# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ric-o-barry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:51:21.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ric-o-barry"
name: "Ric O'Barry"
slug: "ric-o-barry"
description: "Richard O'Barry is an American animal rights activist and former animal trainer who was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the TV series Flipper. O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died. \nIn 1970, O'Barry founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins. He was featured in the Academy Award–winning film The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan."
tagline: "American animal activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_O'Barry%2C_2009.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: "1939-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.666312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RichardOBarry"
    handle:    "RichardOBarry"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639337/"
    handle:    "nm0639337"
sources:
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    title: "瑞克·歐貝瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_O'Barry"
    title: "Ric O'Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_O'Barry"
    title: "Ric O'Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O'Barry"
    title: "Richard O'Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "リック・オバリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ric O'Barry"
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    title: "Ric O'Barry"
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    title: "Ric O'Barry"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1674354"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump