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John Nettles

1943 - Today

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John Vivian Drummond Nettles, OBE, (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor and author. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series Bergerac (1981–1991) in the title role, and Midsomer Murders (1997–2011) as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Nettles has received more than 4,156,606 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Nettles is the 1,113th most popular actor (down from 1,060th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 164th most popular British Actor.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 57.32

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Nettles ranks 1,113 out of 9,996Before him are Nino Manfredi, Tom Hulce, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joan Plowright, Basil Rathbone, and Robert Ryan. After him are Andy Whitfield, Scott Adkins, Martin Kove, Marika Rökk, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, and Haya Harareet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Nettles ranks 128Before him are Griselda Blanco, Oskar Lafontaine, Robert Lefkowitz, Ken Norton, Richard J. Roberts, and Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh. After him are Lorenzo Sanz, Blythe Danner, Masafumi Hara, Fouad Siniora, Jef Raskin, and Soad Hosny.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Nettles ranks 1,240 out of 7,765Before him are Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Carol Reed (1906), Hugh Griffith (1912), Joan Plowright (1929), and Alexander I of Scotland (1078). After him are Catherine Eddowes (1842), Martin Frobisher (1535), Andy Whitfield (1971), Vera Lynn (1917), Scott Adkins (1976), and Leonard Woolley (1880).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Nettles ranks 164Before him are Keira Knightley (1985), Jason Isaacs (1963), Vinnie Jones (1965), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Hugh Griffith (1912), and Joan Plowright (1929). After him are Andy Whitfield (1971), Scott Adkins (1976), David Thewlis (1963), David Prowse (1935), Kate Beckinsale (1973), and Tom Hiddleston (1981).

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