# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-bukeko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:54.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-bukeko"
name: "Charles Bukeko"
slug: "charles-bukeko"
description: "Charles Bukeko was a Kenyan actor and comedian. He was known for portraying the titular character in the Citizen TV comedy series Papa Shirandula, which he also created. He won the 2010 Kalasha Award for Best Actor in a TV Series for the role. Bukeko also appeared in the 2012 film The Captain of Nakara. He died on 18 July 2020, from what seemed like COVID-19 symptoms. All of his comedy programmes were dominantly aired by the Kenyan Citizen Television, and none of his fans, both children and adults rarely missed an episode."
tagline: "Kenyan actor and comedian (1962-2020)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1962-07-10"
deathDate: "2020-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.07
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.470302666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2717199/"
    handle:    "nm2717199"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukeko"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69908032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173336"
    title: "Charles Bukeko"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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