# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-carter-q437267
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:32:00.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-carter-q437267"
name: "Chris Carter"
slug: "chris-carter-q437267"
description: "Christopher Carl Carter is an American television and film producer, director and writer. Born in Bellflower, California, Carter graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach before spending thirteen years working for Surfing Magazine. After beginning his television career working on television films for Walt Disney Studios, Carter rose to fame in the 1990s for creating the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files. The show earned high viewership ratings, and eventually led to Carter's being able to negotiate the creation of future series."
tagline: "American television and film producer (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Carter_(July_2008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.29849733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004810/"
    handle:    "nm0004810"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "كريس كارتر (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "كريس كارتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Крис Картър (сценарист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(scen%C3%A1rista)"
    title: "Chris Carter (scenárista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(Drehbuchautor)"
    title: "Chris Carter (Drehbuchautor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter)"
    title: "Chris Carter (screenwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس کارتر (فیلم‌نامه‌نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(sc%C3%A9nariste)"
    title: "Chris Carter (scénariste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E8%84%9A%E6%9C%AC%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "クリス・カーター (脚本家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "크리스 카터 (각본가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophorus_Carter"
    title: "Christophorus Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(re%C5%BCyser)"
    title: "Chris Carter (reżyser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Картер, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12524"
    title: "Chris Carter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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