# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-hodgson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:21.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-hodgson"
name: "Joel Hodgson"
slug: "joel-hodgson"
description: "Joel Gordon Hodgson is an American writer, comedian, and television actor. He is the creator and star of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). In 2007, MST3K was listed as \"one of the top 100 television shows of all time\" by Time."
tagline: "American writer, comedian and television actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WW_Chicago_2014_-_Joel_Hodgson_04_(15058624265).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1960-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.294541333333333
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/joelghodgson"
    handle:    "joelghodgson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joelhodgsn/"
    handle:    "joelhodgsn"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joelghodgson"
    handle:    "joelghodgson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388273/"
    handle:    "nm0388273"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://joelhodgson.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hodgson"
    title: "Joel Hodgson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جويل هودسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جويل هودسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%DA%B5_%DA%BE%DB%86%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "جۆڵ ھۆدجسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hodgson"
    title: "Joel Hodgson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hodgson"
    title: "Joel Hodgson"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hodgson"
    title: "Joel Hodgson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a9328a6-2a72-4e1e-b649-9691267df742"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30024"
    title: "Joel Hodgson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump