# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shea
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:36:02.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shea"
name: "John Shea"
slug: "john-shea"
description: "John Victor Shea III is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His career began on Broadway where he starred in Yentl, subsequently winning his first major award, the 1975 Theatre World Award. Shortly after his Off-Broadway career began, Lee Strasberg invited Shea to join the Actors Studio where he spent several years studying method acting."
tagline: "American actor and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnShea_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.94
  momentum:             3.790544650437824
  historical:           18.44160133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JohnVictorShea"
    handle:    "JohnVictorShea"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790291/"
    handle:    "nm0790291"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "جان شیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "جون شيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "جون شيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "John Shea (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "جان شی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea_(attore)"
    title: "John Shea (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ジョン・シェア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%85%B0%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "존 셰이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ши, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shea"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78439"
    title: "John Shea"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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