1944 - 2013
Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American stage and film actor, who prior to his acting career worked as a Chicago police detective. Often typecast as a mobster or police officer, he is known for roles such as FBI Agent Jack Crawford in Manhunter, mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run, Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, Cousin Avi in Snatch, and Walt Miller in New Girl. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and narrated the television program Unsolved Mysteries on Spike TV. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Farina has received more than 4,723,716 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Dennis Farina is the 1,538th most popular actor (up from 1,793rd in 2019), the 2,651st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,122nd in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Dennis Farina ranks 1,538 out of 9,996. Before him are Marcel Dalio, Pernilla August, Arlene Dahl, Ted Levine, Kristen Stewart, and Dyanne Thorne. After him are Hugh Keays-Byrne, Bo Derek, Nicoletta Braschi, Zendaya, Brenda Fricker, and Daniel Davis.
1899 - 1983
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 1,532
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 1,533
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,534
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,535
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,536
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,537
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,538
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,539
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,540
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,541
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 1,542
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 1,543
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 1,544
Among people born in 1944, Dennis Farina ranks 183. Before him are Steve Fossett, Sergei Belov, Adrian Smith, John Newcombe, Rosalía Mera, and Rick Davies. After him are Billy Cobham, Jürgen Grabowski, Kim Yong-il, Ton Koopman, Ronald Lauder, and Robert Powell. Among people deceased in 2013, Dennis Farina ranks 120. Before him are Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Sergei Belov, Bruno Metsu, Hilary Koprowski, Rosalía Mera, and Dokka Umarov. After him are Nguyễn Khánh, Mariangela Melato, Aslan Usoyan, Bernadette Lafont, Bebo Valdés, and Mitja Ribičič.
1944 - 2007
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 177
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 178
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 179
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 180
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 181
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 182
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 183
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 184
1944 - 2022
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 185
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 186
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 187
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 188
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 189
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 114
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 115
1954 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 116
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 117
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 118
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 119
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 120
1927 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 121
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 122
1937 - 2013
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 123
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 124
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 125
1919 - 2013
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 126
Among people born in United States, Dennis Farina ranks 2,651 out of 18,182. Before him are Arlene Dahl (1925), Ted Levine (1957), August Derleth (1909), Kristen Stewart (1990), Howard Zinn (1922), and Dyanne Thorne (1936). After him are Bo Derek (1956), Zendaya (1996), Jerome Powell (1953), Clifford Brown (1930), Lew Wallace (1827), and Daniel Davis (1945).
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,645
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,646
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,647
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,648
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,649
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,650
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,651
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,652
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,653
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,654
1930 - 1956
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,655
1827 - 1905
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,656
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,657
Among actors born in United States, Dennis Farina ranks 747. Before him are Everett McGill (1945), Pam Grier (1949), Arlene Dahl (1925), Ted Levine (1957), Kristen Stewart (1990), and Dyanne Thorne (1936). After him are Bo Derek (1956), Zendaya (1996), Daniel Davis (1945), Keith Carradine (1949), Richard Beymer (1938), and Jeff Daniels (1955).
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 741
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 742
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 743
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 744
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 745
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 746
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 747
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 748
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 749
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 750
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 751
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 752
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 753