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Rod Steiger

1925 - 2002

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Rodney Stephen Steiger ( STY-gər; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rod Steiger has received more than 4,533,314 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Rod Steiger is the 504th most popular actor (down from 334th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from United States (down from 617th in 2019) and the 248th most popular American Actor.

Rod Steiger is most famous for his role in the 1967 film, In the Heat of the Night.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rod Steiger ranks 504 out of 13,578. Before him are Jennifer Connelly, Lee Strasberg, Hugh Jackman, Richard Crenna, Javier Bardem, and Udo Kier. After him are Charles Laughton, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, Faten Hamama, and Harry Dean Stanton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Rod Steiger ranks 55. Before him are Luciano Berio, Wong Fei-hung, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Robert Venturi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Roy J. Glauber. After him are Barbara Bush, Milton Obote, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bülent Ecevit, Alain Touraine, and Frei Otto. Among people deceased in 2002, Rod Steiger ranks 32. Before him are Camilo José Cela, Nándor Hidegkuti, Archer Martin, Robert Nozick, Jonas Savimbi, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino. After him are James Tobin, George Porter, John Gotti, Pim Fortuyn, Hildegard Knef, and Ne Win.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rod Steiger ranks 927 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Burton Richter (1931), William Kemmler (1860), Richard Crenna (1926), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), and Stanley Milgram (1933). After him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Steve Martin (1945), Barbara Bush (1925), Ben Bernanke (1953), Anne Baxter (1923), and Keith Jarrett (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rod Steiger ranks 248. Before him are John Holmes (1944), Courteney Cox (1964), James Cromwell (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Jennifer Connelly (1970), and Richard Crenna (1926). After him are Anne Baxter (1923), Edward Norton (1969), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), James Earl Jones (1931), Billy Bob Thornton (1955), and Jonathan Banks (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

Duck, You Sucker
Juan Miranda
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Oct 20o 19717.708 / 10
Mars Attacks!
General Decker
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Dec 13o 19966.411 / 10
In the Heat of the Night
Police Chief Bill Gillespie
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Aug 2o 19677.63 / 10