# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-sweeney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:01:40.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-sweeney"
name: "Joseph Sweeney"
slug: "joseph-sweeney"
description: "Joseph Sweeney was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies principally in the 1950s, often playing grandfatherly roles. His best-known role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men, the role he originated in a 1954 Westinghouse Studio One live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation."
tagline: "American actor (1884–1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Sweeney_in_%2212_Angry_Men%22_(1957_film).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1884-07-26"
deathDate: "1963-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.11
  momentum:             2.722150523457329
  historical:           15.95559733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842137/"
    handle:    "nm0842137"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جوزف سوینی (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney_(akteur)"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "جوزيف سويني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "چوزيف سوينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "جوزف سوینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney_(actor)"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "جوزف سوینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sweeney"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Суини, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Джозеф Свіні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5252"
    title: "Joseph Sweeney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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