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name: "Nim Chimpsky"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nim-chimpsky"
fi1m_id: "nim-chimpsky"
tmdb_id: 5553042
roles: []
born: "19 November 1973"
died: "10 March 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:43:06.445934+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nim Chimpsky

## Identity

Nim Chimpsky

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nim-chimpsky
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nim-chimpsky
- **TMDB ID:** 5553042
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5553042

Actor. Born 19 November 1973. Died 10 March 2000.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 November 1973
- **Died:** 10 March 2000
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5553042

## Biography

Nim Chimpsky (19 November 1973 – 10 March 2000) was a chimpanzee who appeared in archive footage as Self in the 2011 documentary film *Project Nim*.

He was the subject of a 1970s study led by psychologist Herbert S. Terrace at Columbia University, which sought to determine whether a chimpanzee could acquire American Sign Language when raised in human households. Nim learned over 100 signs but the researchers concluded that his use was primarily imitative.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Project Nim* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/project-nim.md)

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