# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-kinne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:56:37.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-j-kinne"
name: "Thomas J. Kinne"
slug: "thomas-j-kinne"
description: "Thomas J. Kinne is a German translator, author, editor, proofreader, travel writer, movie expert, and comic-book collector. He became widely known in his home country for his frequent appearances as a contestant and winner on a wide variety of game shows on German and U.S. television. Since 2018, he is one of the “chasers” on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German version of the U.K. game show The Chase."
tagline: "Writer and television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasKinne_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.79
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.999157333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Quizdoktor"
    handle:    "Quizdoktor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9383776/"
    handle:    "nm9383776"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.teejaykay.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Kinne"
    title: "Thomas J. Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kinne"
    title: "Thomas Kinne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42560446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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