# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-idle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:57:24.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-idle"
name: "Eric Idle"
slug: "eric-idle"
description: "Eric Idle is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined Cambridge University Footlights. He has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Tony Awards."
tagline: "British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Idle_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump