# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:46:20.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-jacobs"
name: "Michael Jacobs"
slug: "michael-jacobs"
description: "Michael Jacobs is an American writer and producer whose work has appeared on Broadway, Off Broadway, television and film. He is the creator/producer or has written and developed several television series including Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs, Charles in Charge, My Two Dads, The Torkelsons, and Girl Meets World. His television shows have won the People's Choice, Parent's Choice, Environmental Media Awards, and more."
tagline: "American television writer, composer and producer (*1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Jacobs_2013-08-15_18-15.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.01
  momentum:             9.595402298850576
  historical:           6.840197333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414551/"
    handle:    "nm0414551"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs"
    title: "Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs_(Filmproduzent)"
    title: "Michael Jacobs (Filmproduzent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs_(producer)"
    title: "Michael Jacobs (producer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs"
    title: "Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs"
    title: "Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69138"
    title: "Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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