# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-showalter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:18:45.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-showalter"
name: "Michael Showalter"
slug: "michael-showalter"
description: "Michael Showalter is an American director, writer, and producer. He first achieved recognition as a cast member on MTV's The State, which aired from 1993 to 1995. Along with David Wain, Showalter created the Wet Hot American Summer franchise, with Showalter co-writing and starring in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and the Netflix series. Showalter wrote and directed The Baxter (2005), in which he starred with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux, and Elizabeth Banks. Both films featured many of his co-stars from The State, and so do several of his other projects. Showalter is also a co-creator, co-producer, actor, and writer for the TV series Search Party. He directed the 2017 film The Big Sick and the 2021 film The Eyes of Tammy Faye, both of which were critically acclaimed."
tagline: "American comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Showalter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.35807733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795290/"
    handle:    "nm0795290"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelshowalter.net/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump