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Harry Shearer

1943 - Today

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Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Shearer has received more than 4,225,186 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Harry Shearer is the 3,948th most popular actor (up from 4,295th in 2019), the 5,887th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,448th in 2019) and the 1,777th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harry Shearer ranks 3,948 out of 13,578. Before him are Annabella Sciorra, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sharon Gless, Jean Poiret, Nikolai Kryuchkov, and Zena Marshall. After him are Francesco Quinn, Kathy Najimy, Marie-Anne Chazel, Penn Badgley, Una Stubbs, and Ed Helms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Harry Shearer ranks 406. Before him are Androulla Vassiliou, James L. Elliot, Butler Lampson, Perry Christie, Sharon Gless, and Cilla Black. After him are Masayuki Uemura, Lyudmila Bragina, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Ivan Davidov, Niles Eldredge, and Ted Neeley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Shearer ranks 5,887 out of 20,380. Before him are Leonard Rosenman (1924), Sharon Gless (1943), Robert Henri (1865), Greg Bear (1951), Karl Lashley (1890), and Helen Herron Taft (1861). After him are Buddy Rogers (1921), James Hansen (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), Penn Badgley (1986), Ernie Terrell (1939), and Chuck Close (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harry Shearer ranks 1,777. Before him are Khandi Alexander (1957), Louise Dresser (1878), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Annabella Sciorra (1960), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), and Sharon Gless (1943). After him are Kathy Najimy (1957), Penn Badgley (1986), Ed Helms (1974), Lizabeth Scott (1922), Chloë Sevigny (1974), and Robert Pine (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
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