# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kiel-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:28.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kiel-martin"
name: "Kiel Martin"
slug: "kiel-martin"
description: "Kiel Urban Mueller, known professionally as Kiel Martin, was an American actor best known for his role as Detective John \"J. D.\" LaRue on the 1980s television police drama Hill Street Blues."
tagline: "American actor (1944–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiel_Martin_%22Second_Chance%22_(1987_FOX_press_photo).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: "1944-07-26"
deathDate: "1990-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.78
  momentum:             7.885591130480543
  historical:           10.97093333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552633/"
    handle:    "nm0552633"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "کیل مارٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "كيل مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "كيل مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "کیل مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%A4%EC%97%98_%EB%A7%88%ED%8B%B4"
    title: "키엘 마틴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5977943"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98203"
    title: "Kiel Martin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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