# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taurean-blacque
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:22:22.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taurean-blacque"
name: "Taurean Blacque"
slug: "taurean-blacque"
description: "Taurean Blacque was an American television and stage actor, best known for his role as Detective Neal Washington on the series Hill Street Blues. He stated that he chose the name \"Taurean\" because his astrological sign was Taurus. He was at one time a national spokesman for adoptive services. Blacque was a Christian, and his faith influenced his desire to be involved with adoption."
tagline: "American actor (1940–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taurean_Blacque_%22Hill_Street_Blues%22_(1982_NBC_press_photo).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-05-10"
deathDate: "2022-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.20598666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086000/"
    handle:    "nm0086000"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Blacque"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "ٹورین بلیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3516168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70003"
    title: "Taurean Blacque"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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