# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-jules
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:08.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-jules"
name: "Gary Jules"
slug: "gary-jules"
description: "Gary Jules Aguirre Jr. is an American singer-songwriter, known primarily for his cover version of the Tears for Fears song \"Mad World\", which he recorded with his friend Michael Andrews for the film Donnie Darko. It became the UK Christmas number-one single of 2003."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Jules.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-03-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.99951591199408
  historical:           18.17366933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/garyjulesmusic"
    handle:    "garyjulesmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519173/"
    handle:    "nm1519173"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "5oRnbmgqvvq7fVlgk4vcEa"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.garyjules.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "غاري جولس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "گری ژول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Джулс, Гэри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Jules"
    title: "Gary Jules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d65bead-6eae-4012-8665-d5f593ea4a62"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Gary Jules"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump