# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rory-reid
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:34:19.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rory-reid"
name: "Rory Reid"
slug: "rory-reid"
description: "Rory Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. He specialises in motoring and technology and currently works for Autotrader UK. He is best known for hosting Top Gear, Extra Gear, Gadget Geeks and several web series. Since 2019 he has served as Director of YouTube content at Auto Trader, where he also presents on the channel. Since 2021 he presents Fifth Gear Recharged on Discovery+ and Quest. He has been editor-in-chief for the website Recombu and has worked on BBC Radio 5 Live's Saturday Edition as a technology journalist."
tagline: "British journalist and television presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rory-Reid.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1979-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             2.070690230076692
  historical:           7.33032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rory79"
    handle:    "rory79"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mrroryreid/"
    handle:    "mrroryreid"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RoryTopgear"
    handle:    "RoryTopgear"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4994916/"
    handle:    "nm4994916"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mrroryreid.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Reid"
    title: "Rory Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "روري ريد (مقدم تلفزيوني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "رورى ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Reid_(Journalist)"
    title: "Rory Reid (Journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Reid_(journalist)"
    title: "Rory Reid (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "روری رید (روزنامه‌نگار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Reid"
    title: "Rory Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22807045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1685037"
    title: "Rory Reid"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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