# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/natar-ungalaaq
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:43.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/natar-ungalaaq"
name: "Natar Ungalaaq"
slug: "natar-ungalaaq"
description: "Natar Ungalaaq is a Canadian Inuk actor, filmmaker and sculptor whose work is in many major collections of Inuit art. Before playing the lead roles in Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) and The Necessities of Life  (2008), Ungalaaq played major roles in other Canadian and American films, including Kabloonak (1995), Glory & Honor (1998). He is also a producer and director of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation."
tagline: "Inuk artist (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%85rets_nordlige_folk_inuitter_fra_Nunavut._Foto_%C3%98rjan_Marakatt_Bertelsen_(50140101338).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.83
  momentum:             4.516129032258065
  historical:           6.149533333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/natar_u"
    handle:    "natar_u"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881081/"
    handle:    "nm0881081"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Унгалаак, Натар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ناتار ونجالاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natar_Ungalaaq"
    title: "Natar Ungalaaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natar_Ungalaaq"
    title: "Natar Ungalaaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natar_Ungalaaq"
    title: "Natar Ungalaaq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%ED%83%80_%EC%9A%B4%EA%B0%88%EB%9D%BC%ED%81%AC"
    title: "나타 운갈라크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3336449"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97299"
    title: "Natar Ungalaaq"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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