ACTOR

Gary Cole

1956 - Today

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Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Cole has received more than 7,838,479 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gary Cole is the 3,473rd most popular actor (up from 3,529th in 2019), the 5,206th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,414th in 2019) and the 1,560th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gary Cole ranks 3,473 out of 13,578. Before him are Jackie Burroughs, Kumar Pallana, Lupu Pick, Tom Ellis, Alan Ruck, and Frankie Avalon. After him are Joe E. Brown, Mirjana Karanović, Kenneth Mars, Giannina Facio, Marian Seldes, and Eva-Maria Hagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Gary Cole ranks 207. Before him are Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Adriana Barraza, Elizabeth Strout, Corina Casanova, Val Valentino, and Alan Ruck. After him are Antonio Muñoz Molina, Said Belqola, Mark Rolston, Peter R. de Vries, Ann Dowd, and Mae Jemison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Cole ranks 5,206 out of 20,380. Before him are William Porter (1926), Alan Ruck (1956), Harry Cohn (1891), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Frankie Avalon (1940), and Gustave Gilbert (1911). After him are Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), Joe E. Brown (1891), Kenneth Mars (1935), Marian Seldes (1928), and Sterling Morrison (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gary Cole ranks 1,560. Before him are Troy Donahue (1936), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), Alan Ruck (1956), and Frankie Avalon (1940). After him are Joe E. Brown (1891), Kenneth Mars (1935), Marian Seldes (1928), James Arness (1923), Kristen Wiig (1973), and Anita Page (1910).

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Television and Movie Roles

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