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Steven Hill

1922 - 2016

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Steven Hill, also known as Steve Hill, (born Solomon Krakovsky; Yiddish: שלמה קראַקאָווסקי; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series Law & Order (1990–2000) and Dan Briggs on the CBS action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1967). For the former, he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles include The Goddess (1958), A Child Is Waiting (1963), The Slender Thread (1965), Yentl (1983), Legal Eagles (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Running on Empty (1988), Billy Bathgate (1991), and The Firm (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Steven Hill is the 2,745th most popular actor (up from 2,985th in 2024), the 4,724th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,569th in 2019) and the 1,320th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Steven Hill ranks 2,745 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Wesley, Charles Bickford, John Doman, Sarah Siddons, Jimmy Smits, and Kelly Reilly. After him are Helena Modjeska, Karla Sofía Gascón, Marilù Tolo, Irrfan Khan, Ken Jenkins, and Nick Cravat.

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Among people born in 1922, Steven Hill ranks 207. Before him are William Baumol, Burt Kennedy, John Edward Williams, Francis Pym, Theo Albrecht, and Vsevolod Bobrov. After him are Luiz Bonfá, René Lévesque, Roland Dumas, Käbi Laretei, Adil Çarçani, and Saad el-Shazly. Among people deceased in 2016, Steven Hill ranks 215. Before him are Martin Lundström, Miruts Yifter, Frank Finlay, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Sigge Parling, and Halil İnalcık. After him are Jay Wright Forrester, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Naná Vasconcelos, Jacques Hamel, Sándor Tarics, and Lars Gustafsson.

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Among people born in United States, Steven Hill ranks 4,724 out of 20,380. Before him are John Doman (1945), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Jimmy Smits (1955), Larry Black (1951), Dana Scott (1932), and Evelyn McHale (1923). After him are Andrew Blake (1947), Melanie Thornton (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), Ken Jenkins (1940), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), and Judith Reisman (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Steven Hill ranks 1,320. Before him are Kari Wuhrer (1967), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Paul Wesley (1982), Charles Bickford (1891), John Doman (1945), and Jimmy Smits (1955). After him are Ken Jenkins (1940), Nick Cravat (1912), Misha Collins (1974), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Damon Wayans (1960), and Grace Moore (1898).

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