# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-charles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:15:58.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-charles"
name: "Larry Charles"
slug: "larry-charles"
description: "Lawrence Charles Wengrod, known professionally as Larry Charles, is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He was a staff writer for the sitcom Seinfeld for its first five seasons. He has also directed the documentary film Religulous and the mockumentary comedy films Borat, Brüno, and The Dictator. His Netflix documentary series Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy premiered in 2019."
tagline: "American television writer, director and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Charles_TIFF_2008_-_Religulous.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7616881079385003
  historical:           16.893884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "larrycharlesism"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump