# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-dennen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:50:20.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-dennen"
name: "Barry Dennen"
slug: "barry-dennen"
description: "Barry Dennen was an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Pontius Pilate on the original 1970 recording of Jesus Christ Superstar as well as the subsequent 1971 stage musical and 1973 film adaptation."
tagline: "American actor (1938–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_dennen-1531403381.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-02-22"
deathDate: "2017-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.97359733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0219336"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barrydennen.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barry Dennen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Деннен, Барри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump