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Michael Emerson

1954 - Today

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Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). Other prominent roles include Zep Hindle in the horror film Saw (2004) and the recurring role of Cayden James on Arrow (2017–2018). He currently stars as Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Emerson has received more than 3,611,550 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael Emerson is the 1,184th most popular actor (up from 1,313th in 2019), the 2,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,388th in 2019) and the 573rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Emerson ranks 1,184 out of 9,996Before him are Tom Hiddleston, Verónica Forqué, Michael Redgrave, Gong Yoo, Connie Nielsen, and Léa Seydoux. After him are Brenda Blethyn, Ralph Richardson, David Strathairn, Bata Živojinović, Iain Glen, and Rob Reiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Michael Emerson ranks 72Before him are Chris Evert, Kailash Satyarthi, Uli Stielike, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hermann Tilke, and Steve Morse. After him are Filip Vujanović, Shuji Nakamura, Francisco Guterres, Jerry Seinfeld, Hrant Dink, and Andrei Karlov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Emerson ranks 2,120 out of 18,182Before him are Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Saul Bass (1920), Jane Jacobs (1916), and Kevin Mitnick (1963). After him are Paul Revere (1735), Roberta Flack (1937), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Sojourner Truth (1797), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), and Jerome Robbins (1918).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Emerson ranks 573Before him are Ethel Barrymore (1879), Gabriel Macht (1972), Cyd Charisse (1922), Gloria Grahame (1923), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), and Joe Pantoliano (1951). After him are David Strathairn (1949), Rob Reiner (1947), Ving Rhames (1959), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Michael Jeter (1952), and Jessica Alba (1981).

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