ACTOR

Stephen Rea

1946 - Today

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Stephen Rea ( ray; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish actor of stage and screen. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin’s Focus Theatre, and came to the attention of film audiences as one of the close collaborators of director Neil Jordan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Rea has received more than 3,565,858 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Stephen Rea is the 1,565th most popular actor (up from 1,598th in 2019), the 1,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,634th in 2019) and the 218th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stephen Reas by language

Over the past year Stephen Rea has had the most page views in the with 469,278 views, followed by German (31,781), and Italian (28,365). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (440.88%), Finnish (152.16%), and Bengali (52.92%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stephen Rea ranks 1,565 out of 13,578. Before him are Werner Krauss, Barry Nelson, Maïwenn, Tod Browning, Paul Lukas, and Jim Carter. After him are Lew Ayres, Valeria Golino, Eric McCormack, Rocío Dúrcal, Drew Barrymore, and Ben Cross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Stephen Rea ranks 200. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jarier, Claire Denis, Toquinho, Ismail Khan, Jean-Jacques Beineix, and Héctor Lavoe. After him are Sven Nordqvist, Colin Burgess, Krister Henriksson, Henryk Kasperczak, Jim Kelly, and Sue Lyon.

Others Born in 1946

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Rea ranks 1,576 out of 8,785. Before him are John Blow (1649), George MacDonald (1824), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Jim Carter (1948), Alan Wilder (1959), and Dunstan (909). After him are Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Ben Cross (1947), Phil Lynott (1949), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), and Steve Hackett (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Rea ranks 218. Before him are Robert Powell (1944), Rosamund Pike (1979), Samantha Fox (1966), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Hugh Fraser (1945), and Jim Carter (1948). After him are Ben Cross (1947), Ida Lupino (1918), Eliza Poe (1787), Paul Scofield (1922), Lynn Redgrave (1943), and Edward Fox (1937).

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