# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-abercrombie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:34:38.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-abercrombie"
name: "Ian Abercrombie"
slug: "ian-abercrombie"
description: "Ian Abercrombie was an English actor. He was best known for playing Elaine's boss during the sixth season of Seinfeld. He also played Alfred Pennyworth on Birds of Prey, Rupert Cavanaugh in Desperate Housewives, Professor Crumbs in Wizards of Waverly Place, and Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars."
tagline: "British actor (1934–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/IanAbercrombie.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-09-11"
deathDate: "2012-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.06
  momentum:             1.624254473161034
  historical:           17.220984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000718/"
    handle:    "nm0000718"
sources:
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    title: "Эберкромби, Йен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Abercrombie"
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    title: "Ian Abercrombie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump