ACTOR

Dean Norris

1963 - Today

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Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2020). He also portrayed town councilman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–2015) and played mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series Claws (2017–2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Norris has received more than 6,206,551 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Dean Norris is the 1,778th most popular actor (down from 1,696th in 2019), the 2,914th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,860th in 2019) and the 813th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dean Norrises by language

Over the past year Dean Norris has had the most page views in the with 827,035 views, followed by Russian (85,238), and German (77,490). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (169.29%), Simple English (148.97%), and Latvian (47.17%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dean Norris ranks 1,778 out of 13,578. Before him are Elya Baskin, Song Kang-ho, Mark Dacascos, Woody Strode, Eugene Levy, and Irina Miroshnichenko. After him are Karen Black, Oleg Tabakov, Tom Cavanagh, Diane Cilento, Silvana Pampanini, and Rebecca De Mornay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Dean Norris ranks 103. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tate Donovan, Anita Mui, and Anne Jahren. After him are Tom Cavanagh, Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Rob Schneider, Pierre Woodman, Dermot Mulroney, and Tatum O'Neal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Norris ranks 2,914 out of 20,380. Before him are Woody Strode (1914), Milton L. Humason (1891), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Ellen Church (1904), and King C. Gillette (1855). After him are Karen Black (1939), Terence McKenna (1946), William Levada (1936), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Kathy Reichs (1948), and William Peter Blatty (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dean Norris ranks 813. Before him are Kevin Peter Hall (1955), Robert Walker (1918), Laurie Holden (1969), Leon Russom (1941), Mark Dacascos (1964), and Woody Strode (1914). After him are Karen Black (1939), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Martha Scott (1912), Shera Danese (1949), and Katie Holmes (1978).

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Television and Movie Roles

Death Wish
Detective Rains
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Mar 2o 20186.138 / 10
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Roy Nicholls
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Aug 8o 20196.501 / 10
Breaking Bad
Hank Schrader
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
8.897 / 10