# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:50:35.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-simpson"
name: "Don Simpson"
slug: "don-simpson"
description: "Donald Clarence Simpson was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor, known for his work on blockbuster films of the 1980s and 1990s. Simpson entered the film industry in the 1970s and worked at Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. He eventually began a professional partnership with Jerry Bruckheimer, and together, they produced hit films such as Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Top Gun (1986), and The Rock (1996), the latter released posthumously. As his stature in Hollywood grew, Simpson became notorious for his debauched lifestyle, which included severe and longstanding substance abuse, and he ultimately died from heart failure caused by an overdose of cocaine and prescription drugs. By the time of his death, his and Bruckheimer's films had grossed over $3 billion worldwide."
tagline: "American film producer, screenwriter, actor (1943–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Don_Simpson.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-10-29"
deathDate: "1996-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.52
  momentum:             3.575026428704684
  historical:           21.31921333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800971/"
    handle:    "nm0800971"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "ڈان سمپسن"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump