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Person.getInfo
The Person.getInfo method is used to retrieve the full filmography, known movies, images and things like birthplace for a specific person in the TMDb database.
Example URL
http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/Person.getInfo/en/xml/APIKEY/500
Options
Language: IETF Language Tag, e.g. en-US
Type: Type can be xml, yaml or json.
API Key: The API key we supplied you with for your account.
ID: The ID of the TMDb person you are searching for.
Biography data is only available in English right now. Line breaks in biographies are normalized with '\n'. The last_modified_at time is UTC.
Example Response
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<opensearch:Query searchTerms=""/>
<opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults>
<people>
<person>
<popularity>3</popularity>
<name>Brad Pitt</name>
<also_known_as>
</also_known_as>
<id>287</id>
<biography>William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention.</biography>
<known_movies>40</known_movies>
<birthday>1963-12-18</birthday>
<birthplace>Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States</birthplace>
<url>http://www.themoviedb.org/person/287</url>
<filmography>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/63" name="Twelve Monkeys" department="Actors" character="Jeffrey Goines" job="Actor" id="63"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/107" name="Snatch" department="Actors" character="Mickey O'Neil" job="Actor" id="107"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/161" name="Ocean's Eleven" department="Actors" character="Rusty Ryan" job="Actor" id="161"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/163" name="Ocean's Twelve" department="Actors" character="Rusty Ryan" job="Actor" id="163"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/293" name="A River Runs Throught It" department="Actors" character=" Paul Maclean" job="Actor" id="293"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/297" name="Meet Joe Black" department="Actors" character="Joe Black" job="Actor" id="297"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/298" name="Ocean's Thirteen" department="Actors" character=" Robert “Rusty” Charles Ryan" job="Actor" id="298"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/319" name="True Romance" department="Actors" character="Floyd" job="Actor" id="319"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/492" name="Being John Malkovich" department="Actors" character="Himself" job="Actor" id="492"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/550" name="Fight Club" department="Actors" character="Tyler Durden" job="Actor" id="550"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/628" name="Interview with the Vampire" department="Actors" character="Louis de Pointe du Lac" job="Actor" id="628"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/652" name="Troy" department="Actors" character="Achilles" job="Actor" id="652"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/652" name="Troy" department="Production" character="" job="Other" id="652"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/787" name="Mr. & Mrs. Smith " department="Actors" character="John Smith" job="Actor" id="787"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/807" name="Se7en" department="Actors" character="Detective David Mills" job="Actor" id="807"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/819" name="Sleepers" department="Actors" character="Michael Sullivan" job="Actor" id="819"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/978" name="Seven Years in Tibet" department="Actors" character="Heinrich Harrer" job="Actor" id="978"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1164" name="Babel" department="Actors" character="Richard" job="Actor" id="1164"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1422" name="The Departed" department="Production" character="" job="Producer" id="1422"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1535" name="Spy Game" department="Actors" character="Tom Bishop" job="Actor" id="1535"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1541" name="Thelma & Louise " department="Actors" character="J.D." job="Actor" id="1541"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1988" name="A Mighty Heart" department="Production" character="" job="Producer" id="1988"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4476" name="Legends of the Fall " department="Actors" character="Tristan Ludlow" job="Actor" id="4476"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4477" name="The Devil's Own " department="Actors" character="Frankie McGuire" job="Actor" id="4477"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4512" name="The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" department="Actors" character="Jesse James" job="Actor" id="4512"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4512" name="The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" department="Production" character="" job="Producer" id="4512"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4912" name="Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" department="Actors" character="Game Show Kandidat" job="Actor" id="4912"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4922" name="The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" department="Actors" character="Benjamin Button" job="Actor" id="4922"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4944" name="Burn After Reading" department="Actors" character="Chad Feldheimer" job="Actor" id="4944"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/6073" name="The Mexican" department="Actors" character="Jerry Welbach" job="Actor" id="6073"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/7510" name="Running with Scissors" department="Production" character="" job="Producer" id="7510"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8947" name="Dirty Tricks" department="Actors" character="John Dean" job="Actor" id="8947"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8967" name="Tree of Life" department="Actors" character="n.a." job="Actor" id="8967"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10504" name="The Killer" department="Production" character="" job="Producer" id="10504"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10909" name="Kalifornia" department="Actors" character="Early Grayce" job="Actor" id="10909"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10917" name="Too Young to Die?" department="Actors" character=" Billy Canton" job="Actor" id="10917"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14239" name="Cool World" department="Actors" character="Detective Frank Harris" job="Actor" id="14239"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14411" name="Sinbad - Legend of the Seven Seas" department="Actors" character="Sinbad" job="Actor" id="14411"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16869" name="Inglourious Basterds" department="Actors" character="Lt. Aldo Raine " job="Actor" id="16869"/>
<movie url="http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/30565" name="The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys " department="Actors" character="Himself" job="Actor" id="30565"/>
</filmography>
<images>
<image type="profile" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/profiles/00e/4bc977ad017a3c182400000e/brad-pitt-original.jpg" size="original" id="4bc977ad017a3c182400000e"/>
<image type="profile" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/profiles/00e/4bc977ad017a3c182400000e/brad-pitt-profile.jpg" size="profile" id="4bc977ad017a3c182400000e"/>
<image type="profile" url="http://hwcdn.themoviedb.org/profiles/00e/4bc977ad017a3c182400000e/brad-pitt-thumb.jpg" size="thumb" id="4bc977ad017a3c182400000e"/>
</images>
<version>31</version>
<last_modified_at>2010-04-26 03:26:14</last_modified_at>
</person>
</people>
</OpenSearchDescription>