ACTOR

Tim Robbins

1958 - Today

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Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Jacob Singer in Jacob's Ladder (1990), as well as winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for his role in Mystic River (2003) and another Golden Globe for The Player (1992). Robbins's other roles include starring as Lt. Samuel "Merlin" Wells in Top Gun (1986), Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham (1988), Erik in Erik the Viking (1989), Ed Walters in I.Q. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Robbins has received more than 12,850,504 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Tim Robbins is the 459th most popular actor (down from 357th in 2019), the 827th most popular biography from United States (down from 676th in 2019) and the 228th most popular American Actor.

Tim Robbins is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, author, and activist. He is best known for his roles as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption, Jacob Singer in The Player, and as Dave Brown in Mystic River.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tim Robbins by language

Over the past year Tim Robbins has had the most page views in the with 1,890,732 views, followed by Spanish (173,410), and German (172,694). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (127.27%), Mingrelian (84.93%), and Zazaki (78.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tim Robbins ranks 459 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean Rochefort, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rade Šerbedžija, Robert Downey Jr., and Michele Placido. After him are Daniel Auteuil, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Claudine Auger, Jonathan Pryce, Don Johnson, and Linda Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Tim Robbins ranks 24. Before him are Marie Fredriksson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Bruce Dickinson, Tzipi Livni, and Nikki Sixx. After him are Jamal Khashoggi, Wong Kar-wai, Lyudmila Putina, Keith Haring, Hugo Sánchez, and Mehmet Ali Ağca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Robbins ranks 827 out of 20,380. Before him are William Howard Stein (1911), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Samuel Barber (1910), Jonas Salk (1914), Howard Hawks (1896), and Nikki Sixx (1958). After him are Dick Fosbury (1947), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Michael Bloomberg (1942), John Dos Passos (1896), Scott Joplin (1868), and Rudy Giuliani (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tim Robbins ranks 228. Before him are Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), Gloria Swanson (1899), William Hurt (1950), William H. Macy (1950), and Robert Downey Jr. (1965). After him are Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), Mark Margolis (1939), Lex Barker (1919), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Powers Boothe (1948).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Shawshank Redemption
Andy Dufresne
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Sep 23o 19948.712 / 10
Mystic River
Dave Boyle
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Mar 3o 20037.743 / 10
War of the Worlds
Harlan Ogilvy
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Jun 28o 20056.501 / 10