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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 2,066,311 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jack Nance is the 2,234th most popular actor (down from 2,064th in 2019), the 3,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 1,065th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Nance ranks 2,234 out of 9,996. Before him are Mark Williams, Antônio Fagundes, Suzy Delair, Peter Mensah, David Huddleston, and Sridevi. After him are Sherilyn Fenn, James Michael Tyler, Virginia Madsen, Mildred Natwick, Robert Montgomery, and Zeudi Araya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jack Nance ranks 241. Before him are Paul Freeman, Randall Duk Kim, Peter Hyams, Tuesday Weld, Osamu Dezaki, and Surayud Chulanont. After him are Albert Pintat, Ma'ruf Amin, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Grover Washington Jr., Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, and Maurice Bishop. Among people deceased in 1996, Jack Nance ranks 121. Before him are Annabella, Petro Shelest, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Koichi Oita, J. R. Jayewardene, and Rob Hall. After him are Jamie Uys, Chas Chandler, Hervé Bazin, Don Simpson, José Donoso, and Amata Kabua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 3,669 out of 18,182. Before him are M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Elmore James (1918), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and David Huddleston (1930). After him are Kelly Johnson (1910), Kevin Hart (1979), Sherilyn Fenn (1965), James Michael Tyler (1962), Jim Brown (1936), and Virginia Madsen (1961).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 1,065. Before him are Evelyn Nesbit (1884), Tuesday Weld (1943), James Rebhorn (1948), Ron Silver (1946), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), and David Huddleston (1930). After him are Sherilyn Fenn (1965), James Michael Tyler (1962), Virginia Madsen (1961), Mildred Natwick (1905), Robert Montgomery (1904), and Milo Ventimiglia (1977).

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