# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-emerson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:22:49.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-emerson"
name: "Michael Emerson"
slug: "michael-emerson"
description: "Michael Emerson is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). Other prominent roles include Zep Hindle in the horror film Saw (2004) and as Dr. Leland Townsend in the Paramount+ thriller series Evil (2019–2024)."
tagline: "American actor (born 1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Emerson_SDCC_2013.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: "1954-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.9373
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MichaelEmerson"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialmichaelemerson/"
    handle:    "officialmichaelemerson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "MichaelEmersonOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0256237"
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    title: "مايكل إيمرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Майкъл Емерсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل امرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Emerson"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Emerson"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Emerson"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מייקל אמרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Emerson"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Emerson"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2136"
    title: "Michael Emerson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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