# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-hiltermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:29.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-hiltermann"
name: "Bob Hiltermann"
slug: "bob-hiltermann"
description: "Bob Hiltermann is a writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as a founding member of the world's only all-deaf rock band, Beethoven's Nightmare, and for his involvement in groundbreaking deaf theatre and film productions. His acclaimed short film, This is Ed!!, has won 24 awards internationally. Hiltermann has appeared in numerous film and television productions, and is a co-founder of Deaf West Theatre, a Tony Award-winning company known for its Broadway productions."
tagline: "German deaf actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Hiltermann_03275.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             13.26923076923077
  historical:           5.074838666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385217/"
    handle:    "nm0385217"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hiltermann"
    title: "Bob Hiltermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بوب هيلتيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hiltermann"
    title: "Bob Hiltermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hiltermann"
    title: "Bob Hiltermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hiltermann"
    title: "Bob Hiltermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4932797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25190"
    title: "Bob Hiltermann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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