# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-mckay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:51.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-mckay"
name: "Adam McKay"
slug: "adam-mckay"
description: "Adam McKay is an American filmmaker. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films in the 2000s such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay co-wrote and co-produced many television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website Funny or Die through their company, Gary Sanchez Productions."
tagline: "American filmmaker (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam_McKay-7784_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.984788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "GhostPanther"
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    handle:    "mr.ghostpanther"
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    handle:    "nm0570912"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ադամ ՄաքՔեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adam McKay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump