Most IMDb fixes are free: sign in, click Edit page on your name or title page, submit the change and IMDb's editors check it. Merge a duplicate profile from the page you want to disappear, and back up missing credits with proof. Photos and demo reels need IMDbPro Premium. Kym recorded each fix on screen for our members, and every step below is checked against IMDb's help pages.
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Anyone with a free IMDb account can submit credits and corrections, according to IMDb's credit guide. Each change is checked by IMDb's editors before it goes live, and you can track it in your Contribution History.
Open the name or title page and click the yellow Edit page button near the bottom, or the pencil icon on the section you want to change.
You merge from the page you want to disappear, not the one you're keeping. As of November 2026, IMDb's steps are:
IMDb says some credits may vanish for a day or two while it processes. In Kym's walkthrough of an SAS member's duplicate, the extra page was gone a couple of days later.
Usually someone adding a cast list couldn't find you and created a new you. Kym's worry: a casting director lands on the thin duplicate and thinks that's your whole career.
Search for yourself, including old spellings, before creating anything. Only merge when every item on both pages is yours; if two real people's credits are mixed up, move each credit separately. IMDb won't delete someone who simply shares your name; it adds roman numerals instead.
For a feature or short already on IMDb, click Edit page on your name page or the film's page, add a cast credit, pick the title, then fill in the form. IMDb's rules, from its add yourself guide:
Check these updates, fix anything that isn't green, then submit. Lots of titles share a name, so pick the one you were actually in.
Add TV credits from the episode, not your own page. Kym opens the episode you were in, chooses add cast, enters your name surname first and picks yourself from the list, then repeats it episode by episode. She leaves the order blank for TV.
Production may add you eventually, but Kym says that can take ages, and an upcoming credit shows you're busy. Her timing: once your contract is signed and dates are locked, or after your first shoot day. Never under an NDA, and on a big project ask your reps first.
It depends on whether your name is in the end credits. As of November 2026, IMDb's verification guide says:
| Your situation | Evidence IMDb accepts |
|---|---|
| Named in the end credits | Only a screen capture of the credit roll with your name clearly shown |
| Uncredited, or the title is unreleased | Third-party news articles, call sheets, receipts, pay stubs or contracts |
If a credit doesn't appear, re-submit it from your Contribution History with "Provide an explanation" and upload your evidence.
Use IMDb's New Title Submission Form, then add yourself once the title is live. The catch is eligibility. IMDb lists things like a cinema release, TV broadcast, release on video or the web, or a festival screening. Home movies don't qualify.
Prove it with an independent link, such as a festival schedule showing the screening, a TV listing or a review. IMDb says the production company's own site and Wikipedia don't count.
Through IMDbPro. As of November 2026, IMDb says an active Premium membership is needed to add images to your own page, set your primary image and upload demo reels, after you've claimed your page. You can add up to 200 images.
Kym's guidelines: professional photos only, around ten headshots at most, and one reel (or one comedy and one drama, clearly labelled), with old reels deleted. She adds production stills to the project's page and tags herself, so they look official. Anyone signed in can add images to a title page, but only images you have the rights to.
This one is free. On your name page click Edit page (or the biography's pencil icon), choose Add 1 Item next to Biography, write it to IMDb's mini-biography guidelines, put an author in the "By:" field and submit. If your page shows an automatic bio, an approved one replaces it (IMDb).
Kym calls the bio the only place people learn your journey: point to the two or three credits you most want noticed, plus one human detail.
Not for credits, merges or your bio. As of November 2026, IMDbPro's comparison splits page tools like this:
| What you want to do | Free IMDb account | IMDbPro Basic (free) | IMDbPro Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add credits, merge pages, add a bio | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Claim your page, vanity URL, personal details, performer profile | No | Yes | Yes |
| Add images, choose primary image, upload demo reels, choose Known For | No | No | Yes |
Whether Premium is worth paying for is a bigger question: see Is IMDbPro worth it?
On the page you want to disappear, click Edit page, choose Add merge next to Name Merge, enter the page that should remain, explain why, then check and submit for IMDb's editors to review.
If it's listed, open the episode you were in and add yourself to the cast there, episode by episode. If not, submit it through IMDb's New Title Submission Form with third-party proof it aired.
Click Edit page on your name or the film's page, add a cast credit, choose the film and enter your character name exactly as credited. If the film isn't listed, add it as a new title first.
Yes. Anyone with a free IMDb account can submit credits, including their own, and IMDb's editors check them before they appear.
For a credited role, a screen capture of the end credits showing your name. For an uncredited role or an unreleased title, third-party articles, call sheets, receipts, pay stubs or contracts.
Yes. Adding images to your own page and choosing your primary image need an active IMDbPro Premium membership.
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