# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-duke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:49:32.240Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-duke"
name: "Bill Duke"
slug: "bill-duke"
description: "William Henry Duke Jr., is an American actor and director. He is known for his work in action and crime drama, often as a character related to law enforcement. Dubbed the \"Godfather of African American Cinema\", he is known to direct films dealing with Black American experience and struggle."
tagline: "American actor and director (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Duke_(47003170452).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.388164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/RealBillDuke"
    handle:    "RealBillDuke"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004886/"
    handle:    "nm0004886"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billduke.com"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل ديوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل دوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Dük"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیڵ دوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Duke"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Duke"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Բիլ Դյուկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Duke"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ビル・デューク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "빌 듀크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дьюк, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%94%D1%98%D1%83%D0%BA"
    title: "Бил Дјук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Duke"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Duke"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%94%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Білл Дюк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1103"
    title: "Bill Duke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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