ACTOR

Michael Chekhov

1891 - 1955

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 16 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, 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 463,588 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Michael Chekhov is the 583rd most popular actor (up from 614th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Russia (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 3rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Chekhovs by language

Over the past year Michael Chekhov has had the most page views in the with 66,966 views, followed by English (59,340), and German (13,665). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (58.63%), Kirghiz (56.38%), and Danish (50.48%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Chekhov ranks 583 out of 13,578. Before him are Ed O'Neill, Groucho Marx, Maurice Ronet, Milena Dravić, Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Luise Rainer. After him are Claude Jade, Deborah Kerr, Michelle Phillips, Steve Carell, Brian Dennehy, and David Caruso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Michael Chekhov ranks 32. Before him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Alexander Rodchenko, Fumimaro Konoe, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Grant Wood, and Frank Costello. After him are Antonio Segni, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Alexander Wienerberger, Hans Reichenbach, and Yevhen Konovalets. Among people deceased in 1955, Michael Chekhov ranks 29. Before him are Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Hermann Weyl, Oswald Avery, Garegin Nzhdeh, Leonid Govorov, and Mihály Károlyi. After him are Vasily Blokhin, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, and Cordell Hull.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 328 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), and Feodor Chaliapin (1873). After him are Yury of Moscow (1281), Michel Fokine (1880), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), and Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963).

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Among ACTORS In Russia

Among actors born in Russia, Michael Chekhov ranks 3. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), and Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930). After him are Lila Kedrova (1918), Sacha Guitry (1885), Yuri Nikulin (1921), Olga Knipper (1868), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yury Solomin (1935), Lyubov Orlova (1902), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

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