ACTOR

George Wendt

1948 - Today

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George Robert Wendt Jr. (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Wendt has received more than 4,877,699 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George Wendt is the 5,166th most popular actor (up from 5,926th in 2019), the 7,533rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,849th in 2019) and the 2,330th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Wendt ranks 5,166 out of 13,578. Before him are Patricia Heaton, Celia Imrie, Kevin Conway, Christine Estabrook, Chloe Webb, and Freddie Prinze Jr.. After him are Dimple Kapadia, Rebecca Hall, Bill Farmer, Adrian Rawlins, Colin Hanks, and Ivana Miličević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, George Wendt ranks 492. Before him are Radojka Šverko, Edzard Ernst, Itzhak Shum, Yevhen Arzhanov, Goodwill Zwelithini, and Cornel Dinu. After him are Peggy Fleming, Robert Tarjan, Errol Brown, Charles Maung Bo, Glenn Branca, and Richard Riehle.

Others Born in 1948

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Wendt ranks 7,533 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Conway (1942), Christine Estabrook (1952), Benjamin Butler (1818), Cassandra Wilson (1955), Chloe Webb (1956), and Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976). After him are Duane Eddy (1938), Bill Farmer (1952), Brittany Andrews (1973), Colin Hanks (1977), Susan Kare (1954), and Peggy Fleming (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Wendt ranks 2,330. Before him are David Garrison (1952), Patricia Heaton (1958), Kevin Conway (1942), Christine Estabrook (1952), Chloe Webb (1956), and Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976). After him are Bill Farmer (1952), Colin Hanks (1977), Samantha Mathis (1970), George O'Brien (1899), Pam Dawber (1951), and Ben Stein (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

House
Harold Gorton
Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
Dec 6th 19856.14 / 10
Forever Young
Harry Finley
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.
Dec 16th 19926.491 / 10
Cheers
Norm Peterson
The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
7.6 / 10