# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shane-jacobson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:59.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shane-jacobson"
name: "Shane Jacobson"
slug: "shane-jacobson"
description: "Shane Jacobson is an Australian actor, entertainer, director, writer, and producer, best known as the \"Dunny Man\" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the 2006 film Kenny and the spin-off TV series, Kenny's World. In 2006, he won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for that performance. In 2017 and 2018 he presented Little Big Shots, on the Seven Network, based on the American series of the same title. In 2019, Jacobson became a judge on Australia's Got Talent."
tagline: "Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shane_Jacobson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             5.863377609108158
  historical:           6.411181333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  247
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shanejacobson"
    handle:    "shanejacobson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theshanejacobson/"
    handle:    "theshanejacobson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thatpersonudontno"
    handle:    "thatpersonudontno"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2037879/"
    handle:    "nm2037879"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.shanejacobson.com.au/"
sources:
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    title: "شین جاکوبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شين جاكوبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شين جاكوبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شین جاکوبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Jacobson"
    title: "Shane Jacobson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Jacobson"
    title: "Shane Jacobson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7488108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74245"
    title: "Shane Jacobson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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