# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-kinison
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:31:25.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-kinison"
name: "Sam Kinison"
slug: "sam-kinison"
description: "Samuel Burl Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream. Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at The Comedy Store, where he met and eventually befriended such comics as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey."
tagline: "American comedian (1953–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Kinison.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: "1953-12-08"
deathDate: "1992-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.69
  momentum:             0.8315414988858048
  historical:           21.994832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455630/"
    handle:    "nm0455630"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.samkinison.org/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump