ACTOR

Martin Donovan

1957 - Today

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Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994), Flirt (1995), and The Book of Life (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the latter. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series Weeds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Donovan has received more than 1,794,659 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Donovan is the 4,663rd most popular actor (down from 3,036th in 2019), the 6,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,743rd in 2019) and the 2,089th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Martin Donovans by language

Over the past year Martin Donovan has had the most page views in the with 291,781 views, followed by German (19,582), and Russian (18,817). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (296.35%), Persian (295.04%), and Korean (186.92%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Martin Donovan ranks 4,663 out of 13,578. Before him are Natalya Krachkovskaya, Nadya Nozharova, Seth Green, Yvette Andréyor, Callum Keith Rennie, and Kwon Sang-woo. After him are Kim Manners, Grace Lee Whitney, Wendy Makkena, Suchitra Sen, Lizzy Caplan, and Elizabeth Hartman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Martin Donovan ranks 269. Before him are Michaëlle Jean, José Reinaldo de Lima, Daniel Scioli, Marie Myriam, Johannes Hahn, and Laura Johnson. After him are Ho Iat-seng, Viktor Khristenko, Cameron Crowe, Vlatko Stefanovski, Anouar Brahem, and Claudie Haigneré.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Donovan ranks 6,833 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Hardin (1941), Maurice Greene (1974), Seth Green (1974), Horatio Alger (1832), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), and C. L. Moore (1911). After him are Hannah Van Buren (1783), Diane Ackerman (1948), Max Baucus (1941), Kim Manners (1951), John Corigliano (1938), and Grace Lee Whitney (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Martin Donovan ranks 2,089. Before him are Dylan Baker (1959), Jeffrey Donovan (1968), Laura Johnson (1957), Dolores Hart (1938), Rachel Bilson (1981), and Seth Green (1974). After him are Kim Manners (1951), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), and Hugh O'Brian (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

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