# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garrett-mcnamara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:59:51.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garrett-mcnamara"
name: "Garrett McNamara"
slug: "garrett-mcnamara"
description: "Garrett \"GMAC\" McNamara is an American professional big wave surfer best known for once holding the world record for largest wave ever surfed, as documented in the HBO series 100 Foot Wave. McNamara is also known for successfully negotiating a monstrous barrel at Jaws and being the first person to ride a wave formed from calving glaciers."
tagline: "American professional surfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Web_Summit_2017_-_SportsTrade_CG1_7032_(37533617704).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: "1967-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.928494666666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2911985/"
    handle:    "nm2911985"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.garrettmcnamara.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_McNamara"
    title: "Garrett McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "غاريت مكنمارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_McNamara"
    title: "Garrett McNamara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Макнамара, Гарретт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Гарет Макнамара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3890668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1286164"
    title: "Garrett McNamara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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