# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:18:03.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-richards"
name: "Michael Richards"
slug: "michael-richards"
description: "Michael Anthony Richards is an American actor and comedian. He achieved global recognition for starring as Cosmo Kramer on the NBC television sitcom Seinfeld from 1989 to 1998. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, first entering the national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special, and went on to become a series regular on ABC's Fridays."
tagline: "American actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Richards_(1993).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.545310003619214
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724245/"
    handle:    "nm0724245"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump