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José Wilker

1944 - 2014

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José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Wilker has received more than 144,471 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. José Wilker is the 2,841st most popular actor (up from 3,000th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 317th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Brazilian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of José Wilkers by language

Over the past year José Wilker has had the most page views in the with 273,344 views, followed by English (23,221), and Spanish (11,766). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mirandese (84.23%), Quechua (79.74%), and Persian (54.45%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, José Wilker ranks 2,841 out of 13,578. Before him are Antonio Fargas, Morena Baccarin, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, and Marion Ross. After him are Susan Strasberg, Norman Lloyd, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Montana, Carol Lynley, and Eric Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, José Wilker ranks 338. Before him are Naná Vasconcelos, Abdul Qadir, Jan Olsson, Richard Robarts, Anthony Heald, and Ján Čarnogurský. After him are Jacques-Alain Miller, Élisabeth Roudinesco, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Michael Grätzel, Dennis Franz, and Nikolai Karachentsov. Among people deceased in 2014, José Wilker ranks 186. Before him are Christophe de Margerie, Abdul Qadir, Wu Ma, Gustavo Cerati, Julio Abbadie, and Pino Cerami. After him are Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Yuri Lyubimov, Martha Hyer, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, William Guarnere, and Josep Maria Subirachs.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Wilker ranks 338 out of 2,236. Before him are Fred (1983), Bertha Lutz (1894), Walter Salles (1956), Sonny Anderson (1970), Morena Baccarin (1979), and Antony (2000). After him are Jaime Lerner (1937), Nelsinho Baptista (1950), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Danilo Alvim (1920), and Jair Marinho (1936).

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Among ACTORS In Brazil

Among actors born in Brazil, José Wilker ranks 18. Before him are Anselmo Duarte (1920), Antônio Fagundes (1949), Tony Ramos (1948), Aracy Balabanian (1940), Susana Vieira (1942), and Morena Baccarin (1979). After him are Norma Bengell (1935), Giovanna Antonelli (1976), Jennifer O'Neill (1948), Tarcísio Meira (1935), Murilo Benício (1971), and Renata Sorrah (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

Medicine Man
Dr. Miguel Ornega
An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a "mere woman," he rejects her help. Meanwhile the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin falling in love.
Feb 7o 19925.973 / 10
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães
In a small city of Brazil, Flor, a cooking teacher, marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing who takes all her money to gamble. After his death, Flor misses the goods of the marriage so she marries again with a very correct gentleman - the owner of a drugstore. Now she's very happy with her man, but misses the erotic moments with her previous husband. One day, Vadinho comes back as a ghost to quench her desires.
Nov 22o 19766.8 / 10
Bye Bye Brazil
Lorde Cigano
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.
Feb 8o 19806.711 / 10