# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-kaufman
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:47:56.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-kaufman"
name: "Andy Kaufman"
slug: "andy-kaufman"
description: "Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman was an American entertainer and performance artist. He has sometimes been called an \"anti-comedian\". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in an interview, \"I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him. My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can.\""
tagline: "American entertainer (1949–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Kaufman_1979.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1949-01-17"
deathDate: "1984-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.41350374587024
  historical:           26.249024
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 192
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001412"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump