# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-cranshaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:20:36.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-cranshaw"
name: "Patrick Cranshaw"
slug: "patrick-cranshaw"
description: "Joseph Patrick Cranshaw was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. He is best known for one of his last roles, that of Joseph \"Blue\" Pulaski, a fraternity brother, in the 2003 hit comedy Old School. It's been said that this role helped him achieve \"pop-culture status\"."
tagline: "American actor (1919–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Cranshaw_in_The_Amazing_Transparent_Man.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1919-06-17"
deathDate: "2005-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.36
  momentum:             16.76050753370341
  historical:           10.26898666666667
  currentAttention:     10.16
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186498/"
    handle:    "nm0186498"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "پیٹرک کرینشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "پاتریک کرانشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "پاتریک کرانشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cranshaw"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387836"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58513"
    title: "Patrick Cranshaw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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