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Please be aware that the 2.1 version of our API has been deprecated. It has been replaced by v3. You can read the new API documentation here.
Person.search
The Person.search method is used to search for an actor, actress or production member.
Example URL
http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/Person.search/en/xml/APIKEY/Brad+Pitt
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.
Name: The name of the 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="Brad Pitt"/>
<opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults>
<people>
<person>
<score>1</score>
<popularity>3</popularity>
<name>Brad Pitt</name>
<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>
<url>http://www.themoviedb.org/person/287</url>
<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>2</version>
<last_modified_at>2010-04-26 03:26:14</last_modified_at>
</person>
</people>
</OpenSearchDescription>