# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaishankar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:20:11.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaishankar"
name: "Jaishankar"
slug: "jaishankar"
description: "Jaishankar was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a notable lead actor in the 1960s and 70s, who was credited onscreen with title of Makkal Kalaingnar or Makkal Thamizhan in most of the films starring him. He was also referred to as Thennakathu James Bond because of his roles in films such as Vallavan Oruvan and CID Shankar."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Jaishankar_oldfilm.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-07-12"
deathDate: "2000-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.51
  momentum:             4.943899869313695
  historical:           5.742133333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1126254/"
    handle:    "nm1126254"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jaishankar.in"
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "چايشانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaishankar_(actor)"
    title: "Jaishankar (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC_(%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BB)"
    title: "ജയശങ്കർ (നടൻ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_(%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE)"
    title: "जयशंकर (अभिनेता)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஜெய்சங்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6124275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584255"
    title: "Jaishankar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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