# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chaz-lamar-shepherd
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:12:17.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chaz-lamar-shepherd"
name: "Chaz Lamar Shepherd"
slug: "chaz-lamar-shepherd"
description: "Chaz Lamar Shepherd is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his roles as Artis Tower in Me and the Boys (1994–1995), John Hamilton on 7th Heaven (1996–2001), and Piranha in Luke Cage (2018). He is also known for his portrayal as Al Bryant in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations."
tagline: "American actor and singer-songwriter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.5
  momentum:             1.560693641618497
  historical:           5.600874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/handsomechaz/"
    handle:    "handsomechaz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791755/"
    handle:    "nm0791755"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Lamar_Shepherd"
    title: "Chaz Lamar Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "تشاز لامار شيفيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Lamar_Shepherd"
    title: "Chaz Lamar Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "چاز لامر شیفرڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B1%84%EC%A6%88_%EB%9F%AC%EB%A7%88_%EC%85%B0%ED%8D%BC%EB%93%9C"
    title: "채즈 러마 셰퍼드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Lamar_Shepherd"
    title: "Chaz Lamar Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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