# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emil-steinberger
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:32.551Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emil-steinberger"
name: "Emil Steinberger"
slug: "emil-steinberger"
description: "Emil Steinberger, commonly known as Emil, is a Swiss comedian, writer, director and actor. He is predominantly known as a comedian and actor in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He has lived in New York City from 1993 to 1999, which inspired him for his book Emil via New York."
tagline: "Swiss comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EmilSteinberger2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.84
  momentum:             0.1981669556601437
  historical:           8.281545333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/148738428501454"
    handle:    "148738428501454"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825835/"
    handle:    "nm0825835"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.emil.ch/emil-fran%C3%A7ais"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1762935"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "اميل شتاينبرجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger_(actor)"
    title: "Emil Steinberger (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Steinberger"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8394ca9d-c085-4ff3-8908-9148bb96ec24"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112836"
    title: "Emil Steinberger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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