# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-boon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:27:08.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-boon"
name: "Ed Boon"
slug: "ed-boon"
description: "Edward Boon is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director. Boon is best known for co-creating the fighting game series Mortal Kombat along with John Tobias, and directing the Injustice series. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time for his involvement in the Mortal Kombat series."
tagline: "American videogame producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Boon_at_E3_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1964-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.41902533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 101
platforms:
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    handle:    "noobde"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/noobde/"
    handle:    "noobde"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095460/"
    handle:    "nm0095460"
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    title: "Ed Boon"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ед Бун"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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