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Kunal Nayyar

1981 - Today

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Kunal Nayyar (, kuu-NAHL NY-ər; born 30 April 1981) is a British actor. He gained recognition with his portrayal of the Indian character Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) and voiced Vijay on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom Sanjay and Craig (2013–2016). He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards for his role in Criminal: UK. Forbes listed him as the world's third-highest-paid television actor in 2015 and 2018, with earnings of US$20 million and US$23.5 million, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kunal Nayyar has received more than 11,442,794 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Kunal Nayyar is the 5,363rd most popular actor (down from 4,715th in 2019), the 4,046th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,671st in 2019) and the 614th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kunal Nayyar ranks 5,363 out of 13,578. Before him are Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Willard Scott, Ashok Kumar, Kyle Gass, and Rose Leslie. After him are Sean Gunn, Martin Shaw, Kate Bosworth, June Foray, Kevin Richardson, and Robert Beltran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Kunal Nayyar ranks 125. Before him are Mahamadou Diarra, Park Hae-soo, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Elano, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Ksenia Sobchak. After him are Paolo Cannavaro, Andrés D'Alessandro, Anja Pärson, Lauren Jackson, Michiel Huisman, and Kaan Urgancıoğlu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kunal Nayyar ranks 4,046 out of 8,785. Before him are John Pritchard (1921), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Ivor Montagu (1904), and Rose Leslie (1987). After him are Martin Shaw (1945), Ewan MacColl (1915), Jonny Evans (1988), Jack Beresford (1899), Steve Coogan (1965), and Mary Millar (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Kunal Nayyar ranks 614. Before him are Peter Mullan (1959), Burt Kwouk (1930), Kevin McKidd (1973), Constance Collier (1878), Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998), and Rose Leslie (1987). After him are Martin Shaw (1945), Mary Millar (1936), Bernard Cribbins (1928), Paddy Considine (1973), Greg Wise (1966), and Jayne Atkinson (1959).

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