ACTOR

Hugh Dancy

1975 - Today

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Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid in Black Hawk Down (2001) and Prince Charmont in Ella Enchanted (2004). Other film roles include Joe Conner in Shooting Dogs (2005), Grigg Harris in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Luke Brandon in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Adam Raki in Adam (2009) and Ted in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011). On television, he portrayed criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Cal Roberts in the Hulu original series The Path (2016–2018) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in the Channel 4 miniseries Elizabeth I (2005); the latter role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Dancy has received more than 9,757,077 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Hugh Dancy is the 4,732nd most popular actor (down from 4,318th in 2019), the 3,620th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,431st in 2019) and the 548th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hugh Dancies by language

Over the past year Hugh Dancy has had the most page views in the with 1,210,873 views, followed by Spanish (81,309), and German (65,394). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (125.57%), Ukrainian (125.43%), and Slovak (116.70%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hugh Dancy ranks 4,732 out of 13,578. Before him are Marie Doro, Olena Chekan, Una O'Connor, Dana Reeve, Bill Paterson, and Ku Hye-sun. After him are Park Bo-young, Emily Ratajkowski, Carmelo Bene, Kim Jung-eun, Larry Fine, and James Franciscus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Hugh Dancy ranks 126. Before him are Coco Lee, Nina Hoss, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Carlos Sastre, Buvaisar Saitiev, and Vivian Hsu. After him are Victoria Villarruel, Jason Sudeikis, David Leitch, Russell Brand, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, and Marion Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dancy ranks 3,620 out of 8,785. Before him are Una O'Connor (1880), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Emma Thomas (1971), Bill Paterson (1945), Dave Charlton (1936), and Kirsty MacColl (1959). After him are Virginia Wade (1945), Thomas Dekker (1572), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Rowan Williams (1950), and Kelly Macdonald (1976).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Hugh Dancy ranks 548. Before him are Doug Bradley (1954), Kay Kendall (1927), Ken Stott (1954), Robert Douglas (1909), Una O'Connor (1880), and Bill Paterson (1945). After him are Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Roger Allam (1953), Sam Riley (1980), and Gabrielle Anwar (1970).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ella Enchanted
Prince "Char" Charmont
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Apr 9o 20046.44 / 10
Hannibal
Will Graham
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
8.239 / 10
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Luke Brandon
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping - a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door - until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
Feb 5o 20096.45 / 10