# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-d-amato
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:46:24.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-d-amato"
name: "Paul D'Amato"
slug: "paul-d-amato"
description: "Paul D'Amato was an American actor best known for his appearance as the lead antagonist in the hockey film Slap Shot. Apart from films, he also acted in various television series and stage productions, often cast as a thug or henchman."
tagline: "American actor (1949–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Paul_D%27Amato.webp/330px-Paul_D%27Amato.webp.png"
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: "1949-10-02"
deathDate: "2024-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.03
  momentum:             2.942598187311178
  historical:           5.543778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195063/"
    handle:    "nm0195063"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "پل داماتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%86%DA%B5_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86"
    title: "پۆڵ دی ئاماتۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D'Amato_(actor)"
    title: "Paul D'Amato (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "پال ڈی اماتو (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D'Amato"
    title: "Paul D'Amato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D'Amato"
    title: "Paul D'Amato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19819509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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