ACTOR

Gary Busey

1944 - Today

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Gary Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. His other starring roles include A Star is Born (1976), D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Busey has received more than 10,969,407 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gary Busey is the 1,105th most popular actor (down from 910th in 2019), the 1,897th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,675th in 2019) and the 516th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gary Buseys by language

Over the past year Gary Busey has had the most page views in the with 1,496,949 views, followed by German (72,979), and Russian (64,240). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (311.48%), Ukrainian (79.23%), and Egyptian Arabic (53.76%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gary Busey ranks 1,105 out of 13,578. Before him are Shih Kien, Brad Davis, Stephen Fry, Victor French, Liv Tyler, and Emily Blunt. After him are Don Murray, Ernie Hudson, John Lone, Jerry Stiller, Mira Furlan, and Henry Cavill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gary Busey ranks 137. Before him are Robert C. Merton, Petar Zhekov, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Norodom Ranariddh, Herbert Wimmer, and Gianfranco Ferré. After him are Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ayad Allawi, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Ron Huldai, Willem van Hanegem, and Christian Boltanski.

Others Born in 1944

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Busey ranks 1,897 out of 20,380. Before him are Cyrus Vance (1917), Victor French (1934), Jim Garrison (1921), Liv Tyler (1977), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Thomas J. Watson (1874). After him are Louis Zamperini (1917), Don Murray (1929), Peter Criss (1945), Ken Norton (1943), Ernie Hudson (1945), and Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gary Busey ranks 516. Before him are Betty Grable (1916), Tony Shalhoub (1953), Angie Dickinson (1931), Brad Davis (1949), Victor French (1934), and Liv Tyler (1977). After him are Don Murray (1929), Ernie Hudson (1945), Jerry Stiller (1927), Daryl Hannah (1960), Lee Remick (1935), and Eddie Constantine (1913).

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Television and Movie Roles

Predator 2
Peter Keyes
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Nov 21o 19906.262 / 10
Point Break
Angelo Pappas
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Jan 31o 19917.139 / 10
Lethal Weapon
Mr. Joshua
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Mar 6o 19877.289 / 10