# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-buchanan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:01.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-buchanan"
name: "Ian Buchanan"
slug: "ian-buchanan"
description: "Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American soap operas including General Hospital, Port Charles, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, and Days of Our Lives. He is also known for his work in two David Lynch shows – playing Dick Tremayne in the second season of Twin Peaks (1990-1991) and Lester Guy in On the Air."
tagline: "Scottish actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Buchanan_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.44
  momentum:             4.839005235602095
  historical:           14.14146533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118011/"
    handle:    "nm0118011"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يان بوكانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Ian Buchanan (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "یان بوکانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3"
    title: "イアン・ブキャナン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%95%88_%EB%B7%B0%EC%BA%90%EB%84%8C"
    title: "이안 뷰캐넌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Buchanan"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E5%9D%8E%E5%8D%97"
    title: "伊恩·布坎南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673434"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15865"
    title: "Ian Buchanan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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