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IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID

Looking up people on IMDb? Search any actor, director, or writer by name to return their person ID (nm), known-for titles, and headshot image URL.

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How it works

  1. 1
    Open it on Apify

    Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.

  2. 2
    Set the inputs

    Adjust query, queries, type (sensible defaults are pre-filled).

  3. 3
    Click Run

    The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.

  4. 4
    Export the results

    Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Inputs

FieldWhat it doesType
queryA single thing to search IMDb for — a movie, TV show or person name, e.g. "breaking bad" or "tom hanks". For several searches at once, use the "queries" field bstring
queriesRun several searches in one go — one request per term, results merged and de-duplicated by IMDb id. Use this to get more than the ~8 results a single query retuarray
typeWhich kinds of results to keep: "all" (titles + people + companies), "titles" (movies/shows only, IMDb ids starting tt), or "people" (cast/crew only, ids startistring
maxItemsMaximum number of de-duplicated rows to return across all queries. NOTE: a single query returns a fixed ~8 results (the suggestion API has no pagination); to geinteger
notionConnectorOptional. Write each item as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors,string
notionParentIdOptional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wostring

What you get

A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:

categoryidimagekindrankstarsOrKnownFortitleurlyearyearRange

Export every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

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