How much does IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID cost?

$0.0025 per item — $2.5 per 1,000. Billing is pay-per-result on your own Apify account: no subscription, and a run that returns nothing costs nothing.

What do I need to provide to run IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID?

Nothing is mandatory — every field has a working default. The settings you will usually change are Search query, Multiple queries, Result type, Max results, Notion connector (optional).

Do I need to code to use IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID?

No. It is a ready-to-run cloud tool: open it on Apify, fill in the form, click Run, and download the results. Everything runs on Apify's servers, so there is nothing to install or host.

IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID

Q: What data does IMDb Actor & Director Search by Name to Person ID return?

A structured dataset with 10 fields per record, including category, id, image, kind, rank, starsOrKnownFor, title, url, year, yearRange. Export it as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it straight to your app, a database or an AI agent.

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.

$0.0025 per item ($2.5 / 1,000)

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How it works

1
Open it on Apify
Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.
2
Set the inputs
Adjust query, queries, type (sensible defaults are pre-filled).
3
Click Run
The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.
4
Export the results
Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Pricing

$0.0025 per item = $2.5 per 1,000

You are charged for	When	Price
Item returned	Charged per title/person returned.	$0.0025

Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription — a run that returns nothing costs nothing beyond the start fee. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-08-03, and they are what you are actually charged.

Inputs

Field	What it does	Type
`query`	A 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 below instead (or as well).	string
`queries`	Run 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 returns (the suggestion API has no pagination). Example: ["inception", "the matrix"]. If both "query" and "queries" are set, all are searched.	array
`type`	Which kinds of results to keep: "all" (titles + people + companies), "titles" (movies/shows only, IMDb ids starting tt), or "people" (cast/crew only, ids starting nm).	string
`maxItems`	Maximum 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 get more, add more terms to "queries". If maxItems exceeds what's available, the actor just returns what it found.	integer
`notionConnector`	Optional. Write each item as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors, then pick it here. Leave empty to skip (default) — results are always saved to the dataset regardless.	string
`notionParentId`	Optional. 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 workspace instead.	string

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.

More use cases for IMDb Search Scraper

IMDb ID, Year & Cast Lookup by Movie or TV Title

Type a movie or TV title and get the matching IMDb ID, release year, top cast, and poster URL. Title-to-ID search for catalog and metadata enrichment.

Bulk Title to IMDb ID Lookup: Resolve a List at Once

Feed a list of movie and show titles and get one merged, de-duplicated table of IMDb IDs and years. Batch title-to-ID matching for datasets and spreadsheets.

Built on IMDb Search Scraper — see every input, output field and price on the tool page.

Where this tool sits

Categories: Media & Entertainment Data
Platforms: IMDb