# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-tarrant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:54:37.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-tarrant"
name: "Chris Tarrant"
slug: "chris-tarrant"
description: "Christopher John Tarrant is an English retired broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ, and comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its inception in 1998 until 2014."
tagline: "English radio and television broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Tarrant_Phooto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             1.100547017452462
  historical:           8.480322666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850634/"
    handle:    "nm0850634"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79c92232-2094-456e-84c2-79ed1eedabcd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "كريس تارانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "کریس ترنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tarrant"
    title: "Chris Tarrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2944522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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