ACTOR

Eric Dane

1972 - Today

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Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role as Jason Dean in Charmed, Dane was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy (2006–2012; 2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Dane has received more than 10,770,321 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eric Dane is the 3,531st most popular actor (down from 2,900th in 2019), the 5,280th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,559th in 2019) and the 1,585th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eric Dane ranks 3,531 out of 13,578Before him are William Windom, Virginia Grey, Matthew Macfadyen, Ricky Bruch, Sacheen Littlefeather, and Sunny Deol. After him are Choi Myung-gil, Julia McKenzie, Sergei Yursky, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jessica Walter, and R. G. Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Eric Dane ranks 111Before him are Selma Blair, Trine Dyrholm, Samantha Smith, Bang Si-hyuk, Özcan Deniz, and Sandra Kim. After him are Jennie Garth, Beth Hart, Mohamed Al-Deayea, Elissa, Kevin MacLeod, and Grégory Coupet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Dane ranks 5,280 out of 20,380Before him are William Windom (1923), Peter Lynch (1944), Virginia Grey (1917), Russell Banks (1940), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), and Garrett Hardin (1915). After him are Nate Archibald (1948), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Frank H. Netter (1906), Jessica Walter (1941), R. G. Armstrong (1917), and Gene Autry (1907).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eric Dane ranks 1,585Before him are Elmo Lincoln (1889), Taraji P. Henson (1970), Vanessa Hudgens (1988), William Windom (1923), Virginia Grey (1917), and Sacheen Littlefeather (1946). After him are Jessica Walter (1941), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Ed Wynn (1886), Sasha Alexander (1973), Michael Peña (1976), and Jennie Garth (1972).

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