ACTOR

Michele Placido

1946 - Today

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Michele Placido (Italian: [miˈkɛːle ˈplaːtʃido]; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film Ernesto. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series La piovra (1984–2001). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michele Placido has received more than 646,325 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Michele Placido is the 458th most popular actor (up from 543rd in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Actor.

Michele Placido is an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in the films Il giorno della civetta, Cadaveri eccellenti, La classe operaia va in paradiso, and Il giorno della civetta 2.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michele Placidos by language

Over the past year Michele Placido has had the most page views in the with 260,801 views, followed by Russian (97,768), and English (89,473). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (676.79%), Georgian (114.85%), and Malagasy (87.50%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michele Placido ranks 458 out of 13,578. Before him are Charlize Theron, Jean Rochefort, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rade Šerbedžija, and Robert Downey Jr.. After him are Tim Robbins, Daniel Auteuil, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Claudine Auger, Jonathan Pryce, and Don Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michele Placido ranks 71. Before him are Tansu Çiller, Berti Vogts, Ilie Năstase, John Woo, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and Rade Šerbedžija. After him are Chris Slade, Uri Geller, Daniel Libeskind, Nicos Anastasiades, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, and Lasse Hallström.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Placido ranks 909 out of 5,161. Before him are Zeuxis (-500), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), and Cola di Rienzo (1313). After him are Isabella Rossellini (1952), Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Severinus (600), Theognis of Megara (-570), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), and Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Michele Placido ranks 23. Before him are Silvana Mangano (1930), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Rudolph Valentino (1895), Lino Ventura (1919), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), and Gian Maria Volonté (1933). After him are Alberto Sordi (1920), Lucia Bosè (1931), Franco Columbu (1941), Claudia Mori (1944), Totò (1898), and Eleonora Duse (1858).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Unknown Woman
Muffa
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
Oct 9o 20067.207 / 10
Mary Forever
Marco Terzi
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
May 3o 19897.472 / 10
Viva l'Italia
Michele Spagnolo
The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…
Oct 25o 20126.247 / 10