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Michael Flatley

1958 - Today

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Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an American former professional performer and choreographer of Irish dance. Flatley is credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance by incorporating new rhythms, syncopation, and upper body movements, which were previously absent from the dance. He created and performed in Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, Celtic Tiger Live and Michael Flatley's Christmas Dance Spectacular. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 million people in 60 countries and have grossed more than $1 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Flatley is the 5,487th most popular actor (down from 4,404th in 2019), the 8,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,461st in 2019) and the 2,515th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Michael Flatley ranks 5,487 out of 13,578. Before him are Choi Myung-gil, Park Hae-jin, Mickey Kuhn, Trisha, Robert Young, and Dolly de Leon. After him are Erwin Geschonneck, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lubna Azabal, Patrick St. Esprit, Vladimir Gostyukhin, and Kevin Gage.

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Among people born in 1958, Michael Flatley ranks 318. Before him are Grandmaster Flash, Satoshi Tezuka, Kiki VanDeWeghe, Nick Park, Frank Mill, and Lyudmila Kondratyeva. After him are Georgi Slavkov, Habib Koité, Luiz Carlos Ferreira, Sakine Cansız, Shafi Goldwasser, and Olivier Grouillard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Flatley ranks 8,542 out of 20,380. Before him are Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Anne Sewell Young (1871), Robert Coover (1932), and Robert Young (1907). After him are Fran Lebowitz (1950), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Robert Blust (1940), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Cliff Martinez (1954), and Kevin Gage (1959).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Flatley ranks 2,516. Before him are Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Sofia Carson (1993), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), Mickey Kuhn (1932), and Robert Young (1907). After him are Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Kevin Gage (1959), William Mapother (1965), Saoirse Ronan (1994), Vera-Ellen (1921), and David Dastmalchian (1977).

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