# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-mojica-marins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:48:22.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-mojica-marins"
name: "José Mojica Marins"
slug: "jose-mojica-marins"
description: "José Mojica Marins was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe in a series of horror films; the character has since gone on to become his alter ego as well as a pop culture icon, a horror icon, and a cult figure. The popularity of Coffin Joe in Brazil has led to the character being referred to as \"Brazil's National Boogeyman\" and \"Brazil's Freddy Krueger\"."
tagline: "Brazilian filmmaker (1936-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ze_do_Caixao3-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-03-13"
deathDate: "2020-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             0.2096210696049449
  historical:           10.00343066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596261/"
    handle:    "nm0596261"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "چوس موچيكا مارينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5"
    title: "Можика Маринш, Жозе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mojica_Marins"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جوس موجیکا مارینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90204"
    title: "José Mojica Marins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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