GET /search/peopleSearch for people (actors, crew, etc.) by name. Returns matching people from the TVmaze database with relevance scoring. Use this to find cast or crew members when you don't know their exact ID. Results include the person's name, country, birthday, and a relevance score.
Search through all people in the database (actors, crew, etc.)
- Supports partial name matching - Results sorted by relevance - Each result includes a 'score' field indicating match confidence
(string, query, required)
The search query string
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search for actor Tom Hanks | curl |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Tom%20Hanks |
|
| Search for actor Bryan Cranston | curl |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Bryan%20Cranston |
|
| Search for actress Emma Watson | curl |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Emma%20Watson |
|
| Search people by name | doc_extracted |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Nicolas%20Cage |
|
| Search people | openapi-spec |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Bryan Cranston |
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| Search people | probe-gate |
https://api.tvmaze.com/search/people?q=Bryan+Cranston |
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
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| 2026-03-23 10:24:51.674941 | 200 | 102ms | |
| 2026-03-23 10:09:56.080644 | 200 | 105ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:41:41.005340 | 200 | 93ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:09:47.262347 | 200 | 124ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:01:20.452315 | 200 | 83ms | |
| 2026-03-22T09:42:58.842493 | 200 | 121ms |
| When | Old | New |
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| 2026-03-23 09:09:47.262347 | 4196a4735bcc |
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| 2026-03-23 09:41:41.005340 | ce288ccd3fb4 |
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| 2026-03-23 10:09:56.080644 | 61d5ea26753c |
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| 2026-03-23 10:24:51.674941 | 6b785e9b9495 |
4196a4735bcc |