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Lou Pearlman
Sign in to saveAlso known as Louis Jay Pearlman, Big Poppa, Incognito Johnson
American talent manager and fraudster (1954–2016)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Bands Brands and Billions
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Louis Jay "Lou" Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, including the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. In 2008, Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history; he died in federal custody.
Known for
- Boy Band Confidential — Self (archive footage)2026
- Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands — Self (archive footage)2024
- Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam — Self (archive footage)2024
- The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story — Self (archive footage)2019
- Forensic Justice — Self (archive footage)2016
- Longshot — Captain Lewis2001
- Making the Band — Self2000
- Inside Monkey Zetterland — Warden / Observation Psychiatrist1992
- 20/20 — Self (archive footage)1978
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1954
- Active to
- 2016
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 216
- Total plays
- 454
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes (II)
· 2019 · cited 3,947x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Flushing
- Place of death
- Texarkana
- Occupation
- talent manager
- Educated at
- Queens College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- dance-pop
- Image
- Lou-pearlman-mugshot.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1954-06-19
- date of death
- 2016-08-19
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- Commons category
- Lou Pearlman
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Lou Pearlman
- birth name
- Louis Jay Pearlman
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
Sources (3)
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