# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samba-schutte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:47.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samba-schutte"
name: "Samba Schutte"
slug: "samba-schutte"
description: "Samba Dirk-Jan Schutte is a Mauritanian-Dutch actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his role as Roach in the series Our Flag Means Death and for portraying Hakim in Sunnyside, the first Ethiopian character in an American sitcom. He also stars in the 2025 American sci-fi series Pluribus."
tagline: "Dutch-Mauritanian actor and cabaret artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samba_Schutte_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1983-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.716645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sambaschutte"
    handle:    "sambaschutte"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sambaschutte/"
    handle:    "sambaschutte"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sambaschutte"
    handle:    "sambaschutte"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913547/"
    handle:    "nm2913547"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Schutte"
    title: "Samba Schutte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "سامبا شوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Schutte"
    title: "Samba Schutte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Schutte"
    title: "Samba Schutte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%98%D7%94"
    title: "סמבה שוטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Schutte"
    title: "Samba Schutte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15943665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274719"
    title: "Samba Schutte"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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