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William Petersen

1953 - Today

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William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. He reprised his role as Gil Grissom in the sequel CSI: Vegas, which premiered on October 6, 2021. He also starred in the films To Live and Die in L.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Petersen has received more than 4,397,593 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Petersen is the 1,206th most popular actor (up from 2,060th in 2019), the 2,083rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,409th in 2019) and the 568th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Petersen ranks 1,206 out of 13,578. Before him are Frances de la Tour, Scott Adkins, Richard Basehart, Paul Rudd, Donald Glover, and Veronica Lake. After him are Jennifer Lawrence, Ghassan Massoud, Barbara Carrera, Kemal Sunal, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and Jean Sorel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, William Petersen ranks 88. Before him are Valery Gergiev, Najib Razak, Dave Evans, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Allen, and David Chipperfield. After him are András Schiff, Guy Verhofstadt, Kate Capshaw, Sergei Ivanov, Hussein Arnous, and Ivo Sanader.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Petersen ranks 2,083 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Heimlich (1920), Toby Keith (1961), Richard Basehart (1914), Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), and Veronica Lake (1922). After him are William C. Durant (1861), Richard Pryor (1940), Upton Sinclair (1878), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), and Garry Marshall (1934).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Petersen ranks 568. Before him are Casey Affleck (1975), Rami Malek (1981), Richard Basehart (1914), Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), and Veronica Lake (1922). After him are Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Jonathan Frakes (1952), Ellen Barkin (1954), Farley Granger (1925), Josh Brolin (1968), and Kurtwood Smith (1943).

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