# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kees-van-kooten
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:08:43.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kees-van-kooten"
name: "Kees van Kooten"
slug: "kees-van-kooten"
description: "Cornelis Reinier \"Kees\" van Kooten is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer. He formed the duo Van Kooten & De Bie with Wim de Bie from 1972 to 1998."
tagline: "Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer (born 1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kees_van_Kooten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.09
  momentum:             0.7073011734028684
  historical:           9.784926666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465647/"
    handle:    "nm0465647"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/463096"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "كيس فان كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كيس ڤان كوتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B7_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Кіз ван Кутен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kees_van_Kooten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2b28b86-123d-4439-a4c2-919e2625ea42"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2653932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224886"
    title: "Kees van Kooten"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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