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Tomas Milian

1933 - 2017

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Tomas Milian (born Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa; 3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor and singer with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and humor he brought to starring roles in European genre films. A student of Lee Strasberg's, Milian studied method acting at the Actors Studio in New York City. In Italy, he was discovered by director Mauro Bolognini and appeared in supporting roles in several drama films during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959) and as Raphael in Carol Reed's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomas Milian has received more than 473,280 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Tomas Milian is the 1,002nd most popular actor (up from 1,017th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tomas Milians by language

Over the past year Tomas Milian has had the most page views in the with 249,456 views, followed by English (66,049), and German (21,707). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (43.36%), Southern Azerbaijani (40.87%), and Esperanto (34.72%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tomas Milian ranks 1,002 out of 13,578. Before him are Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, Renato Salvatori, Patrick Macnee, and Peter Coyote. After him are Brenda Blethyn, Lea Massari, Brion James, Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Stowe, and June Carter Cash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tomas Milian ranks 98. Before him are Jeremy Brett, Walter Kasper, David Hamilton, Hisataka Okamoto, Sacha Distel, and Renato Salvatori. After him are Lea Massari, Manu Dibango, Elem Klimov, Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, and Joan Rivers. Among people deceased in 2017, Tomas Milian ranks 88. Before him are Anita Pallenberg, Nicolai Gedda, Anne Wiazemsky, René Préval, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and Fats Domino. After him are Hans Rosling, Colin Dexter, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Tom Regan, and Juan Goytisolo.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 24 out of 300. Before him are Sergio Oliva (1941), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Alicia Alonso (1920), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), and Teófilo Stevenson (1952). After him are Gerardo Machado (1871), Juanita Castro (1933), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Aleida March (1936), Wifredo Lam (1902), and Vilma Espín (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Cuba

Among actors born in Cuba, Tomas Milian ranks 2. Before him are Andy García (1956). After him are Ana de Armas (1988), Steven Bauer (1956), María Conchita Alonso (1957), Chelo Alonso (1933), Ninón Sevilla (1929), William Levy (1980), Desi Arnaz (1917), César Évora (1959), Mario Cimarro (1971), and Tony Plana (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

Don't Torture a Duckling
Andrea Martelli
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Sep 29o 19727.4 / 10
Traffic
Gen. Arturo Salazar
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Mar 23o 20007.052 / 10
Amistad
Calderon
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
Dec 10o 19977.009 / 10