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Michael Shanks

1970 - Today

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Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and as Dr. Charles Harris in the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Shanks has received more than 3,194,402 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Shanks is the 5,000th most popular actor (down from 4,749th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Canada (down from 388th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Shanks ranks 5,000 out of 9,996Before him are Heather O'Rourke, Naseeruddin Shah, Kenyu Horiuchi, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Charlene Tilton. After him are Sarah Chalke, Daisuke Ono, June Lockhart, Ben Foster, Celia Imrie, and Gwen Verdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Michael Shanks ranks 164Before him are Glenn Medeiros, Nigo, Stéphane Guivarc'h, Jamie Kennedy, Ken Leung, and Genndy Tartakovsky. After him are Sarah Silverman, Karen Mok, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Megyn Kelly, Emmanuel Amunike, and Ninel Conde.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Shanks ranks 410 out of 1,350Before him are Tony Esposito (1943), Georges St-Pierre (1981), Rob Gonsalves (1959), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), Owen Hart (1965), and Alex Lifeson (1953). After him are Sarah Chalke (1976), Gloria Reuben (1964), John Qualen (1899), Tyler Mane (1966), Jack Carson (1910), and Daniel Gillies (1976).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Shanks ranks 123Before him are Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), Lochlyn Munro (1966), Monique Mercure (1930), Heather Menzies (1949), Christopher Heyerdahl (1963), and Rae Dawn Chong (1961). After him are Sarah Chalke (1976), Gloria Reuben (1964), John Qualen (1899), Tyler Mane (1966), Jack Carson (1910), and Daniel Gillies (1976).

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