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Amitabh Bachchan

1942 - Today

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Amitabh Harivansh Rai Bachchan (né Srivastava; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. With a cinematic career spanning over five decades, he has played in over 200 films. Bachchan is often hailed as the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Sadi Ke Mahanayak (translated as "Greatest actor of the century" in Hindi), Star of the Millennium, or simply Big B. His dominance in the Indian film industry during the 1970s–80s led the French director François Truffaut to describe it as a "one-man industry". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amitabh Bachchan is the 26th most popular actor (down from 15th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from India (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Actor.

Amitabh Bachchan is most famous for his roles in movies such as "The Great Gatsby," "The Godfather," and "The Dark Knight."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Amitabh Bachchan ranks 26 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Burton, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Patrick Swayze, Louis de Funès, Jackie Chan, and Mary Pickford. After him are Sarah Bernhardt, Sean Connery, Yul Brynner, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Claudia Cardinale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Amitabh Bachchan ranks 7. Before him are Muhammad Ali, Stephen Hawking, Joe Biden, Muammar Gaddafi, Martin Scorsese, and Aretha Franklin. After him are Eusébio, Hu Jintao, Calvin Klein, Ratko Mladić, Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amitabh Bachchan ranks 16 out of 1,861. Before him are Kālidāsa (400), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ramakrishna (1836), Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931). After him are Droupadi Murmu (1958), Nagarjuna (150), Patanjali (-200), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), and Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Amitabh Bachchan ranks 1. After him are Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Vivien Leigh (1913), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Salman Khan (1965), Julie Christie (1940), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Akshay Kumar (1967), Ashok Kumar (1911), Mukesh (1923), and Ajay Devgn (1969).

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