ACTOR

Michael Wincott

1958 - Today

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Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott (born January 21, 1958) is a Canadian actor. His deep, raspy voice has often led to his being cast in villainous roles. Some of his best-known roles include Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Top Dollar, the main antagonist in The Crow (1994); music mogul Philo Gant in Strange Days (1995); mercenary Frank Elgyn in Alien Resurrection (1997); hacker Adrian Cross on the TV miniseries 24: Live Another Day (2014); and cinematographer Antlers Holst in Nope (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Wincott has received more than 3,709,045 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Wincott is the 3,231st most popular actor (up from 3,383rd in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Canada (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 74th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Wincott ranks 3,231 out of 13,578. Before him are John Stamos, Billy Boyd, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter, Jeremy Bulloch, and Park Shin-hye. After him are Frank Gorshin, Manoj Kumar, Maggie Grace, Jenette Goldstein, Kristen Bell, and Aliki Vougiouklaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Michael Wincott ranks 155. Before him are Rachel Ticotin, Ramadan Shalah, Louise Penny, Sergey Litvinov, Marina Silva, and Greg Mankiw. After him are Eric Heiden, Eddie Lawson, Viacheslav Fetisov, Mark Milley, Luis Guillermo Solís, and Jean-Claude Hollerich.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Wincott ranks 251 out of 1,622. Before him are Kenneth Welsh (1942), Elias Koteas (1961), Daniel Lavoie (1949), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Paul Bley (1932), and Linda Thorson (1947). After him are Roddy Piper (1954), Lawrence Stroll (1959), Northrop Frye (1912), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), and Mark Robson (1913).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Wincott ranks 74. Before him are Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Michael Ontkean (1946), Ann Rutherford (1917), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Elias Koteas (1961), and Linda Thorson (1947). After him are Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Alan Thicke (1947), Anna Paquin (1982), and Lothaire Bluteau (1957).

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