# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bishop
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:31.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bishop"
name: "John Bishop"
slug: "john-bishop"
description: "John Bishop is an English comedian, presenter, actor, and former semiprofessional footballer. His first television appearance was in 2007 on the RTÉ topical-comedy show The Panel, where he was a regular panelist until 2008. He subsequently appeared in series three and four of the E4 teen drama Skins and the Ken Loach film Route Irish. He has also hosted his own shows, such as John Bishop's Britain (2010–2011), John Bishop's Only Joking (2013), and two versions of The John Bishop Show. He also has played the companion Dan Lewis of the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who from 2021 to 2022. He had a regular Sunday slot on Liverpool radio station Radio City called Bishop's Sunday Service. He is also known for his charity work, most notably raising £4.2 million for Sport Relief 2012."
tagline: "English comedian and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Bishop_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1966-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.38
  momentum:             0.4368071623953013
  historical:           14.922048
  currentAttention:     0.02806308581691644
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JohnBishop100"
    handle:    "JohnBishop100"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/johnbish100/"
    handle:    "johnbish100"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "UCdumAdj-8vPDfQP0hrQoxXA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "johnbishoponline"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1831311"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون بيشوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "جون بيشوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "John Bishop (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop"
    title: "John Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop"
    title: "John Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop"
    title: "John Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop"
    title: "John Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bishop"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Бішоп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان بشپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump