GET
/
3
/
person
/
{person_id}
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/person/{person_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "adult": false,
  "also_known_as": [
    "The Fresh Prince",
    "Willard Smith",
    "ويل سميث",
    "윌 스미스",
    "วิลล์ สมิธ",
    "威爾·史密斯",
    "וויל סמית",
    "Γουίλ Σμιθ",
    "Willard Christopher \"Will\" Smith, Jr.",
    "Willard Christopher Smith, Jr.",
    "威尔·史密斯",
    "വിൽ സ്മിത്ത് ",
    " Γουίλαρντ Κάρολ Σμιθ",
    "ウィル・スミス",
    "ウィラード・キャロル・スミス・ジュニア",
    "ویل اسمیت"
  ],
  "biography": "Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards.\n\nSmith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996). He first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums and the US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 singles \"Parents Just Don't Understand\", \"A Nightmare on My Street\", \"Summertime\", \"Ring My Bell\", and \"Boom! Shake the Room\" from 1984 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), and Lost and Found (2005), which contained the US number-one singles \"Gettin' Jiggy wit It\" and \"Wild Wild West\". He has received four Grammy Awards for his rap performances.\n\nSmith achieved wider fame as a leading man in films such as the action film Bad Boys (1995), its sequels Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and the sci-fi comedies Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayal as Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001), and as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He then starred in a range of commercially successful films, including I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016) and Aladdin (2019).\n\nFor his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021), Smith won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.",
  "birthday": "1968-09-25",
  "deathday": null,
  "gender": 2,
  "homepage": "http://www.willsmith.com",
  "id": 2888,
  "imdb_id": "nm0000226",
  "known_for_department": "Acting",
  "name": "Will Smith",
  "place_of_birth": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA",
  "popularity": 63.822,
  "profile_path": "/1QqaRZ8neYlqLx7ODZC4as47wUV.jpg"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
person_id
string
required

This refers to a unique identifier assigned to an individual within a database.

Example:

""

Query Parameters

​
append_to_response
string

This add additional data to the response beyond the initial information requested.

Example:

""

​
language
string

Specifies the language in which the response should be returned.

Example:

"en-US"

Response

200 - application/json

details

The response is of type object.