# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-wawuyo-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:08:14.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-wawuyo-jr"
name: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
slug: "michael-wawuyo-jr"
description: "Michael Wawuyo Jr. is a Ugandan film actor filmmaker and producer. He is known for his breakout as Brother John in the popular Ugandan hit television series The Hostel on NTV. Wawuyo Jr. has become a central figure in modern Ugandan cinema, notably starring in some of the country's first films to reach international streaming platforms like Netflix. He has featured in movies including Beneath The Lies - The Series, Yat Madit, Kyenvu, Nsiwe, Girl in the yellow jumper and most recently Sixteen Rounds. In 2025, he joined the cast of the drama series Crossroads as Leo, a fixer. He recently produced the film Boy No Fear, directed by American Jonathan Curtis."
tagline: "Ugandan actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rdn8RDtyHjyVW7BcaFZDDr8nc40.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1986-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.3
  momentum:             4.05940594059406
  historical:           7.071778666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michaelwawuyojr/"
    handle:    "michaelwawuyojr"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7987845/"
    handle:    "nm7987845"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "مائیکل وووویو جونیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "مايكل واويو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wawuyo_Jr."
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wawuyo_Jr."
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wawuyo_Jr."
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wawuyo_Jr."
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheal_Wawuyo_Jr."
    title: "Micheal Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wawuyo_Jr"
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23541071"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2405059"
    title: "Michael Wawuyo Jr."
    type:  "DATABASE"

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