# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-des-barres
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:30:59.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-des-barres"
name: "Michael Des Barres"
slug: "michael-des-barres"
description: "Michael Philip Des Barres, 26th Marquis Des Barres, is an English actor and rock singer. He appeared as Murdoc in the original MacGyver, Lenny Stoke in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Murdoc's mentor Nicholas Helman in MacGyver (2016). He replaced Robert Palmer in the band The Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert."
tagline: "British actor and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Des_Barres_at_the_Chiller_Theatre_Expo_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.88919866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/MDesbarres"
    handle:    "MDesbarres"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mdesbarres/"
    handle:    "mdesbarres"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MDesBarres"
    handle:    "MDesBarres"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
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    handle:    "michael-des-barres-67158523"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220735/"
    handle:    "nm0220735"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "0gN8ptJb2QhiBxq8pqpUSe"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://michaeldesbarres.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل ديس باريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل دی بار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Des_Barres"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Michael Des Barres"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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