# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:04:19.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-nelson"
name: "Michael J. Nelson"
slug: "michael-j-nelson"
description: "Michael John Nelson is an American comedian and writer, most known for his work on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Nelson was the head writer of the series for most of the show's original eleven-year run, and spent half of that time as the on-air host, also named Mike Nelson. In addition to writing books, Nelson is currently part of the online movie riffing site RiffTrax, and was previously part of the straight-to-DVD Film Crew with fellow MST3K alumni, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy."
tagline: "American comedian and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_J._Nelson_2011_(5975430730).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-10-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.718656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/michaeljnelson"
    handle:    "michaeljnelson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mikeatrifftrax"
    handle:    "mikeatrifftrax"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625621/"
    handle:    "nm0625621"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3896518"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميتشايل جيه. نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%B5_%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8E%DA%B5%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "مایکڵ جەی نێڵسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson"
    title: "Michael J. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson"
    title: "Michael J. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson"
    title: "Michael J. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/042e5cc6-0051-447c-b8ac-43c77a99688a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30020"
    title: "Michael J. Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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