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Ian Charleson

1949 - 1990

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Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Charleson has received more than 1,450,992 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Charleson is the 5,871st most popular actor (down from 5,442nd in 2019), the 4,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,133rd in 2019) and the 669th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.5M

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  • 45.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian Charleson ranks 5,871 out of 13,578. Before him are Ann Harding, Heiner Lauterbach, Danny Lloyd, Ross Bagdasarian, Özge Gürel, and David Hess. After him are Ben Lyon, Tamara Taylor, Richard LeParmentier, Jamie Farr, Aleksei Dikiy, and Inés Sastre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ian Charleson ranks 536. Before him are Marion Hänsel, Pauline Marois, Jeannie Berlin, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Enrique Wolff, and Jan Egil Storholt. After him are Christos Papadimitriou, Emma Kirkby, Sanja Iveković, Christian Dalger, Leslie Valiant, and Bohuslav Šťastný. Among people deceased in 1990, Ian Charleson ranks 251. Before him are Oscarino Costa Silva, Alfredo Pián, Malcolm Muggeridge, Peter Taylor, Margaret Lockwood, and Boris Piotrovsky. After him are Władysław Rubin, Max Bulla, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Costa Pereira, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, and Ann Bishop.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Charleson ranks 4,363 out of 8,785. Before him are David O'Leary (1958), Jake Weber (1963), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Innes Ireland (1930), Marcus Rashford (1997), and John Rimmer (1878). After him are Tom Hooper (1972), John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1926), Jack Rowley (1920), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Ian McLagan (1945), and Gemma Chan (1982).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian Charleson ranks 669. Before him are Ray Park (1974), Michael Crawford (1942), Conleth Hill (1964), James Corden (1978), Adam Godley (1964), and Jake Weber (1963). After him are Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Gemma Chan (1982), Bruce Payne (1957), Daisy Ridley (1992), Nathaniel Parker (1962), and Sarah Douglas (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

Chariots of Fire
Eric Liddell
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
May 15th 19816.8 / 10
Gandhi
Reverend Charlie Andrews
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Dec 1st 19827.563 / 10
Opera
Marco
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Dec 19th 19876.7 / 10