# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-roache
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:20:57.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-roache"
name: "William Roache"
slug: "william-roache"
description: "William Patrick Roache is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and is the longest-serving cast member in the series as well as a world record holder, having appeared in the show continuously since its first broadcast on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role."
tagline: "English actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Roache_Cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.18037333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730075/"
    handle:    "nm0730075"
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    title: "William Roache"
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    title: "William Roache"
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    title: "William Roache"
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    title: "Ուիլիամ Ռոուչ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump