# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grant-kirkhope
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:52:46.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grant-kirkhope"
name: "Grant Kirkhope"
slug: "grant-kirkhope"
description: "Grant Kirkhope is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Perfect Dark, among many others. He has won an Ivor Novello Award for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and a World Soundtrack Award for The King's Daughter, as well as being nominated for BAFTA, ASCAP, and IFMCA awards. He has also provided the voice for the character Donkey Kong in many of his game appearances."
tagline: "British composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grant_Kirkhope.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-07-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.785763458625912
  historical:           10.57482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 17000
platforms:
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    handle:    "grantkirkhope"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/grantkirkhope"
    handle:    "grantkirkhope"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0456622"
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    handle:    "52kyuqw6IKrI3kzllwYcvd"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "@grantkirkhope"
    followers: 17000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جرانت كيرخوپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Grant Kirkhope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Kirkhope"
    title: "Grant Kirkhope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Kirkhope"
    title: "Grant Kirkhope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Kirkhope"
    title: "Grant Kirkhope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "グラント・カークホープ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Grant Kirkhope"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump