# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-coleman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:37.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-coleman"
name: "Gary Coleman"
slug: "gary-coleman"
description: "Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, known as a high-profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman grew up with his adoptive parents. Due to the corticosteroids and other medications used to treat a kidney disease, his growth was limited to 4 ft 8 in (142 cm). In the mid-1970s, he appeared in commercials and acted in an episode of Medical Center. He caught the attention of a producer after acting in a pilot for a revival of The Little Rascals (1977), who decided to cast him as Arnold Jackson in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), a role that launched Coleman into stardom. For playing the role of Arnold he received several accolades, which include two Young Artist Awards; in 1980 for Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Entertainment and in 1982 for Best Young Actor in a Comedy Series; and three People's Choice Awards; consecutive three wins for Favorite Young TV Performer from 1980 to 1983; as well as nominations for two TV Land Awards. He was rated first on a list of VH1's \"100 Greatest Kid Stars\", and an influential child actor."
tagline: "American actor (1968–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GaryColemanE3May05.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: "1968-02-08"
deathDate: "2010-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.12
  momentum:             0.9742858224875974
  historical:           24.92966
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 245
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171041/"
    handle:    "nm0171041"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump