ACTOR

Harland Williams

1962 - Today

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Harland Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in Dumb and Dumber (1994) before playing starring roles in the short-lived sitcom Simon and the Disney comedy RocketMan (1997). He co-starred in Half Baked and played a psychopathic hitch-hiker in There's Something About Mary in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harland Williams has received more than 2,027,149 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Harland Williams is the 10,574th most popular actor (down from 9,650th in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from Canada (down from 849th in 2019) and the 305th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harland Williams by language

Over the past year Harland Williams has had the most page views in the with 298,064 views, followed by Russian (6,913), and German (6,081). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (254.96%), Afrikaans (42.33%), and Egyptian Arabic (23.29%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harland Williams ranks 10,574 out of 13,578. Before him are Brian Robbins, Reina Ueda, Julie Engelbrecht, Holly Robinson Peete, Kevin Rankin, and Audrey Dana. After him are Benjamin Salisbury, Derek Luke, Valorie Curry, Craig Horner, Delta Burke, and Kate Micucci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Harland Williams ranks 776. Before him are Elena Kountoura, Jan Bartram, Anna Burns, Noh Soo-jin, Olga Golodets, and Israil Arsamakov. After him are Durga McBroom, David Pate, Kossi Efoui, Rex J. Walheim, Nurfitriyana Saiman, and Christoph Langen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harland Williams ranks 950 out of 1,622. Before him are Hooley Smith (1903), Karen Magnussen (1952), Manjul Bhargava (1974), Blair Horn (1961), Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976), and Nik Stauskas (1993). After him are Dale Hawerchuk (1963), Stan Rogers (1949), Samantha Ferris (1968), David Saint-Jacques (1970), Greg Rusedski (1973), and Autumn Phillips (1978).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Harland Williams ranks 305. Before him are Devon Bostick (1991), Drew Seeley (1982), Emeraude Toubia (1989), Anna Silk (1974), Emily Perkins (1977), and Alan van Sprang (1971). After him are Samantha Ferris (1968), Mort Sahl (1927), Kristin Lehman (1972), Annie Cotton (1975), Shawn Roberts (1984), and Laura Harris (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dumb and Dumber
State Trooper
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
Dec 16o 19946.612 / 10
Sausage Party
Ketchup / Drug Dealer / Baba Ganoush (voice)
Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
Jul 11o 20165.742 / 10
Robots
Lug (voice)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
Mar 10o 20056.432 / 10