# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-niavarani
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:58:29.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-niavarani"
name: "Michael Niavarani"
slug: "michael-niavarani"
description: "Michael Niavarani is an Austrian-Persian stand-up comedian in the tradition of Austrian cabaret, an author, and a TV and movie actor. Niavarani, whose comedic work often draws on his inter-cultural upbringing, is a central figure of the Austrian cabaret scene. Since 1992, he has been director of the Kabarett Simpl, a Viennese cabaret that opened in 1912. In 2010, Niavarani won the Austrian Kabarett Award. \nHe is also a three-time winner of the Romy award."
tagline: "Austrian-Persian stand-up comedian and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Niavarani_-_Buchmesse_Wien_2018.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1968-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.675708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629212/"
    handle:    "nm0629212"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.niavarani.at/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4303799"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "مايكل نيافارانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Niavarani"
    title: "Michael Niavarani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Niavarani"
    title: "Michael Niavarani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "میشائیل نیاورانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Niavarani"
    title: "Michael Niavarani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0f98923d-d383-4081-990e-e9604cde0741"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49099"
    title: "Michael Niavarani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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