# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-ames
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:08:41.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-ames"
name: "Jonathan Ames"
slug: "jonathan-ames"
description: "Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (Starz). In the late '90s and early 2000s, he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He also has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as \"The Herring Wonder\"."
tagline: "American novelist, memoirist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Ames_(33906702118)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.12
  momentum:             1.36781218101395
  historical:           8.653609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jonathanames"
    handle:    "jonathanames"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JonathanAmesthewriter"
    handle:    "JonathanAmesthewriter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024718/"
    handle:    "nm0024718"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jonathanames.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جوناثان أميز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "جوناثان اميز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جاناتان ایمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames"
    title: "Jonathan Ames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames"
    title: "Jonathan Ames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames"
    title: "Jonathan Ames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "جاناتان ایمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames"
    title: "Jonathan Ames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ames"
    title: "Jonathan Ames"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2390663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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