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Harland Williams

1962 - Today

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Harland Reesor Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian and American comedian and actor. After several years of performing stand-up comedy 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. He later appeared in films such as The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Sorority Boys (2002), and provided voices in works such as Gary & Mike, Robots (2005), Meet the Robinsons (2007), and Sausage Party (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Harland Williams is the 11,305th most popular actor (down from 10,577th in 2024), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 328th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harland Williams ranks 11,305 out of 13,578. Before him are Petter Næss, Suhasini Maniratnam, Steve Whitmire, Jewel Staite, Arly Jover, and Alexandra Neldel. After him are Yoon Bo-mi, Josh Pais, Aimee Lou Wood, Nicole Wallace, Tracy Middendorf, and Sanjay Mishra.

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Among people born in 1962, Harland Williams ranks 959. Before him are Olga Golodets, Masamitsu Kanemoto, Erik Hajas, Medina Dixon, Piotr Kiełpikowski, and Tomoyoshi Ikeya. After him are Gregory H. Johnson, David Pate, Kauksi Ülle, Alexandra Billings, Leon Robinson, and Gracia Querejeta.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harland Williams ranks 1,063 out of 1,622. Before him are Amanda Crew (1986), Mercedes McNab (1980), Carolyn Waldo (1964), François Arnaud (1985), Greg Moore (1975), and Jewel Staite (1982). After him are Nora Fatehi (1992), Scott Stevens (1964), Paul Stalteri (1977), Italia Ricci (1986), André Boisclair (1966), and Jessica Lowndes (1988).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Harland Williams ranks 328. Before him are Jordan Prentice (1973), Meghan Ory (1982), Amanda Crew (1986), Mercedes McNab (1980), François Arnaud (1985), and Jewel Staite (1982). After him are Italia Ricci (1986), Jessica Lowndes (1988), Mike Dopud (1968), Gregory Smith (1983), Évelyne Brochu (1983), and Alan van Sprang (1971).

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