ACTOR

Jack Nance

1943 - 1996

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Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance, was an American actor. A longtime collaborator of filmmaker David Lynch, Nance portrayed the lead in Lynch's directorial debut Eraserhead (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Nance has received more than 2,033,109 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jack Nance is the 2,695th most popular actor (down from 2,231st in 2019), the 4,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,659th in 2019) and the 1,228th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Nances by language

Over the past year Jack Nance has had the most page views in the with 277,355 views, followed by Russian (21,150), and Italian (14,560). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (327.27%), Ukrainian (38.79%), and Afrikaans (33.33%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Nance ranks 2,695 out of 13,578. Before him are Alexandra Daddario, Lois Smith, Sandrine Bonnaire, Rainn Wilson, Jon Bernthal, and John Astin. After him are Marguerite Durand, Aidan Gillen, Barry Fitzgerald, Jennifer Morrison, Gisela Hahn, and Tommy Chong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jack Nance ranks 298. Before him are Stanislav Galić, Marcos Valle, Tadao Onishi, Teun A. van Dijk, Nikolay Shmatko, and Mulatu Astatke. After him are Gisela Hahn, William Calley, Stanley Kamel, Newt Gingrich, Nahas Angula, and Xu Caihou. Among people deceased in 1996, Jack Nance ranks 142. Before him are Paul Rand, Stanko Todorov, Amata Kabua, Emile Habibi, Tamara Toumanova, and Idries Shah. After him are Henri Nouwen, Joseph Mermans, Zulfiya, José Manuel Fuente, Inger Jacobsen, and Danilo Alvim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 4,211 out of 20,380. Before him are Rainn Wilson (1966), Jon Bernthal (1976), Harry Hopkins (1890), John Astin (1930), Richard Linklater (1960), and Evelyn Berezin (1925). After him are Muggsy Bogues (1965), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), and John Kitzmiller (1913).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 1,228. Before him are Anne Francis (1930), Alexandra Daddario (1986), Lois Smith (1930), Rainn Wilson (1966), Jon Bernthal (1976), and John Astin (1930). After him are Jennifer Morrison (1979), Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), John Kitzmiller (1913), Paul Wesley (1982), and Stanley Kamel (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

Lost Highway
Phil
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Jan 15o 19977.574 / 10
Blue Velvet
Paul
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Sep 19o 19867.63 / 10
Eraserhead
Henry Spencer
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch arrived on the scene in 1977, almost like a mystical UFO gracing the landscape of LA with its enigmatic radiance. His inaugural work, "Eraserhead" (1977), stood out as a cinematic anomaly, painting a surreal narrative of a young man navigating a dystopian, industrialized America, grappling not only with his tumultuous home life but also contending with an irate girlfriend and a mutant child.
Mar 19o 19777.4 / 10