# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-flatley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:55.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-flatley"
name: "Michael Flatley"
slug: "michael-flatley"
description: "Michael Ryan Flatley is an American and Irish former professional performer and choreographer of Irish dance. Flatley is credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance by incorporating new rhythms, syncopation, and upper body movements, which were previously absent from the dance. He created and performed in Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, Celtic Tiger Live and Michael Flatley's Christmas Dance Spectacular. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 million people in 60 countries and have grossed more than $1 billion. He has also been an actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and philanthropist."
tagline: "American step dancer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flatley_alone_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1958-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 243
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump