# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-leland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:14:56.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-leland"
name: "David Leland"
slug: "david-leland"
description: "David Leland was a British film director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987."
tagline: "British actor, screenwriter and director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bxj3FPMArVmzLGcNOhJyciMlIX2.jpg"
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: "1941-04-20"
deathDate: "2023-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.27
  momentum:             27.97941414875479
  historical:           10.99543333333333
  currentAttention:     6.4
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500896/"
    handle:    "nm0500896"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland_(rejidan)"
    title: "David Leland (rejidan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ديفيد ليلاند (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دافيد ليلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland_(Regisseur)"
    title: "David Leland (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "دیوید لیلند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325805"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197374"
    title: "David Leland"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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