# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:26.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-matthews"
name: "Al Matthews"
slug: "al-matthews"
description: "Alexander Basil Matthews, commonly known as Al Matthews, was an American actor, singer, and radio personality. He was best known for his appearance as Gunnery sergeant Apone in the 1986 film Aliens."
tagline: "American actor and singer (1942-2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Al_Matthews_%28actor%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-11-21"
deathDate: "2018-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             0.1454545454545455
  historical:           19.87448933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559922/"
    handle:    "nm0559922"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.almatthews.co.uk"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews_(akteur)"
    title: "Al Matthews (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "آل ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آل ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آل متیوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئەل ماتیۆس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews_(actor)"
    title: "Al Matthews (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آل متیوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews_(attore)"
    title: "Al Matthews (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アル・マシューズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8_%EB%A7%A4%EC%8A%88%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "앨 매슈스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Мэттьюс, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Matthews"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Елл Метьюс (актор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ال میتھیوز (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/508f5813-7025-4dc7-b534-089b279968f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10208"
    title: "Al Matthews"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump