ACTOR

Joel Grey

1932 - Today

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Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and theatre director. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the musical Cabaret on Broadway and in Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation. He has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Grey has received more than 4,126,642 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Joel Grey is the 1,816th most popular actor (up from 2,119th in 2019), the 2,986th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,483rd in 2019) and the 834th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joel Grey ranks 1,816 out of 13,578. Before him are Joe Turkel, Georges Wilson, Jensen Ackles, Jacqueline Andere, Peg Entwistle, and Stuart Whitman. After him are Mary Astor, Barbara Valentin, Donald O'Connor, Marcia Gay Harden, Raymond Burr, and Peter Lawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Joel Grey ranks 168. Before him are Horst Eckel, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Bill Foulkes, Karen Demirchyan, José Saraiva Martins, and Helmut Griem. After him are Étienne Tshisekedi, Richard Lester, Oreco, Pál Csernai, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, and Inese Jaunzeme.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Grey ranks 2,986 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Whitman (1941), Neil Postman (1931), Jensen Ackles (1978), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Stuart Whitman (1928), and Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903). After him are Alfred Newman (1900), Ronald Inglehart (1934), Mary Astor (1906), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jeff Porcaro (1954), and Gordon Cooper (1927).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joel Grey ranks 834. Before him are John Derek (1926), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Bruce Campbell (1958), Joe Turkel (1927), Jensen Ackles (1978), and Stuart Whitman (1928). After him are Mary Astor (1906), Donald O'Connor (1925), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Claude Akins (1926), Matthew Modine (1959), and Abe Vigoda (1921).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dancer in the Dark
Oldrich Novy
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Sep 1o 20007.9 / 10
Cabaret
Master of Ceremonies
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.
Feb 13o 19727.4 / 10
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Chiun
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.
Oct 11o 19856.3 / 10