# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-bowen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:43:48.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-bowen"
name: "Jim Bowen"
slug: "jim-bowen"
description: "James Brown Whittaker, known professionally as Jim Bowen, was an English stand-up comedian, actor and television personality. He was the long-time host of the ITV game show Bullseye, which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995."
tagline: "English stand-up comedian and TV personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimbowen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-08-20"
deathDate: "2018-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.22
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.464026666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100855/"
    handle:    "nm0100855"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimbowen.tv"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيم بوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9a2034a-968d-436a-bc19-90770a7ed946"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6193763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2404892"
    title: "Jim Bowen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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