# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenya-barris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:30:00.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenya-barris"
name: "Kenya Barris"
slug: "kenya-barris"
description: "Kenya Barris is an American film and television writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022)."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenya_Barris%2C_the_Series_Creator_and_Executive_Producer_of_%22Blackish.%22%2C_May_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.458233333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/funnyblackdude"
    handle:    "funnyblackdude"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kenyabarris/"
    handle:    "kenyabarris"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1244069/"
    handle:    "nm1244069"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Barris"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "کینیا باریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Barris"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Barris"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Barris"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Barris"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27063042"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1407486"
    title: "Kenya Barris"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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