# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-hoffman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:22.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-hoffman"
name: "Basil Hoffman"
slug: "basil-hoffman"
description: "Basil Harry Hoffman was an American actor with a film and television career spanning five decades, mostly in supporting roles. He starred in films with many award-winning directors, including Alan Pakula and Robert Redford. He also authored two books about acting, including Acting and How to Be Good at It."
tagline: "American actor (1938–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_Hoffman_on_RealTVfilms.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1938-01-18"
deathDate: "2021-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.711558666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388819/"
    handle:    "nm0388819"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hoffman"
    title: "Basil Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باسيل هوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باسيل هوفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%BE%DB%86%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باسیل ھۆفمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hoffman"
    title: "Basil Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hoffman"
    title: "Basil Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hoffman"
    title: "Basil Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hoffman"
    title: "Basil Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84_%DB%81%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "بیسل ہوفمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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