# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-hilton-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:56:37.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-hilton-jacobs"
name: "Lawrence Hilton Jacobs"
slug: "lawrence-hilton-jacobs"
description: "Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, also credited as Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Lawrence Hilton-Jacques, is an American actor and singer. Best known for playing Freddie \"Boom Boom\" Washington in Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), he has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Claudine (1974), Cooley High (1975), Roots (1977), Bangers and Mash (1983), Alien Nation (1989–1990), The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), and 31 (2016)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Welcome_Back_Kotter_Lawrence_Hilton-Jacobs_1976.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: "1953-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             3.003633427533306
  historical:           10.28268266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LHJOfficial"
    handle:    "LHJOfficial"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lhjman/"
    handle:    "lhjman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385320/"
    handle:    "nm0385320"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.theturtonsent.com/lawrence-hilton-jacobs-profile"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "لورنس هيلتون جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "لورانس هيلتون جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%86%DA%95%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%B3_%DA%BE%DB%8C%DA%B5%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "لۆڕێنس ھیڵتۆن جاکۆبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hilton-Jacobs"
    title: "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hilton_Jacobs"
    title: "Lawrence Hilton Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hilton-Jacobs"
    title: "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hilton-Jacobs"
    title: "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%9F%B0%EC%8A%A4_%ED%9E%90%ED%84%B4%EC%A0%9C%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%B5%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "로런스 힐턴제이컵스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%DB%81%D9%84%D9%B9%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B2"
    title: "لارنس ہلٹن جیکبز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ca19c4c0-f28e-4d2c-bb42-2e50dca16f0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3219901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36152"
    title: "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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