ACTOR

Rory McCann

1969 - Today

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Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones, Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), Jurgen the Brutal in the adventure comedy Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and the voice of Megatron in Transformers: EarthSpark. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rory McCann has received more than 5,274,578 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Rory McCann is the 3,922nd most popular actor (down from 2,980th in 2019), the 3,126th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,605th in 2019) and the 463rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rory McCann ranks 3,922 out of 13,578. Before him are Ruby Dee, Ben Barnes, Andy Griffith, Kim Coates, Debra Messing, and Ayako Wakao. After him are Osvaldo Ríos, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Rosenda Monteros, Alexandra Rapaport, Pankaj Kapur, and Viggo Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rory McCann ranks 162. Before him are Naveen Andrews, Andrei Kanchelskis, Ben Mendelsohn, Ramon Dekkers, Kim Raver, and Marco Simone. After him are Delfí Geli, Leonid Stadnyk, Pierfrancesco Favino, Sophie Kinsella, Alain de Botton, and Cosmin Olăroiu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rory McCann ranks 3,126 out of 8,785. Before him are William Nicholson (1753), Anton Lesser (1952), William Froude (1810), Ben Barnes (1981), Alexander Bain (1810), and Antonio Pappano (1959). After him are Brian O'Nolan (1911), M. R. James (1862), Thomas Bewick (1753), Geoff Downes (1952), Johnny Herbert (1964), and Raphael Holinshed (1529).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Rory McCann ranks 463. Before him are Anna Massey (1937), Alec McCowen (1925), Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), Anton Lesser (1952), and Ben Barnes (1981). After him are Christopher Eccleston (1964), Una Stubbs (1937), Michael Ball (1962), John Steiner (1941), Kenneth Cranham (1944), and Robert Stephens (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Tennyson Torch
Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
Jan 13o 20176.1 / 10
Game of Thrones
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
8.456 / 10
Jumanji: The Next Level
Jurgen the Brutal
As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
Dec 4o 20196.907 / 10