1953 - Today
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 4,069,772 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). William Petersen is the 2,063rd most popular actor (down from 1,159th in 2019), the 3,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,142nd in 2019) and the 988th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, William Petersen ranks 2,063 out of 9,996. Before him are Daniel Gélin, Alexander Skarsgård, Musidora, Mack Swain, Freddie Highmore, and Marianne Sägebrecht. After him are Olga Baclanova, William Devane, Ken Kercheval, William Hartnell, Annabella, and Gig Young.
1921 - 2002
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 2,057
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 2,058
1889 - 1957
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 2,059
1876 - 1935
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,060
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,061
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,062
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,063
1893 - 1974
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,064
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,065
1935 - 2019
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,066
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,067
1907 - 1996
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,068
1913 - 1978
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 2,069
Among people born in 1953, William Petersen ranks 119. Before him are Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Chaka Khan, Steve Bannon, Teresa Orlowski, Wim Mertens, and Masami Kurumada. After him are Tito Jackson, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Stephen Paddock, Sophie Calle, Yolande Moreau, and Laurentino Cortizo.
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 113
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 114
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 115
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 116
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 117
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 119
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 120
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 121
1953 - 2017
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 122
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 123
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 124
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 125
Among people born in United States, William Petersen ranks 3,418 out of 18,182. Before him are Marie Colvin (1956), Helen Kane (1904), Leon Panetta (1938), Mack Swain (1876), Evel Knievel (1938), and Mancur Olson (1932). After him are Sean Combs (1969), Jay-Z (1969), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Amy Beach (1867), William Devane (1939), and Randy Savage (1952).
1956 - 2012
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,412
1904 - 1966
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 3,413
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 3,414
1876 - 1935
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 3,415
1938 - 2007
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 3,416
1932 - 1998
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 3,417
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 3,418
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 3,419
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 3,420
1905 - 1989
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 3,421
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 3,422
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 3,423
1952 - 2011
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 3,424
Among actors born in United States, William Petersen ranks 988. Before him are Richard Bright (1937), Willie Garson (1964), Dennis Weaver (1924), Josh Radnor (1974), John Gilbert (1895), and Mack Swain (1876). After him are William Devane (1939), Ken Kercheval (1935), Gig Young (1913), René Auberjonois (1940), Ben Turpin (1869), and Jessica Walter (1941).
1937 - 2006
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 982
1964 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 983
1924 - 2006
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 984
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 985
1895 - 1936
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 986
1876 - 1935
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 987
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 988
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 989
1935 - 2019
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 990
1913 - 1978
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 991
1940 - 2019
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 992
1869 - 1940
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 993
1941 - 2021
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 994