ACTOR

Wallace Shawn

1943 - Today

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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Shawn has received more than 8,307,108 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Wallace Shawn is the 1,048th most popular actor (up from 1,579th in 2019), the 1,822nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,700th in 2019) and the 496th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wallace Shawn ranks 1,048 out of 13,578. Before him are Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Shannon Tweed, Katina Paxinou, Alain Cuny, and Olivia Hussey. After him are Jonathan Hyde, Dean Cain, Gottfried John, Mary Steenburgen, Yvonne De Carlo, and Marcia Cross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wallace Shawn ranks 130. Before him are Jacques Dutronc, Armando Guebuza, Martin Campbell, Lorenzo Sanz, Paul Michael Glaser, and Paul Wolfowitz. After him are Köbi Kuhn, Hervé Villechaize, Luis Carlos Galán, Ken Norton, Robbie Robertson, and Richard Sennett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Shawn ranks 1,822 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Fosse (1927), Robert C. Merton (1944), Marcheline Bertrand (1950), Joan Rivers (1933), Susan Atkins (1948), and Eric Carr (1950). After him are Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), Dean Cain (1966), Cab Calloway (1907), and Dorothea Klumpke (1861).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wallace Shawn ranks 496. Before him are Bill Pullman (1953), Billy Zane (1966), Al Lettieri (1928), Paul L. Smith (1936), Bob Fosse (1927), and Marcheline Bertrand (1950). After him are Dean Cain (1966), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Marcia Cross (1962), Richard Schiff (1955), Joan Allen (1956), and Loretta Young (1913).

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