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Michael Chiklis

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Michael Charles Chiklis (; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002, and as Ben Grimm / The Thing in Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Other notable television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on The Commish (1991–1996), Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014–2015), and Nathaniel Barnes in Gotham (2015–2017). He has appeared in films such as Eagle Eye (2008), Hubie Halloween (2020), and Don't Look Up (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Michael Chiklis is the 4,623rd most popular actor (down from 3,656th in 2024), the 7,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,457th in 2019) and the 2,125th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Chiklis ranks 4,623 out of 13,578. Before him are Dale Fuller, Boris Andreyev, Wayne Rogers, Karen Dotrice, Christina Hendricks, and Marion Lorne. After him are Mare Winningham, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Denver Pyle, Barry Humphries, Loretta Devine, and Richard Jaeckel.

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Among people born in 1963, Michael Chiklis ranks 271. Before him are Shin Kyung-sook, Brian Greene, Pia Cramling, Alex Proyas, Toru Kamikawa, and Slobodan Dubajić. After him are Greg Nicotero, Jørn Andersen, Clint Mansell, Olha Bryzhina, Claudio Chiappucci, and Jan Arnald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Chiklis ranks 7,344 out of 20,380. Before him are Edwin Hedley (1864), Eugene Polley (1915), Chris von Saltza (1944), Christina Hendricks (1975), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), and Marion Lorne (1883). After him are Mare Winningham (1959), Erick Rowan (1981), Dan Graham (1942), Denver Pyle (1920), Robert C. O'Brien (1966), and Loretta Devine (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Chiklis ranks 2,126. Before him are Mildred Davis (1901), Patti D'Arbanville (1951), Dale Fuller (1885), Wayne Rogers (1933), Christina Hendricks (1975), and Marion Lorne (1883). After him are Mare Winningham (1959), Denver Pyle (1920), Loretta Devine (1949), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Allison Williams (1988), and Ali Larter (1976).

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