# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-macklin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:49:04.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-macklin"
name: "Charles Macklin"
slug: "charles-macklin"
description: "Charles Macklin, born as Cathal MacLochlainn, was an Irish actor and dramatist who performed extensively at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Macklin revolutionised theatre in the 18th century by introducing a \"natural style\" of acting. He is also famous for accidentally killing a man during a fight over a wig at the same theatre."
tagline: "Irish actor and playwright who introduced natural acting"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Macklin_by_John_Opie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1699-09-26"
deathDate: "1797-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.547445333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "تشارلز ماكلين"
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    title: "Charles Macklin"
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    title: "Charles Macklin"
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    title: "Маклин, Чарльз (актёр)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump