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Richard Portnow

1947 - Today

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Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American actor known for such films and television series as Good Morning, Vietnam, Barton Fink, Kindergarten Cop, Man of the House, Sister Act, Seven, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Bogus, The Spirit, Law Abiding Citizen, Private Parts, Fallen Arches, Double Down, Poolhall Junkies, The Sopranos, Hannah Montana, The Nanny, Trumbo, Oldboy, Find Me Guilty, Underdogs and Boston Legal. Portnow played the role of defense attorney Harold "Mel" Melvoin on the Emmy-winning HBO series The Sopranos (1999), the lawyer for Uncle Junior. Portnow appeared in Matthew Charles Santoro's sci-fi film Higher Power, which was released in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Portnow has received more than 525,545 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard Portnow is the 4,319th most popular actor (up from 4,684th in 2019), the 6,333rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,990th in 2019) and the 1,931st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Portnow ranks 4,319 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Jackson, Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe von Nagy, Anna Kendrick, Gheorghe Mureșan, and Charles Hallahan. After him are Jiang Wen, David Bailie, Francis Blanche, Tracey Walter, Kerwin Mathews, and Paola Pitagora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Portnow ranks 484. Before him are Peter Riegert, Glynn Turman, Lev Rokhlin, Aneka, Nolan Ryan, and Mike Krzyzewski. After him are Stuart Gordon, Tracey Walter, Yuri Matiyasevich, John Ratzenberger, Lee Kerslake, and Branislav Pokrajac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Portnow ranks 6,333 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger Sessions (1896), Preston Tucker (1903), Stephen Hopkins (1707), Ted Schroeder (1921), Charles Hallahan (1943), and Carl Scarborough (1914). After him are Stuart Gordon (1947), Tracey Walter (1947), Kagney Linn Karter (1987), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Kerwin Mathews (1926), and Richard D. Zanuck (1934).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Portnow ranks 1,931. Before him are Alma Rubens (1897), Rance Howard (1928), Gary Lockwood (1937), Anne Jackson (1925), Anna Kendrick (1985), and Charles Hallahan (1943). After him are Tracey Walter (1947), Kerwin Mathews (1926), Charmian Carr (1942), Anthony Denison (1949), Clint Walker (1927), and Connie Britton (1967).

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