# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-katz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:53:36.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-katz"
name: "Mike Katz"
slug: "mike-katz"
description: "Michael Katz is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder and former professional football player with the New York Jets, most famous for his appearance with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 bodybuilding documentary film Pumping Iron. He was paid $1,000 to sign a release for appearing in the film. On 1 March, 2025, Mike Katz was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio."
tagline: "American bodybuilder"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             16.1070110701107
  historical:           9.064769333333333
  currentAttention:     9.600000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441808/"
    handle:    "nm0441808"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "مايك كاتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "مايك كاتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Katz"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369606"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41946"
    title: "Mike Katz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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