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J. E. Freeman

1946 - 2014

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James E. Freeman (February 2, 1946 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor and poet. He was often cast in menacing roles, such as the evil mobster Marcelles Santos in David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990), the terrifying henchman Eddie "the Dane" in the Coens' Miller's Crossing (1990), and the cruel scientist Dr. Mason Wren in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection (1997). Other notable films in which he played include Ruthless People (1986) as the "Bedroom Killer", Patriot Games (1992) as the bearded CIA agent Marty Cantor, Copycat (1995) as the police lieutenant Thomas Quinn, and Go (1998) as strip-club owner Vic Sr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). J. E. Freeman is the 4,567th most popular actor (up from 4,868th in 2024), the 7,261st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,129th in 2019) and the 2,101st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, J. E. Freeman ranks 4,567 out of 13,578. Before him are Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Dale Dye, Lorella De Luca, Nancy Olson, Albrecht Becker, and Richard Madden. After him are Gary Lockwood, Michael Bowen, Charles Fleischer, Donal Logue, Antony Starr, and Vladimir Ivashov.

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Among people born in 1946, J. E. Freeman ranks 504. Before him are Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Stanislav Karasi, Suze Randall, Jacques Sylla, Christina Maslach, and Jack Straw. After him are Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Ryszard Szurkowski, Juan Pons, Patrick Baudry, Michael Green, and Hervé Revelli. Among people deceased in 2014, J. E. Freeman ranks 323. Before him are Bobby Keys, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Antoine Duhamel, Željko Šturanović, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and Lorella De Luca. After him are Sandro Lopopolo, Sandra Bem, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Anahita Ratebzad, Simón Díaz, and Jonathan Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. E. Freeman ranks 7,263 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Carroll (1949), Reggie Miller (1965), Jack Northrop (1895), Nancy Olson (1928), Roy Eldridge (1911), and Frank James (1843). After him are Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), Jess Willard (1881), Gary Lockwood (1937), Michael Bowen (1957), and Charles Fleischer (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, J. E. Freeman ranks 2,102. Before him are Pam Dawber (1951), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Lauren Vélez (1964), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Dale Dye (1944), and Nancy Olson (1928). After him are Gary Lockwood (1937), Michael Bowen (1957), Charles Fleischer (1950), Chi McBride (1961), Earl Holliman (1928), and Robert Preston (1918).

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