1891 - 1955
Mikhail Aleksandrovich "Michael" Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов, 29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-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 287,032 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Michael Chekhov is the 570th most popular actor (up from 662nd in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Russia (up from 396th 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 570 out of 10,030. Before him are Scarlett Johansson, Robert Forster, La Belle Otero, Karlheinz Böhm, Dan Aykroyd, and James Brolin. After him are Rade Šerbedžija, Winona Ryder, Max Linder, Danny Aiello, R. Lee Ermey, and Adam West.
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 564
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 565
1868 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 566
1928 - 2014
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 567
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 568
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 569
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 570
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 571
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 572
1883 - 1925
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 573
1933 - 2019
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 574
1944 - 2018
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 575
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 576
Among people born in 1891, Michael Chekhov ranks 32. Before him are Osip Mandelstam, John Howard Northrop, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Fumimaro Konoe, Frank Costello, and Cole Porter. After him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Grant Wood, Max Amann, Pier Luigi Nervi, Otto Rasch, and Alexander Wienerberger. Among people deceased in 1955, Michael Chekhov ranks 28. Before him are Vasily Blokhin, Pak Hon-yong, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, James B. Sumner, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and Oswald Avery. After him are Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Leonid Govorov, Yves Tanguy, Cordell Hull, Alexander Wienerberger, and Alexandros Papagos.
1891 - 1938
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 26
1891 - 1987
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 27
1891 - 1942
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 28
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 29
1891 - 1973
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 30
1891 - 1964
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 31
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 32
1891 - 1958
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 33
1891 - 1942
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 34
1891 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 35
1891 - 1979
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 36
1891 - 1948
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 37
1891 - 1955
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 38
1895 - 1955
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 22
1900 - 1955
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 23
1869 - 1955
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 24
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 25
1881 - 1955
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 26
1877 - 1955
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 27
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 28
1884 - 1955
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 29
1897 - 1955
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 30
1900 - 1955
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 31
1871 - 1955
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 32
1891 - 1955
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 33
1883 - 1955
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 34
Among people born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 314 out of 2,688. Before him are Léon Theremin (1896), Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Henri Troyat (1911), Yuri Lotman (1922), and Alexandre Kojève (1902). After him are Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), and Dmitry of Uglich (1582).
1896 - 1993
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 308
1962 - 2006
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 309
1860 - 1922
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 310
1911 - 2007
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 311
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 312
1902 - 1968
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 313
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 314
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 315
1893 - 1976
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 316
1934 - 1998
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 317
1875 - 1960
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 318
1888 - 1982
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 319
1582 - 1591
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 320
Among actors born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 4. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930). After him are Lila Kedrova (1918), Olga Knipper (1868), Yuri Nikulin (1921), Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Oleg Popov (1930), George Sanders (1906), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 1
1863 - 1938
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 4
1918 - 2000
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 5
1868 - 1959
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 6
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 9
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 10
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 11
1925 - 1994
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12