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Dirk Benedict

1945 - Today

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Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American film, television and stage actor, and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Benedict has received more than 3,545,678 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Dirk Benedict is the 771st most popular actor (down from 637th in 2019), the 1,395th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,177th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular American Actor.

Dirk Benedict is most famous for his role as Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dirk Benedicts by language

Over the past year Dirk Benedict has had the most page views in the with 370,323 views, followed by German (107,608), and Spanish (71,239). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (134.67%), Southern Azerbaijani (58.47%), and Estonian (44.16%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dirk Benedict ranks 771 out of 13,578. Before him are Lila Kedrova, Annette Bening, David Duchovny, Charles Chaplin Jr., Dwight Schultz, and Ida Rubinstein. After him are Fernanda Montenegro, Francisco Rabal, Jeroen Krabbé, Katharina Schratt, Sacha Guitry, and Rodolfo Gucci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Dirk Benedict ranks 75. Before him are Joël Robuchon, Yochanan Vollach, Joseph Kosuth, Graça Machel, Linda Lee Cadwell, and Micheline Calmy-Rey. After him are Maud Adams, Milo Manara, Rita Pavone, Robert Sarah, George Smoot, and Van Morrison.

Others Born in 1945

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dirk Benedict ranks 1,395 out of 20,380. Before him are Sacagawea (1780), Nelson Goodman (1906), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Dwight Schultz (1947), John Brown (1800), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834). After him are Don Cherry (1936), Josiah Warren (1798), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), Solomon Northup (1808), and Jack Dempsey (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dirk Benedict ranks 372. Before him are Max Wright (1943), Scott Wilson (1942), Annette Bening (1958), David Duchovny (1960), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), and Dwight Schultz (1947). After him are Peter Weller (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), David Schwimmer (1966), Sondra Locke (1944), Tony Burton (1937), and Hal Holbrook (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

The A-Team
Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Battlestar Galactica
Lt. Starbuck
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1978, to August 17, 1980. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes.
Sep 16o 19786.9 / 10