# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jg-thirlwell
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:54:59.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jg-thirlwell"
name: "JG Thirlwell"
slug: "jg-thirlwell"
description: "James George Thirlwell, styled as JG Thirlwell and also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other pseudonyms, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles."
tagline: "Australian composer, producer and musician (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thirlwell_bisi_loz_crop.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.562714666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3970
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jgthirlwell"
    handle:    "jgthirlwell"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jgthirlwell/"
    handle:    "jgthirlwell"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100045377091477"
    handle:    "100045377091477"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858221/"
    handle:    "nm0858221"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.foetus.org"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4l1uKp3KiyrIzfYLk62d1A"
    handle:    "@jgt"
    followers: 3970
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/15025"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AC%D9%89._%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيه. جى. ثيرلويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/JG_Thirlwell"
    title: "JG Thirlwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JG_Thirlwell"
    title: "JG Thirlwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/JG_Thirlwell"
    title: "JG Thirlwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Тёрлуэлл, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tok.wikipedia.org/wiki/jan_Sesi_Siwe"
    title: "jan Sesi Siwe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9bb8614-7ac9-4f31-941f-f77f2fcaee3a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1486271"
    title: "J.G. Thirlwell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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