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Peter Fonda

1940 - 2019

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Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was a two-time Academy Award nominee, both for acting and screenwriting, and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for his acting. He was a member of the Fonda acting family, as the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda, and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. Fonda began his career on stage, winning a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Theatre World Award for his performance in the play Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Fonda is the 287th most popular actor (down from 225th in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from United States (down from 424th in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Fonda ranks 287 out of 13,578Before him are Jacqueline Bisset, Jerry Lewis, David Bradley, Mia Farrow, Ernest Borgnine, and Paul Walker. After him are Hugh Grant, Kurt Russell, Margaret Hamilton, James Fox, Stephen Lang, and Stellan Skarsgård.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Peter Fonda ranks 40Before him are John Hurt, Michel Temer, Brian De Palma, Pina Bausch, Abbas Kiarostami, and Giorgio Moroder. After him are Tony Tan, Julie Christie, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, James Caan, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Patrick Stewart. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Fonda ranks 20Before him are Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After him are Karel Gott, Agnès Varda, Beji Caid Essebsi, Franco Zeffirelli, Doris Day, and Marie Fredriksson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Fonda ranks 634 out of 20,380Before him are Ed Gein (1906), Linda B. Buck (1947), Sydney Pollack (1934), Larry Ellison (1944), William Clark (1770), and Robert A. Dahl (1915). After him are Glen Campbell (1936), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Kurt Russell (1951), Margaret Hamilton (1902), and Hiram Maxim (1840).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Peter Fonda ranks 154Before him are Nick Nolte (1941), Warren Beatty (1937), Jerry Lewis (1926), Mia Farrow (1945), Ernest Borgnine (1917), and Paul Walker (1973). After him are Kurt Russell (1951), Margaret Hamilton (1902), Stephen Lang (1952), Goldie Hawn (1945), David Carradine (1936), and Harold Lloyd (1893).