# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-thaning
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:07:57.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-thaning"
name: "Karl Thaning"
slug: "karl-thaning"
description: "Karl Thaning is a South African actor and former international swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer he most notably competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. As an actor, he has appeared in a number of films and television series."
tagline: "South African actor and former professional swimmer and water polo player"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oOrTV9OvC5H1BlRosJcdxWlYWW5.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.15
  momentum:             7.006802721088436
  historical:           5.942333333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2056385/"
    handle:    "nm2056385"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Otto_Thaning"
    title: "Karl Otto Thaning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "كارل اوتو ثانينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Otto_Thaning"
    title: "Karl Otto Thaning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thaning"
    title: "Karl Thaning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Otto_Thaning"
    title: "Karl Otto Thaning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thaning"
    title: "Karl Thaning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16216790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209193"
    title: "Karl Thaning"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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