# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josh-gates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:02:20.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josh-gates"
name: "Josh Gates"
slug: "josh-gates"
description: "Joshua Gates is an American television presenter and television producer who hosts and co-executive produces The Discovery Channel series Expedition Unknown and also Legendary Locations, Expedition Files, Tales From the Explorers Club, and Expedition X. He was also the host of live specials for, and a guest investigator on, the television series Ghost Hunters and its spin-off Ghost Hunters International. He produced the related Ghost Nation series along with other paranormal television shows through his production company Ping Pong Productions. He was the host and co-executive producer of Destination Truth and Stranded on Syfy."
tagline: "American explorer and television host"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoshuaGatesCCJuly09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1977-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.347217880587684
  historical:           9.270897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/joshuagates"
    handle:    "joshuagates"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gatesygram/"
    handle:    "gatesygram"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@gatesytok"
    handle:    "gatesytok"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joshgatesofficial"
    handle:    "joshgatesofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1239433/"
    handle:    "nm1239433"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joshuagates.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "جوش غيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "جوش جيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "জশ গেটস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gates"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gates"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gates"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gates"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gates"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/218897"
    title: "Josh Gates"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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