ACTOR

Jack Nance

1943 - 1996

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Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996) 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 2,221,107 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jack Nance is the 2,698th 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

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Nance ranks 2,698 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

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.
Sep 28th 19777.3 / 10
Blue Velvet
Paul
Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
Sep 19th 19867.6 / 10
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 15th 19977.6 / 10