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Roger Rees

1944 - 2015

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Roger Rees (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh actor and director, widely known for his stage work. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He also received Obie Awards for his role in The End of the Day and as co-director of Peter and the Starcatcher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Rees has received more than 2,451,249 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roger Rees is the 3,611th most popular actor (down from 3,252nd in 2019), the 3,002nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,828th in 2019) and the 449th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roger Rees ranks 3,611 out of 9,996Before him are Sean Patrick Flanery, Sarah Siddons, Tricia Helfer, Richard Hatch, Nancy Olson, and Barbara La Marr. After him are Kaley Cuoco, Peter Facinelli, Choi Ji-woo, Dylan Baker, Jennifer Ehle, and Sharmila Tagore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Roger Rees ranks 365Before him are Roberto Miranda, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Abdul Qadir, Ján Čarnogurský, Miruts Yifter, and Haruhiko Kuroda. After him are Jean-Pierre Ricard, Sharmila Tagore, Pierre Bachelet, Denny Laine, Valdeir Vieira, and Kati Kovács. Among people deceased in 2015, Roger Rees ranks 233Before him are Dusty Rhodes, Henry Carr, Nicholas Liverpool, Ninón Sevilla, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, and Clark Terry. After him are Miroslav Ondříček, Danièle Delorme, Eduardo Guerrero, Bülent Ulusu, Wayne Rogers, and Franjo Mihalić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Rees ranks 3,002 out of 7,765Before him are Thomas Nashe (1567), Sarah Siddons (1755), John Peckham (1227), William Wilson (1844), John Scott Haldane (1860), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984). After him are Glyn Johns (1942), Frederick William Beechey (1796), E. L. James (1963), Stella McCartney (1971), Janet McTeer (1961), and Ronald Knox (1888).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roger Rees ranks 449Before him are Tom Conti (1941), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Adrian Paul (1959), Alec McCowen (1925), Gemma Chan (1982), and Sarah Siddons (1755). After him are Stella McCartney (1971), Janet McTeer (1961), Theo James (1984), Mark Addy (1964), Warren Clarke (1947), and Katherine Waterston (1980).

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