# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shane-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:33:32.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shane-black"
name: "Shane Black"
slug: "shane-black"
description: "Shane Black is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor, known for his distinctive style of action and action comedy films. He originated the Lethal Weapon franchise, and has also written such films as The Monster Squad (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Hawkins in Predator (1987)."
tagline: "American actor, screenwriter and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shane_Black_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.39
  momentum:             2.796158105496592
  historical:           22.97774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/BonafideBlack"
    handle:    "BonafideBlack"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bonafideblack/"
    handle:    "bonafideblack"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000948/"
    handle:    "nm0000948"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shane Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shane Black"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0eins_Bleks"
    title: "Šeins Bleks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shane Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shane Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shane Black"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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