ACTOR

Kurt Russell

1951 - Today

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Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At the age of 12, he began acting in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Russell has received more than 31,543,124 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Kurt Russell is the 280th most popular actor (down from 207th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from United States (down from 384th in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Actor.

Kurt Russell is most famous for his roles in the films, "Escape from New York" and "Big Trouble in Little China."

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kurt Russell ranks 280 out of 13,578Before him are Silvana Mangano, Michael Landon, Glenn Close, Demi Moore, Liza Minnelli, and Vittorio Gassman. After him are William Holden, Christopher Reeve, Pola Negri, Nathalie Delon, Michael Keaton, and Farrah Fawcett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kurt Russell ranks 18Before him are John Deacon, Romina Power, Geoffrey Rush, Claudio Ranieri, Bonnie Tyler, and Michelle Bachelet. After him are Michael Keaton, Akhmad Kadyrov, Paul Breitner, Aslan Maskhadov, Gordon Brown, and Salva Kiir Mayardit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kurt Russell ranks 515 out of 20,380Before him are Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Katherine Johnson (1918), and William P. Murphy (1892). After him are Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Carroll Shelby (1923).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kurt Russell ranks 139Before him are David Carradine (1936), Kathy Bates (1948), Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), and Liza Minnelli (1946). After him are William Holden (1918), Christopher Reeve (1952), Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Anthony Perkins (1932), and Jeff Bridges (1949).

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