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Ron Silver

1946 - 2009

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Ronald Arthur Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business, and was nominated for an Emmy for his recurring role as political strategist Bruno Gianelli in The West Wing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Ron Silver is the 3,858th most popular actor (down from 3,741st in 2024), the 6,252nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,600th in 2019) and the 1,803rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ron Silver ranks 3,858 out of 13,578. Before him are Toshio Furukawa, Manorama, Maurice Costello, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Ku Hye-sun, and Kim Manners. After him are Branko Đurić, Mathieu Carrière, Stephen Root, Benedicta Boccoli, Richard Burgi, and Renato Rascel.

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Among people born in 1946, Ron Silver ranks 439. Before him are Robin Cook, Randy Meisner, Chava Alberstein, Luis Puenzo, Noddy Holder, and Toshio Furukawa. After him are Edoardo Bennato, Martin Barre, Francis Goya, Kathy Ellis, Olena Chekan, and Wes Unseld. Among people deceased in 2009, Ron Silver ranks 202. Before him are Ivan Gubijan, Jack Kramer, Grigore Vieru, Janet Jagan, Riccardo Cassin, and Kim Manners. After him are Yukio Endo, Clodovil Hernandes, Willem Johan Kolff, Lei Clijsters, Juvenal Amarijo, and Adolf Merckle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Silver ranks 6,252 out of 20,380. Before him are Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), and John Hopcroft (1939). After him are Dorothy Stang (1931), Bessie Coleman (1892), Helen Merrill (1930), Gene Clark (1944), Stephen Root (1951), Robert Ettinger (1918), and John Ostrom (1928).

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Among actors born in United States, Ron Silver ranks 1,803. Before him are Colleen Moore (1899), Jon Hamm (1971), Bert Lahr (1895), Gerald McRaney (1947), Maurice Costello (1877), and Kim Manners (1951). After him are Stephen Root (1951), Richard Burgi (1958), Tom Noonan (1951), Chuck Connors (1921), Harry Hamlin (1951), and Chris Farley (1964).

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