# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-shannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:39:23.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-shannon"
name: "Mark Shannon"
slug: "mark-shannon"
description: "Mark Shannon, sometimes also billed as Mark Shanon or Mark Channon, was an Italian pornographic actor active mainly from 1979 to 1988 and cast - often as protagonist - in more than 30 Italian adult films, many of which were produced, lensed and directed by Joe D'Amato. He was the first Italian male protagonist in Italian cinema performing non-simulated sex on screen and has been called the first Italian \"pornodivo\"."
tagline: "Italian pornographic actor (1939–2018)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Mark_Shannon_Actor_1979.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-12-08"
deathDate: "2018-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.77
  momentum:             9.802586793737236
  historical:           9.504724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788325/"
    handle:    "nm0788325"
sources:
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A0_%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1_(%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9)"
    title: "ᱢᱟᱨᱠ ᱥᱮᱭᱱᱟᱱ (ᱯᱟᱯᱟᱴᱤᱭᱟᱹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارك شانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shannon"
    title: "Mark Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shannon_(actor)"
    title: "Mark Shannon (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shanon"
    title: "Mark Shanon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارک شانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shannon"
    title: "Mark Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shanon"
    title: "Mark Shanon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shannon"
    title: "Mark Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shannon"
    title: "Mark Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2225087"
    title: "Mark Shannon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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