# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gregory-hines
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:32.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gregory-hines"
name: "Gregory Hines"
slug: "gregory-hines"
description: "Gregory Oliver Hines was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for History of the World, Part I (1981), Wolfen (1981), The Cotton Club (1984), White Nights (1985), Running Scared (1986), A Rage in Harlem (1991), The Gregory Hines Show (1997–98), playing Ben on Will & Grace (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. animated children's television program Little Bill (1999–2004)."
tagline: "American actor and dancer (1946–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregory_Hines_1993.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-02-14"
deathDate: "2003-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.247540484803408
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump