# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/graham-linehan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:46:15.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/graham-linehan"
name: "Graham Linehan"
slug: "graham-linehan"
description: "Graham George Linehan is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted (1995–1998), Black Books (2000–2004), The IT Crowd (2006–2013), and Count Arthur Strong (2013–2017), and has contributed to other comedy shows, including The Fast Show, The Day Today, and Brass Eye. During the 1990s, his writing partner was Arthur Mathews, with whom he created Father Ted."
tagline: "Irish comedy writer (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Graham_Linehan_-_2013_(8735745502)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.51
  momentum:             3.03731778425656
  historical:           14.54318133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 236
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Glinner"
    handle:    "Glinner"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512627/"
    handle:    "nm0512627"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جراهام لينيهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "גרהם לינהאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Graham Linehan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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