# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wood-q599439
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:51:12.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wood-q599439"
name: "John Wood"
slug: "john-wood-q599439"
description: "John Lamin Wood was an English actor known for his Shakespearean performances and his lasting association with Tom Stoppard. In 1976, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Stoppard's Travesties. He was nominated for further Tony Awards for his roles in Sherlock Holmes (1975) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968). His films included WarGames (1983), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Ladyhawke (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Orlando (1992), Shadowlands (1993), The Madness of King George (1994), Richard III (1995), Sabrina (1995), and Chocolat (2000)."
tagline: "English actor (1930–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/John_Wood_%28actor%29.jpg"
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: "1930-07-05"
deathDate: "2011-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.41
  momentum:             2.091147481584445
  historical:           16.679016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939795/"
    handle:    "nm0939795"
sources:
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    title: "John Wood (actor inglés)"
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    title: "ジョン・ウッド (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Wood (ator)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8937"
    title: "John Wood"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump