# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashok-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:08:53.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashok-kumar"
name: "Ashok Kumar"
slug: "ashok-kumar"
description: "Ashok Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first superstar of Indian cinema as well as the first lead actor to play an anti-hero. He also became the first star to reinvent himself, enjoying a long and hugely successful career as a character actor. He was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India. He received the Padma Shri in 1962 and Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to Indian cinema."
tagline: "Indian actor (1911–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indian_film_actor_Ashok_Kumar_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1911-10-13"
deathDate: "2001-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.353011329755517
  historical:           21.72073066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump