# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sinbad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:28:59.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sinbad"
name: "Sinbad"
slug: "sinbad"
description: "David Adkins, better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, most notably as Coach Walter Oakes in A Different World (1987–1991) and as David Bryan on The Sinbad Show (1993–1994). He has also appeared in films such as That's Adequate (1989), Coneheads (1993), Houseguest (1995), Jingle All the Way (1996), Good Burger (1997), Crazy as Hell (2002) and Planes (2013)."
tagline: "American comedian and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Entertainer_Sinbad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.3
  momentum:             0.5324837865513711
  historical:           23.68786933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sinbadbad"
    handle:    "sinbadbad"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005435/"
    handle:    "nm0005435"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سینباد (کومدین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sinbad (entertainer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sinbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sinbad (comedian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(actor)"
    title: "Sinbad (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad"
    title: "Sinbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(aktorea)"
    title: "Sinbad (aktorea)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sinbad (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(aisteoir)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(actor)"
    title: "Sinbad (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad"
    title: "Sinbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(pelawak)"
    title: "Sinbad (pelawak)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(attore)"
    title: "Sinbad (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "シンバッド (コメディアン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sinbad"
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    title: "David Adkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad"
    title: "Sinbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(comediante)"
    title: "Sinbad (comediante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Синбад (комик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Sinbad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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