# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kumar-pallana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:44.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kumar-pallana"
name: "Kumar Pallana"
slug: "kumar-pallana"
description: "Kumar Valavhadas Pallana was an Indian-American character actor. He performed on television on the Mickey Mouse Club, The Ed Sullivan Show, and You Asked for It as a plate spinner and juggler. He is best known for playing significant characters in Wes Anderson's first three movies: Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). He also acted in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004)."
tagline: "Indian actor (1918-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kumar_Pallana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-12-23"
deathDate: "2013-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.55
  momentum:             1.619433198380567
  historical:           16.796308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657785/"
    handle:    "nm0657785"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كومار باللانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "کومار پالانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クマール・パラーナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "쿠마르 팔라나"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Паллана, Кумар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Pallana"
    title: "Kumar Pallana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кумар Паллана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کمار پلانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2633253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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