ACTOR

Jonathan Pryce

1947 - Today

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Sir Jonathan Pryce (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor who is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards, and a knighthood for services to drama. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career as a stage actor in the early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Pryce has received more than 8,804,231 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jonathan Pryce is the 463rd most popular actor (up from 468th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 615th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Actor.

Jonathan Pryce is most famous for his role as the High Sparrow in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jonathan Pryce ranks 463 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Downey Jr., Michele Placido, Tim Robbins, Daniel Auteuil, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Claudine Auger. After him are Don Johnson, Linda Hunt, Mark Margolis, Peter Stormare, Lex Barker, and Morgan Fairchild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jonathan Pryce ranks 55. Before him are Michio Kaku, Stan Kroenke, Alain Aspect, Bachir Gemayel, Tostão, and Dick Fosbury. After him are Aaron Ciechanover, César Gaviria, Sheikh Hasina, Mykola Azarov, Jonathan Banks, and Sofia Rotaru.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Pryce ranks 577 out of 8,785. Before him are Alec Douglas-Home (1903), Malcolm Young (1953), John Davis (1550), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), and A. J. Cronin (1896). After him are Antony Hewish (1924), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Richard of Cornwall (1209), Maud of Wales (1869), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), and A. S. Neill (1883).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Pryce ranks 75. Before him are David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), Christian Bale (1974), Bill Nighy (1949), Hugh Laurie (1959), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969). After him are Joan Collins (1933), Robert Carlyle (1961), Tilda Swinton (1960), Charles Laughton (1899), Desmond Llewelyn (1914), and Sean Bean (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Weatherby Swann
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turner asks free-willing pirate Jack Sparrow to help him locate the crew's ship—The Black Pearl—so that he can rescue the woman he loves.
Jul 9o 20037.8 / 10
Brazil
Sam Lowry
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Feb 20o 19857.674 / 10
The Two Popes
Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Nov 27o 20197.5 / 10