ACTOR

Gregory Hines

1946 - 2003

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Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for Wolfen (1981), The Cotton Club (1984), White Nights (1985), Running Scared (1986), The Gregory Hines Show (1997–1998), playing Ben on Will & Grace (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Hines has received more than 5,036,647 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Gregory Hines is the 3,268th most popular actor (down from 2,934th in 2019), the 4,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,610th in 2019) and the 1,466th most popular American Actor.

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  • 50.74

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gregory Hines ranks 3,268 out of 13,578. Before him are Albert Bassermann, Thandie Newton, Louis Wolheim, Gwendoline Christie, Alexandra Stewart, and Giovanni Ribisi. After him are Doug Jones, CCH Pounder, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Gösta Ekman, Wojciech Pszoniak, and Svetlana Toma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gregory Hines ranks 384. Before him are Paul Davies, Zhang Dejiang, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, John Barnard, Katia Ricciarelli, and Hayley Mills. After him are Catharine MacKinnon, Valentina Tolkunova, Daniel Bensaïd, Trevor Pinnock, Ado, and Yaroslav Yevdokimov. Among people deceased in 2003, Gregory Hines ranks 178. Before him are Daishiro Yoshimura, Diana Mosley, Luděk Pachman, Hal Clement, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, and Blaga Dimitrova. After him are Berta Ambrož, Meir Vilner, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Emil Loteanu, Walter Sisulu, and Jeanne Crain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Hines ranks 4,908 out of 20,380. Before him are John Terry (1950), Michael Giacchino (1967), Albert Tyler (1872), Louis Wolheim (1880), Hunter Schafer (1998), and Giovanni Ribisi (1974). After him are David Brin (1950), Otis Rush (1934), Doug Jones (1960), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), William Joseph Simmons (1880), and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gregory Hines ranks 1,466. Before him are Carole Landis (1919), Butterfly McQueen (1911), Joan Blondell (1906), John Terry (1950), Louis Wolheim (1880), and Giovanni Ribisi (1974). After him are Doug Jones (1960), Ryan Phillippe (1974), Julie Benz (1972), Anthony Zerbe (1936), Dorothy Lamour (1914), and Alex Rocco (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Cotton Club
Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Dec 14th 19846.5 / 10
Running Scared
Ray Hughes
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Jun 27th 19866.051 / 10
Renaissance Man
Sergeant Cass
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.
Jun 3rd 19946.1 / 10