# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-frantz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:30.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-frantz"
name: "Chris Frantz"
slug: "chris-frantz"
description: "Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist, Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Talking_Heads_SXSW_by_Ron_Baker.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: "1951-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.56
  momentum:             4.145270270270271
  historical:           16.54774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291787/"
    handle:    "nm0291787"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريس فرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "کریس فرانتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "کریس فرانتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Франц, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Frantz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ff991d9-87d6-40f4-b534-a65426bf5ac4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2695530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91230"
    title: "Chris Frantz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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