# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malachy-mccourt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:50:02.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malachy-mccourt"
name: "Malachy McCourt"
slug: "malachy-mccourt"
description: "Malachy Gerard McCourt was an American-Irish actor, writer and politician. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Limerick, McCourt appeared in several films and soap operas, including The Molly Maguires, Brewster's Millions (1985), and Another World. He also wrote three memoirs, describing his life in Ireland and in the United States. McCourt was the 2006 Green Party candidate for governor of New York, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer. He was the younger brother of author Frank McCourt."
tagline: "Irish-American actor, writer and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malachy_McCourt_Occupy_Wall_Street_2011_David_Shankbone_37_(cropped).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: "1931-09-20"
deathDate: "2024-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.09
  momentum:             0.3459513662572073
  historical:           12.41523866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566663/"
    handle:    "nm0566663"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ملاخي مكورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ملاخى ماكورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مالاکی مەککۆرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "مالاکی مک‌کورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "マラキー・マッコート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ملاچی میک کورٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Malachy_McCourt"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1276083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/155607"
    title: "Malachy McCourt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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