# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornell-john
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:33:25.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornell-john"
name: "Cornell John"
slug: "cornell-john"
description: "Cornell Solomon John is a British actor who has appeared in various film and television productions since 1999. He is most renowned for his role as Trife's uncle, Curtis, in the films Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood in addition to later starring in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Sam James, during 2013. He is also known for having originated the role of Mufasa in the West End production of the musical The Lion King."
tagline: "British actor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1901"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           46
  momentum:             0.8737864077669902
  historical:           5.729594666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180259/"
    handle:    "nm0180259"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_John"
    title: "Cornell John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كورنيل جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كورنيل جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EB%84%AC_%EC%A1%B4"
    title: "코넬 존"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_John"
    title: "Cornell John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_John"
    title: "Cornell John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16238691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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