1959 - Today
Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series Due South as well as for his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. Gross acted as executive producer on Due South and in addition to starring, wrote seven episodes including the two-part series finale, and wrote and sang songs for the soundtrack of the series. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gross has received more than 1,768,116 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Paul Gross is the 7,506th most popular actor (down from 7,172nd in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 624th in 2019) and the 219th most popular Canadian Actor.
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Among actors, Paul Gross ranks 7,506 out of 9,996. Before him are Anna Neagle, Um Ki-joon, Gregory Harrison, Yoon Shi-yoon, Lexa Doig, and Joel Gretsch. After him are Elizabeth Lail, Àlex Brendemühl, Lalla Ward, Riley Keough, Cara Buono, and Chad Allen.
1904 - 1986
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,500
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,501
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,502
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,503
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,504
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 7,505
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 7,506
1992 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 7,507
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 7,508
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 7,509
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 7,510
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 7,511
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 7,512
Among people born in 1959, Paul Gross ranks 464. Before him are Akif Pirinçci, Finola Hughes, Tamara E. Jernigan, Agustín, Carlos I. Noriega, and Lydia Lunch. After him are Saida Gunba, Peter Pacult, Franco Chioccioli, Sergey Dorenko, Kapil Dev, and Alejandro Mayorkas.
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 458
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 459
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 460
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.71
Rank: 461
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 462
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 463
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 464
1959 - 2018
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 465
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 466
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 467
1959 - 2019
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 468
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 469
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 470
Among people born in Canada, Paul Gross ranks 643 out of 1,350. Before him are Chris Taylor (1950), Stéphane Dion (1955), Chris Diamantopoulos (1975), Georges Vanier (1888), Laura Vandervoort (1984), and Lexa Doig (1973). After him are Peter Jennings (1938), Mavis Gallant (1922), Jessica Steen (1965), Monty Hall (1921), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Lucile Wheeler (1935).
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 637
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 638
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 639
1888 - 1967
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 640
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 641
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 642
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 643
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 644
1922 - 2014
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 645
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 646
1921 - 2017
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 647
1861 - 1913
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 648
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 649
Among actors born in Canada, Paul Gross ranks 219. Before him are Meghan Ory (1982), Pablo Schreiber (1978), Ruby Keeler (1909), Chris Diamantopoulos (1975), Laura Vandervoort (1984), and Lexa Doig (1973). After him are Jessica Steen (1965), Eric Johnson (1979), Avan Jogia (1992), Missy Peregrym (1982), Lindy Booth (1979), and Emily Bett Rickards (1991).
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 213
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 214
1909 - 1993
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 215
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 216
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 217
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 218
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 219
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 220
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 221
1992 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 222
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 223
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 224
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 225