 3,645th in 2019), the 5,585th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,575th in 2019) and the 1,684th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 49.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Proval ranks 3,729 out of 13,578. Before him are Charles Martin Smith, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Michael Gothard, Kyeon Mi-ri, Brian Blessed, and Vyjayanthimala Bali. After him are Victor Sen Yung, Sylvia Miles, Yu Rongguang, Juan Diego, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, and Sabu Dastagir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, David Proval ranks 373. Before him are Paula Kelly, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Vinicio Cerezo, Tammy Wynette, Vladimir Kovalyonok, and Paul Butterfield. After him are Juan Diego, Erica Jong, Bernd Kannenberg, Flora Purim, Jean Shrimpton, and Gabriela Adameșteanu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Proval ranks 5,585 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Lomax (1915), Grace Sherwood (1660), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Eric Adams (1960), Paul Butterfield (1942), and William H. Prescott (1796). After him are Victor Sen Yung (1914), Sylvia Miles (1924), Bill Vukovich (1918), Charlaine Harris (1951), Eddie Tolan (1908), and Joan Feynman (1927).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Proval ranks 1,684. Before him are Pearl White (1889), George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Lori Singer (1957), and Charles Martin Smith (1953). After him are Victor Sen Yung (1914), Sylvia Miles (1924), Frances Lee McCain (1943), John Dall (1920), Branscombe Richmond (1955), and Sally Kellerman (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Shawshank Redemption
Snooze
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Sep 23o 19948.7 / 10
Mean Streets
Tony DeVienazo
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Oct 14o 19737.1 / 10
Four Rooms
Siegfried
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.
Dec 9o 19955.847 / 10