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Len Cariou

1939 - Today

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Leonard Joseph Cariou (; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and stage director. He gained prominence for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) alongside Angela Lansbury for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Len Cariou has received more than 3,314,497 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Len Cariou is the 4,422nd most popular actor (down from 3,681st in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 284th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Len Carious by language

Over the past year Len Cariou has had the most page views in the with 543,935 views, followed by German (35,745), and Italian (21,192). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (149.11%), Simple English (129.75%), and German (43.81%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Len Cariou ranks 4,422 out of 13,578. Before him are Dilraba Dilmurat, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Jill Esmond, Jane Lapotaire, Ji Sung, and Audrey Fleurot. After him are Estelle Parsons, Tilo Prückner, Sarah Rafferty, Sid Caesar, Jeff Corey, and Mildred Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Len Cariou ranks 381. Before him are Melinda Dillon, Eduard Mudrik, Cláudio Coutinho, Nancy Kwan, Louise Lasser, and Egon Zimmermann. After him are Dieter Quester, George Cohen, Barbara Hammer, Clarence Williams III, Tom Thabane, and Emilio Álvarez.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Len Cariou ranks 342 out of 1,622. Before him are Michael Sarrazin (1940), George London (1920), Mary Pierce (1975), Samuel Cunard (1787), George Chuvalo (1937), and William Kahan (1933). After him are Victor Jory (1902), Arthur Meighen (1874), Brian Orser (1961), Richard Manuel (1943), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), and Harry Saltzman (1915).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Len Cariou ranks 99. Before him are Teresa Stratas (1938), Pom Klementieff (1986), Seth Rogen (1982), Susan Clark (1943), Carole Laure (1948), and Michael Sarrazin (1940). After him are Victor Jory (1902), Donal Logue (1966), A. J. Cook (1978), Heather Menzies (1949), Gordon Thomson (1945), and Chief Dan George (1899).

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