# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-elliott
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:51.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-elliott"
name: "Chris Elliott"
slug: "chris-elliott"
description: "Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his surreal sense of humor. He was a regular performer on Late Night with David Letterman while working as a writer there (1983–1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990–1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994). His writing for Letterman won four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards."
tagline: "American actor, writer, and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Elliott_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).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: "1960-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.86076533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0254402"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس الیوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリス・エリオット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "크리스 엘리엇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Elliott"
    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Эллиотт, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Chris Elliott"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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