# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chip-zien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:30.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chip-zien"
name: "Chip Zien"
slug: "chip-zien"
description: "Jerome Herbert \"Chip\" Zien is an American actor. He is best known for originating the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of the musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He appeared in all of the \"Marvin Trilogy\" musicals by William Finn: as Marvin in In Trousers, and as Dr. Mendel in March of the Falsettos, Falsettoland and Falsettos. In 2023, he returned to Broadway to critical acclaim in the lead role of Rabbi Josef Roman Cycowski in Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s Harmony."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChipZien-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.22
  momentum:             0.2730819245773732
  historical:           10.19921866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956268/"
    handle:    "nm0956268"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1819476"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "چیپ زاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%A9_%EC%B9%98%EC%97%94"
    title: "칩 치엔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Zien"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%BE_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "چپ زین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/38b71efb-e360-4258-abb6-b8e0484a4ca2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90039"
    title: "Chip Zien"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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