1891 - 1955
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, was an American actor, director, author and theatre practitioner. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Chekhov has received more than 389,838 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Michael Chekhov is the 616th most popular actor (down from 569th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Russia (down from 313th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Actor.
Michael Chekhov is most famous for his acting technique, which was developed in the early 20th century. He believed that the actor should be fully aware of the environment and context of the play to achieve a believable performance.
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Among actors, Michael Chekhov ranks 616 out of 9,996. Before him are Carrie-Anne Moss, Totò, Gong Li, Udo Kier, Kabir Bedi, and Mr. T. After him are Robert Knepper, Karlheinz Böhm, Lance Henriksen, Charles Laughton, Marlène Jobert, and Marcheline Bertrand.
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 610
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 611
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 612
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 613
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 614
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 615
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 616
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 617
1928 - 2014
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 618
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 619
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 620
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 621
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 622
Among people born in 1891, Michael Chekhov ranks 33. Before him are Edward Bernays, Fumimaro Konoe, Osip Mandelstam, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Frank Costello, and Alexander Wienerberger. After him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Cole Porter, Hans Reichenbach, Max Amann, Otto Rasch, and Bronislava Nijinska. Among people deceased in 1955, Michael Chekhov ranks 33. Before him are John Mott, Cordell Hull, Leonid Govorov, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, and Alexander Wienerberger. After him are Mihály Károlyi, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, and Alexandros Papagos.
1891 - 1995
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 27
1891 - 1945
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 28
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 29
1891 - 1958
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 30
1891 - 1973
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 31
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 32
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 33
1891 - 1979
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 34
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 35
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 36
1891 - 1957
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 37
1891 - 1948
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 38
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 39
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 27
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 28
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 29
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 30
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 31
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 32
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 33
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 34
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 35
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 36
1876 - 1955
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 37
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 38
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 39
Among people born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 354 out of 3,262. Before him are Naum Gabo (1890), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Karl Bryullov (1799), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Yury of Moscow (1281), and Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111). After him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Anton Arensky (1861), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Léon Theremin (1896), Galina Ulanova (1910), and Dmitry Pavlov (1897).
1890 - 1977
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 348
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 349
1799 - 1852
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 350
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 351
1281 - 1325
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 352
1111 - 1174
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 353
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 354
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 355
1861 - 1906
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 356
1878 - 1938
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 357
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 358
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 359
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 360
Among actors born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 4. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), and Lila Kedrova (1918). After him are Yuri Nikulin (1921), Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Olga Knipper (1868), Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Andrei Mironov (1941), and Lyubov Orlova (1902).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 2
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 5
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 6
1868 - 1959
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 9
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1941 - 1987
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 11
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 12