# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anton-fig
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:45:22.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anton-fig"
name: "Anton Fig"
slug: "anton-fig"
description: "Anton Fig is a South African session drummer perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. David Letterman, for whom the band served as house band on his late-night talk shows, often called Fig \"Anton Zip\" or \"Buddy Rich Jr.\" Fig is also known for his work with Kiss, Ace Frehley, and Joe Bonamassa."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton_Fig_with_Stax.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.11
  momentum:             0.09597712885440066
  historical:           11.777984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theantonfig"
    handle:    "theantonfig"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheAntonFig"
    handle:    "TheAntonFig"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276517/"
    handle:    "nm0276517"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5xeqgtq9Fkg7XBHuPEm9pf"
    handle:    "5xeqgtq9Fkg7XBHuPEm9pf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.antonfig.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "アントン・フィグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%ED%86%A4_%ED%94%BC%EA%B7%B8"
    title: "안톤 피그"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d9b9240-fcca-42d4-9c71-955746447373"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1727636"
    title: "Anton Fig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump