# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-dean-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:51:28.070Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-dean-anderson"
name: "Richard Dean Anderson"
slug: "richard-dean-anderson"
description: "Richard Dean Anderson is an American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later appeared in films such as Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora's Clock (1996), and Firehouse (1997)."
tagline: "American actor (born 1950)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump