# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-lee-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:43.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-lee-thomas"
name: "Ernest Lee Thomas"
slug: "ernest-lee-thomas"
description: "Ernest Lee Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Roger \"Raj\" Thomas on the 1970s ABC sitcom What's Happening!! and its 1980s syndicated sequel, What's Happening Now!!, and for his recurring role as Mr. Omar on Everybody Hates Chris."
tagline: "American actor, producer, and writer (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%2C_Ernest_Lee_(2008).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.38
  momentum:             0.3104641693811075
  historical:           8.031310666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858808/"
    handle:    "nm0858808"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنسٹ لی تھامس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lee_Thomas"
    title: "Ernest Lee Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "إرنست لي توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنست لى توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lee_Thomas"
    title: "Ernest Lee Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنست لی توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thomas"
    title: "Ernest Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Lee_Thomas"
    title: "Ernest Lee Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75356"
    title: "Ernest Lee Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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