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Chris Farley

1964 - 1997

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Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons, from 1990 to 1995. He went on to pursue a film career, appearing in films such as Airheads, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Almost Heroes. Influenced by John Belushi, Farley was widely known for his physical performance/comedy and athleticism (similar to Curly Howard and Roscoe Arbuckle). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2024). Chris Farley is the 3,871st most popular actor (down from 2,996th in 2024), the 6,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,578th in 2019) and the 1,809th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Chris Farley ranks 3,871 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Noonan, Tom Moore, Leon Lai, Chuck Connors, Harry Hamlin, and Lillie Langtry. After him are Pearl White, Patrick Bergin, Tsuru Aoki, Margarita Xirgu, Rance Howard, and Ratna Pathak.

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Among people born in 1964, Chris Farley ranks 200. Before him are Heike Drechsler, Emmanuelle Devos, Ricardo Gomes, Natacha Atlas, Kevin Schwantz, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. After him are Georg von Habsburg, Vyacheslav Volodin, John Ottman, Joss Whedon, Kathy Burke, and Sabrina Ferilli. Among people deceased in 1997, Chris Farley ranks 192. Before him are Baltazar, Helen Jacobs, Anne Stine Ingstad, Willy den Ouden, Pedro Zaballa, and Tony Williams. After him are James Krüss, Léon Poliakov, Natallia Arsiennieva, Bozorg Alavi, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, and Corneliu Baba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 6,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), Frederick Lorz (1884), Glen A. Larson (1937), Joe Henderson (1937), and Harry Hamlin (1951). After him are Niles Eldredge (1943), Dave Alexander (1947), Robert Mills (1927), Pearl White (1889), Mary Daly (1928), Eli Lilly (1838), and Gene Autry (1907).

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Among actors born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 1,809. Before him are Ron Silver (1946), Stephen Root (1951), Richard Burgi (1958), Tom Noonan (1951), Chuck Connors (1921), and Harry Hamlin (1951). After him are Pearl White (1889), Rance Howard (1928), Ed Wynn (1886), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Michael Paré (1958), and Richard Simmons (1948).

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