# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-benjamin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:36.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-benjamin"
name: "Paul Benjamin"
slug: "paul-benjamin"
description: "Paul Benjamin was an American actor known for his work in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in gritty crime dramas and socially grounded stories. He was respected for portraying streetwise, morally complex characters whose actions often set larger events into motion."
tagline: "American actor (1935–2019)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Paul-Benjamin_Do_the_Right_Thing_resize.jpeg"
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: "1938-02-04"
deathDate: "2019-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.57
  momentum:             6.44120707596254
  historical:           10.66482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071345/"
    handle:    "nm0071345"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "پال بنیامین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "پال بنجامین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Paul Benjamin (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "پال بنجامین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin_(acteur)"
    title: "Paul Benjamin (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%EB%B2%A4%EC%9E%90%EB%AF%BC"
    title: "폴 벤자민"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Benjamin"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038551"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15534"
    title: "Paul Benjamin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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