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Dennis Franz

1944 - Today

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Dennis Franz Schlachta (; born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Franz has received more than 2,941,097 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dennis Franz is the 2,882nd most popular actor (up from 3,323rd in 2019), the 4,451st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,152nd in 2019) and the 1,305th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dennis Franzs by language

Over the past year Dennis Franz has had the most page views in the with 381,293 views, followed by German (21,154), and French (12,749). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (16.04%), Hungarian (14.49%), and Simple English (13.07%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dennis Franz ranks 2,882 out of 13,578. Before him are Lindsay Duncan, Steve Zahn, Ricky Hui, Peter Krause, Ingrid Caven, and June Squibb. After him are Johan Leysen, Maggie Q, Phil Hartman, Lea Padovani, Yoko Shimada, and Norman Wisdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Dennis Franz ranks 343. Before him are Ján Čarnogurský, José Wilker, Jacques-Alain Miller, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Michael Grätzel. After him are Nikolai Karachentsov, Enrique Irazoqui, George Baker, Ahmed Chalabi, Divina Galica, and Moe Tucker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Franz ranks 4,451 out of 20,380. Before him are Octavia E. Butler (1947), Peter Krause (1965), Charley Patton (1891), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), June Squibb (1929), and Alvin Ailey (1931). After him are James J. Corbett (1866), Maggie Q (1979), David Paich (1954), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), L. Q. Jones (1927), and Martha Hyer (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dennis Franz ranks 1,305. Before him are Bud Abbott (1897), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), Diahann Carroll (1935), Steve Zahn (1967), Peter Krause (1965), and June Squibb (1929). After him are Maggie Q (1979), L. Q. Jones (1927), Martha Hyer (1924), John Doman (1945), Mitchell Ryan (1928), and Seth MacFarlane (1973).

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