Trending Film Directors — the 7 days to 30 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed film directors on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 30 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Patrick Stewart. Data as of 30 October 2026.
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15,205,784
Total Views (the 7 days to 30 October 2026)
1
Patrick Stewart
English actor (1940–2026)
2,598,772
views
views
2
Tom Skerritt
American actor (1933–2026)
853,075
views
views
3
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
725,598
views
views
4
Heath Ledger
Australian actor (1979–2008)
250,550
views
views
5
Miranda Hart
English comedian
245,277
views
views
6
Justine Lupe
American actress
245,114
views
views
7
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
244,767
views
views
8
Tim Daly
American actor (born 1956)
244,232
views
views
9
Paul Bettany
British actor
217,849
views
views
10
Noah Wyle
American actor (born 1971)
216,552
views
views
11
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
207,988
views
views
12
Alexander Skarsgård
Swedish actor
206,900
views
views
13
Tom Cruise
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
205,509
views
views
14
Callum Turner
English actor
197,075
views
views
15
Jennifer Lawrence
American actress and producer (born 1990)
171,364
views
views
16
Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
168,446
views
views
17
Ben Affleck
American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)
160,388
views
views
18
Andrew Koenig
American actor and film editor (1968–2010)
159,031
views
views
19
Lance Oppenheim
American film director
148,958
views
views
20
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
146,575
views
views
21
Dick Ebersol
American television executive
146,511
views
views
22
Mike Flanagan
American filmmaker (born 1978)
138,816
views
views
23
Clint Eastwood
American actor and film director (born 1930)
136,255
views
views
24
Gary Oldman
British actor and filmmaker (born 1958)
135,887
views
views
25
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
135,653
views
views
26
Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
125,650
views
views
27
Johnny Depp
American actor (born 1963)
124,903
views
views
28
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
121,743
views
views
29
Julia Stiles
American actress
121,666
views
views
30
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
117,364
views
views
31
Stanley Tucci
American actor and author (born 1960)
116,833
views
views
32
Alan Ritchson
American actor (born 1982)
116,810
views
views
33
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
116,458
views
views
34
Robert De Niro
American actor (born 1943)
114,376
views
views
35
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
112,823
views
views
36
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Travis Knight
American animator, producer, director, and former rapper
111,145
views
views
37
Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor (born 1980)
110,723
views
views
38
Olivia Wilde
American actress and film director (born 1984)
108,584
views
views
39
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
106,987
views
views
40
Robin Givens
American stage, television, and film actress (born 1964)
106,884
views
views
41
Cate Blanchett
Australian actor and producer (born 1969)
105,428
views
views
42
Jason Momoa
American actor (born 1979)
105,394
views
views
43
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
103,968
views
views
44
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
102,876
views
views
45
Natalie Portman
Israeli-American actress (born 1981)
102,814
views
views
46
Quentin Tarantino
American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)
101,866
views
views
47
Jack Nicholson
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
101,866
views
views
48
Al Pacino
American actor (born 1940)
101,694
views
views
49
George Michael
English singer (1963–2016)
101,508
views
views
50
Dax Shepard
American podcaster and actor
100,882
views
views
51
Gillian Anderson
American actress (born 1968)
99,241
views
views
52
Max Minghella
British actor
98,171
views
views
53
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
95,729
views
views
54
Sandra Bullock
American actress and film producer
94,667
views
views
55
Guy Ritchie
English filmmaker (born 1968)
93,691
views
views
56
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
92,188
views
views
57
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
90,968
views
views
58
Woody Harrelson
American actor (born 1961)
89,933
views
views
59
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
89,350
views
views
60
John Krasinski
American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
88,534
views
views
61
Emma Thompson
English actress and screenwriter (born 1959)
87,069
views
views
62
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
86,695
views
views
63
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
86,606
views
views
64
Taika Waititi
New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian (born 1975)
86,550
views
views
65
Simon Baker
Australian actor and director (born 1969)
86,203
views
views
66
Romola Garai
British actress
85,623
views
views
67
Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965)
84,815
views
views
68
Jennifer Aniston
American actress (born 1969)
84,796
views
views
69
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
84,758
views
views
70
Charlie Ebersol
American television and film producer and director, co-founder and CEO of the Alliance of American Football
84,137
views
views
71
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
83,970
views
views
72
Karthik Subbaraj
film director
83,912
views
views
73
Emma Watson
English actress (born 1990)
83,759
views
views
74
Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress (born 1974)
83,472
views
views
75
Prince
American musician (1958–2016)
83,143
views
views
76
Nicolas Cage
American actor (born 1964)
82,495
views
views
77
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
82,129
views
views
78
Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
80,775
views
views
79
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
80,038
views
views
80
Willie Nelson
American country musician (born 1933)
80,007
views
views
81
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
79,668
views
views
82
Bradley Cooper
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
79,273
views
views
83
Mel Gibson
American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)
79,069
views
views
84
Mackenzie Davis
Canadian actress (born 1987)
78,032
views
views
85
Jessica Biel
American actress (born 1982)
77,694
views
views
86
Liev Schreiber
American actor
77,388
views
views
87
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
77,081
views
views
88
Ralph Fiennes
English actor, director and producer (born 1962)
76,592
views
views
89
Denzel Washington
American actor (born 1954)
76,501
views
views
90
Courteney Cox
American actress and producer (born 1964)
75,646
views
views
91
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
75,382
views
views
92
Kate Siegel
American actress and writer (born 1982)
75,332
views
views
93
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
75,132
views
views
94
Matthew Lillard
American actor (born 1970)
75,051
views
views
95
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
74,902
views
views
96
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
74,740
views
views
97
Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
74,363
views
views
98
Justin Hartley
American actor (born 1977)
74,288
views
views
99
Zoe Saldaña
American actress (born 1978)
74,059
views
views
100
Channing Tatum
American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
73,780
views
views