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Jack Nance

1943 - 1996

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Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. A longtime collaborator of filmmaker David Lynch, Nance portrayed the lead in Lynch's directorial debut Eraserhead (1977). He continued to work with Lynch throughout his career, which included a recurring role as Pete Martell on Twin Peaks (1990–1991). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Nance is the 1,690th most popular actor (up from 2,694th in 2019), the 3,092nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,211th in 2019) and the 823rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jack Nance ranks 1,690 out of 13,578. Before him are Chaim Topol, Steven Bauer, La Belle Otero, Laurie Holden, Guillaume Canet, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. After him are Aleksander Krupa, Ana de Armas, Dita Parlo, Brigitte Lahaie, Magali Noël, and Melissa Leo.

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Among people born in 1943, Jack Nance ranks 198. Before him are Jil Sander, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynn Redgrave, Lin Shaye, Bill Duke, and Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Charles Savarin, J. T. Walsh, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Terry Eagleton, Nancy Greene Raine, and Randy Newman. Among people deceased in 1996, Jack Nance ranks 94. Before him are Muhammad al-Badr, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Virginia Henderson, Ben Johnson, Hideo Sakai, and Lo Wei. After him are Saul Bass, Ai Qing, Karl Frenzel, Emile Habibi, Károly Grósz, and David Packard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 3,092 out of 20,380. Before him are Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Laurie Holden (1969), Morton Feldman (1926), and Harold Bloom (1930). After him are Saul Bass (1920), John Roberts (1955), William C. Durant (1861), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Cannonball Adderley (1928), and Thomas A. Hendricks (1819).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Nance ranks 823. Before him are Lin Shaye (1943), Bill Duke (1943), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), Liev Schreiber (1967), James Franco (1978), and Laurie Holden (1969). After him are Melissa Leo (1960), Annie Potts (1952), Bill Cobbs (1934), Alfre Woodard (1952), Matthew Fox (1966), and Mimsy Farmer (1945).

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