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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 3,173,893 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Simm is the 7,328th most popular actor (up from 8,868th in 2019), the 5,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,756th in 2019) and the 822nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Simms by language

Over the past year John Simm has had the most page views in the with 418,878 views, followed by French (36,261), and German (29,006). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (210.70%), French (161.62%), and Cornish (97.61%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Simm ranks 7,328 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 5,240 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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Television and Movie Roles

Life on Mars
Sam Tyler
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
7.8 / 10
Human Traffic
Jip
Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
Jun 4o 19996.756 / 10
Mad Dogs
Baxter
Mad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris Cole that began airing on Sky1 on 10 February 2011. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures, and co-produced by Palma Pictures. The series stars John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley, and Philip Glenister as four long-time and middle-aged friends getting together in a villa in Majorca to celebrate the early retirement of their friend Alvo. However, after Alvo is murdered, the group find themselves caught up in the world of crime and police corruption. The series was initially a story about a rock band, but changed after a feeling that bands have been "done to death". After gaining interest from some terrestrial networks, the series was commissioned by British Sky Broadcasting. Filming took place on location throughout the island of Majorca in May 2010, and took around four million euros and 44 days to make. The main themes are friendship and growing older; Glenister said it is about ageing and "getting closer to death". Photographer David LaChapelle directed three 30-second advertisements for the series. Mad Dogs opened with 1.61 million viewers, the 17th highest rated programme ever for Sky1, and attracted positive reactions from critics. They noted similarities with British gangster films, more predominantly the 2000 film Sexy Beast.
6.9 / 10