# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-foley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:50.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-foley"
name: "Gary Foley"
slug: "gary-foley"
description: "Gary Edward Foley is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbaynggirr people, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Aboriginal Legal Service in Redfern in the 1970s. He also co-wrote and acted in the first Indigenous Australian stage production, Basically Black."
tagline: "Australian activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary-Foley-1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.152413333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284140/"
    handle:    "nm0284140"
sources:
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foley"
    title: "Gary Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "غاري فولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جارى فولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foley"
    title: "Gary Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foley"
    title: "Gary Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foley"
    title: "Gary Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1458533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75050"
    title: "Gary Foley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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