ACTOR

Akira Takarada

1934 - 2022

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Akira Takarada (Japanese: 宝田 明, Hepburn: Takarada Akira; April 29, 1934 – March 14, 2022) was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Takarada is the 3,271st most popular actor (down from 2,426th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from North Korea (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular North Korean Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Akira Takarada ranks 3,271 out of 13,578Before him are Ricky Bruch, Rentarō Mikuni, Richard Kiley, James Russo, Florence Lee, and Howard Keel. After him are Leo White, Richard Armitage, Andrew Robinson, Jane Adams, Felicity Jones, and Ruth Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Akira Takarada ranks 271Before him are Hot Rod Hundley, Russ Tamblyn, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Alois Mock, and Richard Swinburne. After him are Michael Graves, Miroslav Ondříček, Marilyn Horne, Seraphim Rose, Sven Wollter, and Enrique Mateos. Among people deceased in 2022, Akira Takarada ranks 271Before him are Gaspard Ulliel, Freddy Rincón, Nehemiah Persoff, Gilbert Gottfried, David Johnson, and Chrysostomos II of Cyprus. After him are Alexandra Zabelina, Manny Charlton, Ivan Dziuba, Leslie Phillips, Manuel Ojeda, and Karl Vaino.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Akira Takarada ranks 106 out of 162Before him are Kim Hyon-hui (1962), Hong Song-nam (1929), Paek Nam-sun (1929), Francis Hong Yong-ho (1906), Lee Hoi-chang (1935), and Yang Song-guk (1944). After him are Kim Sowol (1902), Ahn Changho (1876), Kim Sol-song (1974), Ri Yong-ho (1956), Choe Thae-bok (1930), and Hong Deok-young (1926).

Among ACTORS In North Korea

Among actors born in North Korea, Akira Takarada ranks 2Before him are Youn Yuh-jung (1947).