# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-lee-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:49:43.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-lee-burke"
name: "James Lee Burke"
slug: "james-lee-burke"
description: "James Lee Burke is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin and then Tommy Lee Jones."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Lee_Burke_Statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3821083389525736
  historical:           17.19923466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "JamesLeeBurke"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121715/"
    handle:    "nm0121715"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.jamesleeburke.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمس لي بورك"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס לי ברק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lee_Burke"
    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lee_Burke"
    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Лі Берк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "James Lee Burke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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