ACTOR

Ted Danson

1947 - Today

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Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC dramedy The Good Place (2016–2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Danson has received more than 17,797,081 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Danson is the 1,251st most popular actor (down from 1,133rd in 2019), the 2,162nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,035th in 2019) and the 589th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ted Danson ranks 1,251 out of 13,578. Before him are Elizabeth Hurley, Laura Dern, Michel Simon, Elke Sommer, William Sadler, and Joe Pantoliano. After him are Vincent Schiavelli, Uta Hagen, Stefanie Powers, Jack Warden, Fess Parker, and Kurt Gerron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ted Danson ranks 146. Before him are Kevin Farrell, Thomas Cech, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nevio Scala, and Kathrine Switzer. After him are Włodzimierz Lubański, Ian Anderson, Zdeněk Zeman, Giorgio Chinaglia, Margaret Chan, and Muhyiddin Yassin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Danson ranks 2,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), George Wallace (1919), George B. McClellan (1826), William Sadler (1950), E. E. Cummings (1894), and Joe Pantoliano (1951). After him are Ken Wilber (1949), Barry Seal (1939), Tony Levin (1946), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Jessye Norman (1945), and Edgar Snow (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ted Danson ranks 589. Before him are Lance Reddick (1962), Beau Bridges (1941), Cloris Leachman (1926), Laura Dern (1967), William Sadler (1950), and Joe Pantoliano (1951). After him are Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Stefanie Powers (1942), Jack Warden (1920), Fess Parker (1924), John Barrymore (1882), and Patricia Clarkson (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Saving Private Ryan
Captain Hamill
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Jul 24o 19988.218 / 10
The Good Place
Michael
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
7.974 / 10
Cheers
Sam Malone
The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
7.572 / 10