# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-leighton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:50:41.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-leighton"
name: "Jan Leighton"
slug: "jan-leighton"
description: "Jan Leighton was an American actor and model who appeared in more than 3,000 roles. He specialized in portraying historic characters, but also worked as a voice actor and hand model. He was credited by the Guinness Book of World Records with having played more roles than any other actor."
tagline: "American actor (1921-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/Jan_Leighton.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-12-27"
deathDate: "2009-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.34
  momentum:             4.27927927927928
  historical:           5.744745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500353/"
    handle:    "nm0500353"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "جان لیٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Leighton"
    title: "Jan Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چان ليجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "یان لیتۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Leighton"
    title: "Jan Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%B0_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%BC"
    title: "잰 라이튼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6149364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3663124"
    title: "Jan Leighton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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