# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lari-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:37.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lari-williams"
name: "Lari Williams"
slug: "lari-williams"
description: "Lari Williams was a Nigerian actor, poet, and playwright renowned for his pivotal roles in Nigerian television soap operas such as The Village Headmaster, Ripples, and Mirror in the Sun. and his substantial influence on the country's performing arts scene. Williams was born in Nigeria in 1940. He died at his home in Ikom, Cross River State, on 27 February 2022, at the age of 81."
tagline: "Nigerian actor and poet"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Cropped_Photo_of_Lari_Williams.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940"
deathDate: "2022-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.869258666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pcm.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lari_Williams"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111033684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2779240"
    title: "Lari Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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