ACTOR

Grant Imahara

1970 - 2020

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Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show. Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm, where he worked in the THX division as an engineer and in the Industrial Light & Magic division in visual effects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grant Imahara has received more than 7,718,128 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Grant Imahara is the 6,427th most popular actor (down from 5,238th in 2019), the 9,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,784th in 2019) and the 2,950th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Grant Imaharas by language

Over the past year Grant Imahara has had the most page views in the with 1,162,877 views, followed by Russian (53,683), and German (52,221). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (114.45%), Ukrainian (96.36%), and Chinese (87.73%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Grant Imahara ranks 6,427 out of 13,578. Before him are Alfie Allen, Lee Min-jung, Michael Dunn, Harald Schmidt, James Tupper, and Ted Lange. After him are Sarah Polley, Janis Paige, Burn Gorman, Glenn Morshower, Barry Shabaka Henley, and Eric Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Grant Imahara ranks 270. Before him are Suheil al-Hassan, Johann Mühlegg, Karim Ahmad Khan, Taylor Sheridan, Shannon Leto, and Alonzo Mourning. After him are Dmitri Radchenko, Takanori Nishikawa, Aisha Tyler, Nancy Faeser, Mr. Marcus, and Moacir Rodrigues Santos. Among people deceased in 2020, Grant Imahara ranks 592. Before him are Hartwig Gauder, Pelle Svensson, Rajko Đurić, Óscar Chávez, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, and Tony Dunne. After him are Charlie Daniels, Elsa Joubert, Fritz d'Orey, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Horst Meyer, and Miguel Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grant Imahara ranks 9,441 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Dunn (1934), Lance Larson (1940), Don Dokken (1953), Ted Lange (1948), Granville Woods (1856), and Steven Bochco (1943). After him are Bruce Alberts (1938), Naomi Novik (1973), Debbie Meyer (1952), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), and Janis Paige (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Grant Imahara ranks 2,950. Before him are Ann Savage (1921), Elsie Janis (1889), Brandon Routh (1979), Jason Lewis (1971), Michael Dunn (1934), and Ted Lange (1948). After him are Janis Paige (1922), Burn Gorman (1974), Glenn Morshower (1959), Barry Shabaka Henley (1954), Eric Douglas (1958), and Norman Kerry (1894).

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Television and Movie Roles

MythBusters
Self - Host
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
7.845 / 10
White Rabbit Project
Himself - Host
Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history's greatest inventions, heists and more.
6.3 / 10
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Lodge
The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
Jul 22o 20154.631 / 10