# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-van-zandt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:35:23.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-van-zandt"
name: "Billy Van Zandt"
slug: "billy-van-zandt"
description: "William Van Zandt is an American playwright, actor, and author. He is the author of the theatrical memoir Because It's Funny! and the TV memoir Get in the Car, Jane!: Adventures in the TV Wasteland."
tagline: "American playwright and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Van_Zandt%2C_NYC%2C_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.14
  momentum:             4.166121700920428
  historical:           5.800330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888345/"
    handle:    "nm0888345"
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%B5%DB%8C_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "بیڵی ڤان زاندت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "بیلی ون زاندت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt"
    title: "Billy Van Zandt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt"
    title: "Billy Van Zandt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Van_Zandt"
    title: "Billy Van Zandt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168423"
    title: "Billy Van Zandt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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