# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-kanumba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:28.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-kanumba"
name: "Steven Kanumba"
slug: "steven-kanumba"
description: "Steven Charles Kanumba was a Tanzanian actor and director of Sukuma heritage, born in Shinyanga Region. Kanumba died in 2012 at the age of 28, for which actress Elizabeth Michael was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison in November 2017. Over 30,000 people were estimated to have attended his funeral. He was described as \"Tanzania's most popular film star\", and appeared in Nollywood films."
tagline: "Film actor, writer and director (1984-2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Steven_Kanumba.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1984-01-08"
deathDate: "2012-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.509974666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2877261/"
    handle:    "nm2877261"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0"
    title: "Стівен Канумба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ستيڤين كانومبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Kanumba"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140823"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1806566"
    title: "Steven Kanumba"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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