# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-simmit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:32:06.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-simmit"
name: "John Simmit"
slug: "john-simmit"
description: "John Simmit  is a British actor and stand-up comedian. He played the character Dipsy in BBC TV's children's television show Teletubbies from 1997 to 2001."
tagline: "British stand-up comedian"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.61487333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799619/"
    handle:    "nm0799619"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://map_bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simmit"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20684252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226427"
    title: "John Simmit"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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