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Adolph Caesar

1933 - 1986

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Adolph Caesar (December 5, 1933 – March 6, 1986) was an American film and theater actor. Known for his signature deep voice, Caesar was a staple of off-Broadway as a member of the Negro Ensemble Company, and as a voiceover artist for numerous film trailers. He earned widespread acclaim for his performance as Sgt. Vernon Waters in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, a role he reprised in the 1984 film adaptation A Soldier's Story, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Adolph Caesar is the 8,948th most popular actor (up from 9,382nd in 2024), the 13,553rd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,742nd in 2019) and the 4,155th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Adolph Caesar ranks 8,948 out of 13,578. Before him are Mackenzie Foy, Linnea Quigley, Katrina Law, Dylan Minnette, Steve Oedekerk, and Somluck Kamsing. After him are Tamara Dobson, Lynn Whitfield, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Elizabeth Marvel, Jonathan Tucker, and Gena Lee Nolin.

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Among people born in 1933, Adolph Caesar ranks 531. Before him are Lori Nelson, Pat Crowley, Milt Campbell, Heather Armitage, Richard Libertini, and Joycelyn Elders. After him are Caldwell Esselstyn, William G. Dever, Floyd Cramer, Madhur Jaffrey, John Cannon, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Among people deceased in 1986, Adolph Caesar ranks 297. Before him are Hank Greenberg, Dorothy Ashby, Roberto Hodge, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Helen Mack, and Dinny Pails. After him are Gian-Carlo Coppola, Martin Gabel, Paul Frees, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Giorgio Pellini, and Jerry Paris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adolph Caesar ranks 13,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Oedekerk (1961), Mike Waltz (1974), Bob Weir (1947), Andrew Puzder (1950), Bill Plympton (1946), and Chauncey Billups (1976). After him are T.J. Dillashaw (1986), Tamara Dobson (1947), Paul Horn (1930), Nicole Stott (1962), Lynn Whitfield (1953), and Carrie Underwood (1983).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Adolph Caesar ranks 4,157. Before him are Tommy Kirk (1941), Mackenzie Foy (2000), Linnea Quigley (1958), Katrina Law (1985), Dylan Minnette (1996), and Steve Oedekerk (1961). After him are Tamara Dobson (1947), Lynn Whitfield (1953), Elizabeth Marvel (1969), Jonathan Tucker (1982), Gena Lee Nolin (1971), and Georgia Engel (1948).

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