# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-jay-friedman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:07.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-jay-friedman"
name: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
slug: "bruce-jay-friedman"
description: "Bruce Jay Friedman was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. He was noted for his versatility of writing in both literature and pop culture. He was also a trailblazer in the style of modern American black humor. The themes he wrote about reflected the major changes taking place in society during the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his stories were inspired by the events of his personal life."
tagline: "American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright (1930-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Jay_Freidman%2C_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-04-26"
deathDate: "2020-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.04176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295171/"
    handle:    "nm0295171"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jay_Friedman"
    title: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بروس جاي فريدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "برووس جەی فریدمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jay_Friedman"
    title: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jay_Friedman"
    title: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jay_Friedman"
    title: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ブルース・ジェイ・フリードマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26511"
    title: "Bruce Jay Friedman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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