# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-tams
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:37:39.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-tams"
name: "John Tams"
slug: "john-tams"
description: "John Tams is an English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician born in Holbrook, Derbyshire, the son of a publican. He first worked as a reporter for the Ripley & Heanor News later working for BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Nottingham. Tams had an early part in the BBC serialisation of Lawrence's The Rainbow (1988), and may be best known for playing a regular supporting role in the ITV drama series Sharpe, as rifleman Daniel Hagman. He also co-wrote the music for each film alongside Dominic Muldowney."
tagline: "British folk musician, music producer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Tams_2008.JPG?width=1200"
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: "1949-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             3.749685582529822
  historical:           6.927296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848755/"
    handle:    "nm0848755"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johntams.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307521"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جون تامس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tams"
    title: "John Tams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tams"
    title: "John Tams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جان تمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tams"
    title: "John Tams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6cbe7611-47af-47af-a1e9-509689911ca6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/390552"
    title: "John Tams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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