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John James

1956 - Today

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John James Anderson (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor and producer widely known to television audiences for his roles as Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John James has received more than 100,540 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John James is the 7,161st most popular actor (down from 5,284th in 2019), the 10,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,844th in 2019) and the 3,307th most popular American Actor.

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  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John James ranks 7,161 out of 13,578. Before him are Alice Ghostley, Kenichi Suzumura, Illeana Douglas, Shahab Hosseini, Lona Andre, and Kim Ji-won. After him are Ahn Jae-hyun, Millie Bobby Brown, Steve Howey, Robert G. Vignola, Cody Fern, and Hope Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, John James ranks 492. Before him are Viv Anderson, Audrey Landers, José Vicente Sánchez, Dwight Yoakam, Herbert Knaup, and Christof Koch. After him are Rebecca Harms, Alexander Zhukov, Kumiko Okae, Jean-François Larios, Ștefan Rusu, and Nenad Stojković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John James ranks 10,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Ghostley (1923), Nelson Eddy (1901), Robert Creeley (1926), Illeana Douglas (1965), Clint Dempsey (1983), and Lona Andre (1915). After him are Steve Howey (1977), Audrey Hollander (1979), Hope Emerson (1897), Hasim Rahman (1972), Alan Curtis (1909), and Terry Kiser (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John James ranks 3,307. Before him are George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), Tommy Kirk (1941), Alice Ghostley (1923), Illeana Douglas (1965), and Lona Andre (1915). After him are Steve Howey (1977), Hope Emerson (1897), Alan Curtis (1909), Terry Kiser (1939), Edith Massey (1918), and Nicki Aycox (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dynasty
Jeff Colby
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
6.5 / 10
My Son Hunter
Joe Biden
Hunter Biden lives a lifestyle of parties and corruption when he meets stripper Grace Anderson, who learns more about American politics as she gets closer and closer to the president's son.
Sep 7th 20225 / 10
Axcellerator
Sy
When a young car thief stumbles on the invention of the century (and the various government agencies that want to kill him), he and a sassy checkout clerk named Kate have the adventure of a lifetime.
May 18th 20196.207 / 10