# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mcgovern
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:04:31.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mcgovern"
name: "Jimmy McGovern"
slug: "jimmy-mcgovern"
description: "James Stanley McGovern is an English screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating the drama series Cracker (1993–1995), for which he received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He also received recognition for creating drama series such as Hillsborough, The Lakes, The Street, and Accused, among others. On 8 December 2021, McGovern was awarded the Freedom of The City of Liverpool in recognition of his life's work."
tagline: "British writer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4m4PzL9tgPwy5isLgwJrcLpXTc.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.02
  momentum:             1.103960396039604
  historical:           6.961496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569568/"
    handle:    "nm0569568"
sources:
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    title: "Jimmy McGovern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمي ماكغفرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمى ماكجفرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGovern"
    title: "Jimmy McGovern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جیمی مک‌گاورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGovern"
    title: "Jimmy McGovern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGovern"
    title: "Jimmy McGovern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Jimmy McGovern"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump