# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-mooney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:14:57.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-mooney"
name: "Paul Mooney"
slug: "paul-mooney"
description: "Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for comedian Richard Pryor and the television series Sanford and Son, In Living Color and Chappelle's Show, and acted in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), the Spike Lee-directed satirical film Bamboozled (2000), and Chappelle's Show."
tagline: "American comedian, writer, social critic, television and film actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulMooneyDec09.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: "1941-08-04"
deathDate: "2021-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.89
  momentum:             2.609778704669216
  historical:           10.99571733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600763/"
    handle:    "nm0600763"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/751629"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "بول مونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(comedian)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (comedian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(acteur)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_(%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "פול מוני (קומיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(comico)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (comico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney"
    title: "Paul Mooney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(comedian)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (comedian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%DB%81_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "پال مونی (مزاحیہ اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(dramatan)"
    title: "Paul Mooney (dramatan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6825c868-ce3e-4783-830f-f3d0e24bcdff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2911728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81149"
    title: "Paul Mooney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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