# Tom Shadyac

> Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Bruce Almighty (2003). In 2010, Shadyac retired from the comedy genre and wrote, directed, and narrated his own documentary film I Am, that explores his abandonment of a materialistic lifestyle following his involvement in a bicycle accident three years earlier.

*American film director*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tom-shadyac

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1958-12-11
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001723/ (@nm0001723)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b9d936f9-d237-462f-b8fb-8a901b3a2dc9)
- [توم شادياك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83)
- [Tom Shadyac](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shadyac)
- [تام شادیاک](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9)
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- [تام شادیاک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9)
- [Tom Shadyac](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shadyac)
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- [טום שדיאק](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%93%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7)
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- [Tom Shadyac](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Shadyac)
- [トム・シャドヤック](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A4%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF)
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- [Шедьяк, Том](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC)
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- [ٹام شیڈیک](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%DA%A9)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Shadyac)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722135)

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