Get an IMDb person

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Retrieve an actor, director or other person by IMDb name ID or URL: bio, birth and death details, professions, alternate names, popularity rank, known-for titles and filmography credit counts.

GET/v1/imdb/personx-api-key

Headers

Get your API key

x-api-keystringrequiredheader

Your ScrapeAtlas customer key. Create one on /account/ and set SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY.

Query parameters

idstringquery

IMDb name ID such as nm0000151. Provide id or url, not both.

max 12 chars

urlstringquery

imdb.com name URL such as https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/.

max 1024 chars

Examplehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/

Response fields

successboolean

True when usable data is returned; inspect status and coverage.

statusenum

success or partial for usable data; failed or challenged for a failure.

one of: success, partial

requestIdstring

Request correlation UUID.

sourceUrlstring

Public imdb.com page the data describes.

absolute HTTPS URL

fetchedAtstring

UTC retrieval timestamp.

Returned-page coverage and mapping warnings.

coverage.sourcestring

IMDb's public web API.

coverage.completeboolean

Whether every supported field was mapped without a reported omission.

coverage.warningsenum[]

Named warnings: source_field_error (IMDb could not supply a field, which is null), invalid_item (an entry without an ID or name was skipped), record_limit (a list was capped) or total_unavailable (no total count).

Retrieval attempt, source byte and timing measurements.

accounting.upstreamRequestsinteger

Upstream request attempts, including any retry.

≥ 0

accounting.responseBytesinteger

Decoded source bytes read during this request.

≥ 0

accounting.durationMsnumber

Elapsed operation time in milliseconds.

≥ 0

Person details.

person.idstring

IMDb name ID (nm…).

person.urlstring

Public imdb.com name page.

absolute HTTPS URL

person.namestring

Name.

Primary headshot, or null.

person.image.urlstring

Image URL.

absolute HTTPS URL

person.image.widthintegernullable

Width in pixels, or null.

≥ 0

person.image.heightintegernullable

Height in pixels, or null.

≥ 0

person.image.captionstringnullable

Image caption, or null.

person.biostringnullable

Mini biography, or null.

person.birthDatestringnullable

Birth date as YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY, or null.

person.birthPlacestringnullable

Birth place, or null.

person.deathDatestringnullable

Death date as YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY, or null.

person.deathPlacestringnullable

Death place, or null.

person.heightstringnullable

Height as displayed by IMDb, or null.

Primary professions.

up to 10 items

person.professions.idstring

Always included.

person.professions.textstring

Always included.

person.alternateNamesstring[]

Other names the person is known by, at most 10.

up to 10 items

person.popularityRankintegernullable

Current IMDb STARmeter rank, or null.

≥ 0

Titles the person is best known for, at most 4.

up to 4 items

person.knownFor.idstring

Always included.

person.knownFor.urlstring

Always included.

absolute HTTPS URL

person.knownFor.titlestring

Always included.

person.knownFor.type.idstring

Always included.

person.knownFor.type.textstring

Always included.

person.knownFor.yearintegernullable

Always included.

≥ 0

person.knownFor.ratingnumbernullable

Always included.

0 – 10

person.knownFor.imageUrlstringnullable

Always included.

absolute HTTPS URL

person.knownFor.categorystringnullable

Always included.

person.knownFor.charactersstring[]

Always included.

up to 20 items

Credit counts across the full filmography.

person.filmography.totalCreditsintegernullable

All credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.actingintegernullable

Actor and actress credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.directingintegernullable

Director credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.writingintegernullable

Writer credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.producingintegernullable

Producer credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.composingintegernullable

Composer credits, or null.

≥ 0

person.filmography.selfintegernullable

Appearances as themselves, or null.

≥ 0

HTTP 200 returns the success variant. Check status: partial means usable data with warnings, and failed or challenged requests carry a failure object described in Errors & responses.

Error codes

HTTP	failure.code	Meaning
200	`partial`	Usable data with named field-error, invalid-item, record-limit or total warnings.
400	`invalid_request`	Missing, duplicate, malformed or unsupported parameters, or a cursor IMDb rejected.
401	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid worker API key.
404	`not_found`	The requested IMDb title or person was not found.
422	`unsupported_page`	The IMDb response structure or identity could not be mapped.
502	`upstream_challenged`	IMDb challenged retrieval.
502	`upstream_rate_limited`	IMDb rate-limited retrieval.
502	`upstream_error`	Source retrieval did not complete.
502	`response_too_large`	Decoded source bytes exceeded the request limit.
502	`unsafe_redirect`	IMDb answered with a redirect, which is never followed.
502	`request_limit`	The upstream request budget was exhausted.
503	`busy`	Worker request or queue capacity was exceeded.
504	`timeout`	The operation deadline expired.

Code example

curl "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000151%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000151%2F",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.status, data);

type Result = {
  status: "success" | "partial" | "failed" | "challenged";
  requestId: string;
  [field: string]: unknown;
};

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000151%2F",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": process.env.SCRAPEATLAS_API_KEY!
    }
  }
);

const data = (await response.json()) as Result;
if (data.status === "failed" || data.status === "challenged") {
  throw new Error(`IMDb request failed: ${data.requestId}`);
}
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/"
    },
    timeout=60,
)
data = response.json()
print(data["status"], data)

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000151%2F", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	var data map[string]interface{}
	json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
	fmt.Println(data["status"], data)
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/imdb/person?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000151%2F"))
            .GET()
            .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
            .build();
        var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

Use your sa_live_… customer key at https://api.scrapeatlas.com.

Responses

Successful result. Synthetic example validated against the runtime contract.

{
  "success": true,
  "status": "success",
  "requestId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "coverage": {
    "source": "public_api",
    "complete": true,
    "warnings": []
  },
  "accounting": {
    "upstreamRequests": 1,
    "responseBytes": 9910,
    "durationMs": 600
  },
  "person": {
    "id": "nm0000151",
    "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/",
    "name": "Morgan Freeman",
    "image": {
      "url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzExODU5YjktYmJlZC00YzllLWE0MWEtZTBlYmZkMGM0MTExXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
      "width": 1996,
      "height": 3000,
      "caption": "Morgan Freeman"
    },
    "bio": "With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever-popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern U.S. cinema. Morgan was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere)…",
    "birthDate": "1937-06-01",
    "birthPlace": "Memphis, Tennessee, USA",
    "deathDate": null,
    "deathPlace": null,
    "height": "6′ 2″ (1.88 m)",
    "professions": [
      {
        "id": "actor",
        "text": "Actor"
      },
      {
        "id": "producer",
        "text": "Producer"
      },
      {
        "id": "director",
        "text": "Director"
      }
    ],
    "alternateNames": [
      "Morgan J. Freeman"
    ],
    "popularityRank": 467,
    "knownFor": [
      {
        "id": "tt0097239",
        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097239/",
        "title": "Driving Miss Daisy",
        "type": {
          "id": "movie",
          "text": "Movie"
        },
        "year": 1989,
        "rating": 7.3,
        "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BN2M2MWUyZmQtMmI4Yi00NGE2LWFiZmEtNDZkZmYxNWRlM2Y1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
        "category": "Actor",
        "characters": [
          "Hoke Colburn"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "tt0114369",
        "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/",
        "title": "Seven",
        "type": {
          "id": "movie",
          "text": "Movie"
        },
        "year": 1995,
        "rating": 8.6,
        "imageUrl": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2IzNzMxZjctZjUxZi00YzAxLTk3ZjMtODFjODdhMDU5NDM1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
        "category": "Actor",
        "characters": [
          "Somerset"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "filmography": {
      "totalCredits": 731,
      "acting": 152,
      "directing": 2,
      "writing": 0,
      "producing": 27,
      "composing": 0,
      "self": 432
    }
  }
}

Missing, duplicate, malformed or unsupported parameters, or a cursor IMDb rejected.

{
  "success": false,
  "status": "failed",
  "requestId": "9d2f1c0a-6b1e-4c7d-9a8e-2f3b4c5d6e7f",
  "accounting": {
    "upstreamRequests": 0,
    "responseBytes": 0,
    "durationMs": 0
  },
  "failure": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "Invalid request: missing, duplicate, unsupported or malformed parameters."
  }
}