# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-gregson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:55:00.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-gregson"
name: "Simon Gregson"
slug: "simon-gregson"
description: "Simon Alan Gregory, better known by his stage name, Simon Gregson, is a British actor from Manchester, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Steve McDonald in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 1989. He has received 17 awards for comedy and performance, plus a Legends of Industry Award."
tagline: "British actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/r0KE0eIwBsJZXNMS6koFEdwY7O9.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1974-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.41
  momentum:             5.26315789473684
  historical:           6.042053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339998/"
    handle:    "nm0339998"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gregson"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون جريجسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gregson"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gregson"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gregson"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gregson"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6128750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215169"
    title: "Simon Gregson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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