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Tom Savini

1946 - Today

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Thomas Vincent Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and film director. He is known for his makeup and special effects work on many films directed by George A. Romero, including Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, and Monkey Shines; he also created the special effects and makeup for many cult classics like Friday the 13th (parts I and IV), Maniac, The Burning, The Prowler, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Savini directed Night of the Living Dead, the 1990 remake of Romero's 1968 Night of the Living Dead; his other directing work includes three episodes of the TV show Tales from the Darkside and one segment in The Theatre Bizarre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Savini has received more than 1,838,539 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Savini is the 1,877th most popular actor (down from 1,521st in 2019), the 3,075th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,626th in 2019) and the 864th most popular American Actor.

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  • 54.69

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  • 24

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  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Savini ranks 1,877 out of 13,578. Before him are Suzanne Pleshette, Debra Paget, Cansu Dere, Sam Worthington, Götz George, and Michael Sheen. After him are Jackie Stallone, Lisa Niemi, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Bohdan Stupka, Tom Felton, and Brad Dexter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Tom Savini ranks 227. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Michael Radford, Miguel Reina, Grigory Margulis, Silvio Rodríguez, and Alberto Colombo. After him are Craig Venter, John Waters, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Robert Metcalfe, Lesley Gore, and Ron Kovic.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Savini ranks 3,075 out of 20,380. Before him are Debra Paget (1933), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), Melinda Gates (1964), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), and John Stockton (1962). After him are Jackie Stallone (1921), Walton Walker (1889), Lisa Niemi (1956), Chubby Checker (1941), Mark Granovetter (1943), and Michael J. Smith (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tom Savini ranks 864. Before him are Dana Andrews (1909), Ted Levine (1957), Richard Conte (1910), Ellen Pompeo (1969), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), and Debra Paget (1933). After him are Jackie Stallone (1921), Lisa Niemi (1956), Brad Dexter (1917), Juliette Lewis (1973), Gordon Mitchell (1923), and Dita Von Teese (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

Django Unchained
Tracker
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Dec 25o 20128.18 / 10
From Dusk Till Dawn
Sex Machine
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.
Jan 19o 19967.027 / 10
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Mr. Callahan
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
Sep 20o 20127.793 / 10