# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ian-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:34:49.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ian-black"
name: "Michael Ian Black"
slug: "michael-ian-black"
description: "Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Viva Variety, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Michael & Michael Have Issues, and Another Period. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, he was the puppeteer and voice actor for the Pets.com sock puppet dog, and played a supporting character on the NBC drama series Ed. Since 2008 he has written a number of books, including several for children."
tagline: "American actor and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Ian_Black_May_2015.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: "1971-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.26
  momentum:             1.620546810273405
  historical:           13.43826933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 203
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/michaelianblack"
    handle:    "michaelianblack"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelianblack/"
    handle:    "michaelianblack"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/realmichaelianblack"
    handle:    "realmichaelianblack"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085438/"
    handle:    "nm0085438"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.michaelianblack.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "مايكل إيان بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "مايكل ايان بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%B5_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "مایکڵ ئیان بلاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%B4_%EC%9D%B4%EC%95%88_%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99"
    title: "마이클 이안 블랙"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "مائیکل ایان بلیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://guw.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Black"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/78c95c22-e8ab-4099-8114-0741a775f972"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677945"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22224"
    title: "Michael Ian Black"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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