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John Simm

1970 - Today

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John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the Master in Doctor Who, and DS Roy Grace in Grace. His other television credits include State of Play, The Lakes, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey, and Cracker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Simm has received more than 3,659,763 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Simm is the 7,331st most popular actor (up from 8,868th in 2019), the 5,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,756th in 2019) and the 822nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Simm ranks 7,331 out of 13,578. Before him are Hermione Gingold, Tabu, Jing Tian, Paul Stewart, Joseph Mazzello, and Scott Grimes. After him are Donna Douglas, Jorge Sanz, Sid Grauman, Maria Pitillo, Takashi Sorimachi, and Lee Kwang-soo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, John Simm ranks 339. Before him are Maksim Tarasov, Almir Turković, Will Arnett, Patrice Loko, Dan Henderson, and Cecily von Ziegesar. After him are Gilad Erdan, Megyn Kelly, James Shaffer, Donald-Olivier Sié, Pernilla Wiberg, and Christophe Honoré.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Simm ranks 5,241 out of 8,785. Before him are John Stones (1994), Eric Brandon (1920), Ken Bates (1931), Hermione Gingold (1897), Michael Wheeler (1935), and Lewis Capaldi (1996). After him are Pat Rice (1949), Graham Parker (1950), Flora Murray (1869), Sonique (1965), Angela Scoular (1945), and Ralph Bagnold (1896).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Simm ranks 822. Before him are Montagu Love (1877), Charlotte Riley (1981), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Nick Frost (1972), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), and Hermione Gingold (1897). After him are Angela Scoular (1945), Kate O'Mara (1939), Eamonn Walker (1962), W. Morgan Sheppard (1932), Keeley Hawes (1976), and Nicholas Galitzine (1994).

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