Trending Film Directors in Germany — the 12 months to November 2026
The 100 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, the 12 months to November 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Patrick Stewart. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the German-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of Germany. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
6,691,679
Total Views (the 12 months to November 2026)
1
Patrick Stewart
English actor (1940–2026)
200,816
views
views
2
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
186,309
views
views
3
Karoline Herfurth
German actress
141,349
views
views
4
Désirée Nosbusch
Luxembourgian presenter and actress
139,362
views
views
5
Alan Ritchson
American actor (born 1982)
125,721
views
views
6
Christoph Waltz
Austrian-German actor (born 1956)
119,782
views
views
7
Tom Skerritt
American actor (1933–2026)
108,873
views
views
8
Klaus Kinski
German actor (1926–1991)
107,496
views
views
9
Hape Kerkeling
German comedian
106,345
views
views
10
Sandra Bullock
American actress and film producer
105,135
views
views
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
99,619
views
views
12
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
99,609
views
views
13
Nora Tschirner
German actress
95,409
views
views
14
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
94,328
views
views
15
Udo Lindenberg
German rock musician and composer
92,137
views
views
16
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
91,431
views
views
17
Guy Ritchie
English filmmaker (born 1968)
88,104
views
views
18
Robert De Niro
American actor (born 1943)
86,199
views
views
19
Florian David Fitz
German actor, screenwriter, film director and singer
79,699
views
views
20
Campino
German singer
77,030
views
views
21
Sophie Marceau
French actress
74,477
views
views
22
Terence Hill
Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
73,955
views
views
23
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
72,674
views
views
24
Al Pacino
American actor (born 1940)
72,297
views
views
25
Heath Ledger
Australian actor (1979–2008)
71,700
views
views
26
Dieter Hallervorden
German actor and comedian
70,693
views
views
27
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer (born 1990)
69,798
views
views
28
Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor (born 1980)
69,563
views
views
29
Johnny Depp
American actor (born 1963)
69,434
views
views
30
Russell Crowe
New Zealand actor
68,254
views
views
31
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German actor (born 1930)
68,043
views
views
32
Gillian Anderson
American actress (born 1968)
67,390
views
views
33
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
67,302
views
views
34
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
66,339
views
views
35
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
65,569
views
views
36
Otto Waalkes
German comedian (born 1948)
65,156
views
views
37
Aylin Tezel
German actress and film director (born 1983)
64,364
views
views
38
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
63,032
views
views
39
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
62,827
views
views
40
Maria Sten
Danish actress and filmmaker
62,744
views
views
41
Ben Affleck
American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)
62,722
views
views
42
Werner Herzog
German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director (born 1942)
62,030
views
views
43
Ralph Fiennes
English actor, director and producer (born 1962)
61,231
views
views
44
Woody Harrelson
American actor (born 1961)
60,780
views
views
45
Quentin Tarantino
American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)
60,178
views
views
46
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
59,389
views
views
47
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
58,905
views
views
48
Til Schweiger
German actor
58,706
views
views
49
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
58,702
views
views
50
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
57,423
views
views
51
Kathy Bates
American film actress and director
57,297
views
views
52
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
56,678
views
views
53
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
56,640
views
views
54
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
56,554
views
views
55
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
56,209
views
views
56
Adriano Celentano
Italian musician and actor (born 1938)
56,063
views
views
57
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
55,564
views
views
58
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
55,059
views
views
59
Louis de Funès
French actor and comedian (1914–1983)
55,023
views
views
60
Simon Baker
Australian actor and director (born 1969)
54,250
views
views
61
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
53,882
views
views
62
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
52,799
views
views
63
Sam Neill
New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
52,744
views
views
64
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
52,609
views
views
65
Katharina Thalbach
German actress and director (born 1954)
52,545
views
views
66
Michael Ostrowski
Austrian actor
52,328
views
views
67
Diane Keaton
American actress and film director (1946–2025)
52,142
views
views
68
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
52,027
views
views
69
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
51,673
views
views
70
Aron Lehmann
German film director
51,014
views
views
71
Matthias Schweighöfer
German actor
50,974
views
views
72
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
50,904
views
views
73
Will Smith
American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)
49,732
views
views
74
George Clooney
American-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)
49,687
views
views
75
Christoph Schlingensief
German theatre and film director, playwright, and performance artist (1960-2010)
49,611
views
views
76
Bradley Cooper
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
49,594
views
views
77
Alfred Hitchcock
British filmmaker (1899–1980)
48,992
views
views
78
Cate Blanchett
Australian actor and producer (born 1969)
48,556
views
views
79
Jason Momoa
American actor (born 1979)
47,916
views
views
80
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
47,385
views
views
81
Peter Weck
Austrian director and actor
47,296
views
views
82
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
47,280
views
views
83
Elliot Page
Canadian actor
46,751
views
views
84
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)
46,489
views
views
85
Robert Redford
American actor and director (1936–2025)
45,553
views
views
86
George Michael
English singer (1963–2016)
45,535
views
views
87
Denzel Washington
American actor (born 1954)
45,481
views
views
88
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
45,408
views
views
89
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
45,339
views
views
90
Daniel Brühl
German actor (born 1978)
45,087
views
views
91
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
44,963
views
views
92
Jack Nicholson
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
44,898
views
views
93
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
44,806
views
views
94
John Wayne
American actor (1907–1979)
44,575
views
views
95
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
44,558
views
views
96
Leni Riefenstahl
German filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
44,480
views
views
97
Kenneth Branagh
British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
44,319
views
views
98
Roman Polanski
French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
44,123
views
views
99
Jürgen Vogel
German actor, producer and singer
43,959
views
views
100
Michael Keaton
American actor (born 1951)
43,898
views
views