# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/machan-varghese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:07:10.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/machan-varghese"
name: "Machan Varghese"
slug: "machan-varghese"
description: "M. L. Varghese, popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan and debuted as an actor through Kabooliwala. Thereafter he played many notable roles in Malayalam films, mainly as a comedian. His association with Siddique-Lal, Rafi-Mecartin and Lal Jose are particularly noted. Within a career of nearly two decades, he acted in over 100 films. Varghese died on 3 February 2011 in Kozhikode of cancer. He was aged 50."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Machan_Varghese.jpg"
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: "1960"
deathDate: "2011-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.981285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437952/"
    handle:    "nm1437952"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%86%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "مچن ورگیز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماتشان ڤارجيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machan_Varghese"
    title: "Machan Varghese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machan_Varghese"
    title: "Machan Varghese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "മച്ചാൻ വർഗ്ഗീസ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machan_Varghese"
    title: "Machan Varghese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1333264"
    title: "Machan Varghese"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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