# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-kroeger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:38.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-kroeger"
name: "Gary Kroeger"
slug: "gary-kroeger"
description: "Gary Kroeger is an American businessman, politician, writer, comedian and actor best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985, and his work on various game shows. He ran in the Democratic Congressional primary in 2016 and then for an Iowa state house seat in the 2016 election, losing to incumbent Republican Walt Rogers."
tagline: "American actor (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lindee_Linke_and_Gary_Kroeger.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: "1957-04-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             7.829457364341083
  historical:           5.337694666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Gwaynek"
    handle:    "Gwaynek"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/garykroeger157/"
    handle:    "garykroeger157"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gary.kroeger.18"
    handle:    "gary.kroeger.18"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/garykroeger/"
    handle:    "garykroeger"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471856/"
    handle:    "nm0471856"
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%86%DA%AF%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "گاری کرۆگەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "غاري كروجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "جارى كروجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kroeger"
    title: "Gary Kroeger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kroeger"
    title: "Gary Kroeger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1188726"
    title: "Gary Kroeger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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