# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-broderick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:46:12.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-broderick"
name: "Chris Broderick"
slug: "chris-broderick"
description: "Christopher Alan Broderick is an American musician, best known as a former guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth. He is also formerly the lead guitarist for Jag Panzer, appearing on four albums between 1998 and 2004. He also served as a touring guitarist for Nevermore in the 2000s. Following his departure from Megadeth, Broderick formed Act of Defiance in 2014. He joined Swedish metal band In Flames in 2019 as a touring guitarist, before becoming the band's permanent guitarist in 2022."
tagline: "American guitarist (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metalmania_2008_Megadeth_Chris_Broderick_03_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "chrisbroderickfans"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chrisbroderick.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump